If you’ve been driving down the road at night and wondered to yourself, “Why are these streetlights purple?” — we have your answer.

What do you want to know about Lexington and Kentucky? Our series Know Your Kentucky (KYKY) answers your curious questions. Send us a story idea at [email protected]. Take an evening drive along ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — While on the drive home from the office or running errands in the evening, those who live and work in Oak Ridge may have noticed the some of the street lights seem to be ...

Why do the street lights on West Campus emit an eerie, bluish-purple color at night? Starting in 2021, Triangle area residents observed street lights turning from their standard yellow-white color to ...

Late last year, The Chronicle, a student-led newspaper at Duke University, reported that something strange was going on with the streetlights in one part of campus. They were purple. One student ...

Mysteriously eerie purple street lights glow along New Circle Road, spaced about a mile in each direction of Georgetown Road, illuminating the highway Dec. 10, 2024, in Lexington, Ky. Tasha Poullard ...