Saturday, September 29, 2012

Tailgaters Abandon Cooper Drive

{Lexington, Kentucky}...Saturday, two large, grassy fields on Cooper Drive near Commonwealth Stadium were nearly vacant after University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto ordered a temporary ban on alcohol, DJs and bands in the area for the home football game against South Carolina. Only a few groups gathered soberly under tents along the roadside for cookouts and games, while more than 150 Lexington and UK police officers stood watch in the vicinity and a Lexington police helicopter circled overhead. Capilouto said the move was prompted by a September 15th fight when Tyler L. Bearden of Paducah and Luke R. Stahl of Bowling Green, neither of them UK students, were charged with disorderly conduct and other offenses that day after a UK police officer was hit in the face.