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Unsettled weather hangs tough into the holiday weekend
It was another damp and dreary day to finish out the week on Friday across Central and Eastern Kentucky as a stalled out boundary to our south…
LEX 18 and ABC 36 to launch combined morning newscast 'LEXNews at Sunrise' on May 26
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- Beginning Tuesday, May 26, Central Kentucky's favorite way to start the day gets even better. LEX 18 and WTVQ-ABC 36 will combine their resources as "LEXNews at Sunrise." Weekdays…
Strong storms and heavy rain continue across Kentucky into Memorial Day weekend
Widespread Rain And Storms Soak The Region It has been a soggy start to the day across Central and Eastern Kentucky as widespread…
Kentucky Gov. Beshear orders flags at half-staff Monday to honor Memorial Day
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all Kentucky state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until noon Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. "America is the home…
KSP: Correctional officer charged with smuggling drugs into eastern Kentucky prison
(ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- A correctional officer at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex faces multiple charges after prison officials caught him bringing illegal narcotics into the…
Man charged with wanton endangerment after road rage shooting in Florence
A 31-year-old Independence man faces a wanton endangerment charge after allegedly shooting at another driver during a road rage incident in Florence on Friday morning. The Florence Police Department says they responded to the incident near Dixie Highway and…
Meta settles social media addiction case brought by rural Kentucky school district
(AP) -- Social media companies including Meta have settled the first of many lawsuits brought by hundreds of school districts seeking compensation for costs they say they incurred dealing with harms to children's mental health from social media addiction. The lawsuit…
Stormy Friday afternoon ahead of a soggy memorial day weekend
Widespread rain moves in Friday morning Friday starts off wet across much of the Bluegrass as a warm front lifts north through Kentucky. Periods of…
Nearly 516,000 Kentuckians expected to travel for Memorial Day, AAA says
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -Nearly 516,000 Kentuckians are expected to travel over the Memorial Day holiday, according to AAA, and most of them will be driving. "We expect quite a few people to still be taking a road…
Scott County students work to improve their communication skills with the 'Amazing Shake'
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Fifth graders at Lemons Mill Elementary School got the chance to prepare for middle school in a pretty special way Thursday with the 'Amazing Shake.' According to the Principal Morganne Vance, the…
Grand jury indicts teen charged in connection to deadly Berea U.S. Bank robbery
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A federal grand jury in Lexington has indicted 18-year-old Brailen Weaver in connection to the robbery of the U.S. Bank location in Berea that left two people dead. According to a release from…
2 killed in Thursday afternoon collision on Union Mill Road in Jessamine County
JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Two people are dead following a Thursday afternoon collision on Union Mill Road in Jessamine County. According to the Jessamine County Sheriff's Office, the single vehicle collision happened in the 3000 block…
More rain and storms to close out the week
It was a much cooler Thursday across Central and Eastern Kentucky especially compared to the summer-like warmth we've enjoyed the last few days. With a…
Second person arrested in Lexington, charged in connection to deadly shooting
NEWPORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- UPDATE: May 22 at 10:40 a.m. The Newport Police Department reports that a second person has been arrested in Lexington by the U.S. Marshals…
Trump will ease refrigerant rule in effort to address surging grocery costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is set to loosen a federal rule that requires grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, in what officials say is a push to lower grocery costs. The head of…
Jury finds Shannon Gilday guilty but mentally ill in murder of Kentucky lawmaker's daughter
SHELBY COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — A jury found Shannon Gilday guilty but mentally ill on all six charges connected to the…
Kentucky State Police investigates fatal two-vehicle collision in Greenup County
GREENUP COUNTY ( ABC 36 NEWS) - Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision in Greenup County that killed a 21-year-old woman. The crash happened at around 9:25 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Industrial Parkway and County…
Stephen Colbert bids farewell in ‘Late Show’ finale after 11 seasons
Associated Press - Stephen Colbert’s long goodbye to late-night TV ends Thursday night when the host of “The Late Show” appears behind his CBS desk for the final time. What is planned for the finale has not been revealed but…
1 dead, 1 injured in Friday night multi-vehicle collision in Lincoln County
LINCOLN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - One person is dead and another person is injured following a Friday night collision in Lincoln County. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, the multi-vehicle collision happened on Highway 127 in…
Man charged in connection to Friday afternoon homicide in Georgetown
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - The Scott County Coroner has confirmed the victim in a Friday evening shooting in Georgetown as 50-year-old James Evan Mullins. 22-year-old Jonathan Hunter Mullins now faces an assault and murder charge in connection.…
George Rogers Clark student to participate in Elvis tribute competition next month
CLARK COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Domenic Bernal, a student at George Rogers Clark High School, has developed a passion for impersonating Elvis Presley, and he is now taking that talent to the national stage. "I was at…
LEX 18 and ABC 36 to launch combined morning newscast 'LEXNews at Sunrise' on May 26
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- Beginning Tuesday, May 26, Central Kentucky's favorite way to start the day gets even better. LEX 18 and WTVQ-ABC 36 will combine their resources as "LEXNews at Sunrise." Weekdays…
Kentucky Gov. Beshear orders flags at half-staff Monday to honor Memorial Day
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all Kentucky state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until noon Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. "America is the home…
KSP: Correctional officer charged with smuggling drugs into eastern Kentucky prison
(ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- A correctional officer at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex faces multiple charges after prison officials caught him bringing illegal narcotics into the…
Man charged with wanton endangerment after road rage shooting in Florence
A 31-year-old Independence man faces a wanton endangerment charge after allegedly shooting at another driver during a road rage incident in Florence on Friday morning. The Florence Police Department says they responded to the incident near Dixie Highway and…
Nearly 516,000 Kentuckians expected to travel for Memorial Day, AAA says
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -Nearly 516,000 Kentuckians are expected to travel over the Memorial Day holiday, according to AAA, and most of them will be driving. "We expect quite a few people to still be taking a road…
Scott County students work to improve their communication skills with the 'Amazing Shake'
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Fifth graders at Lemons Mill Elementary School got the chance to prepare for middle school in a pretty special way Thursday with the 'Amazing Shake.' According to the Principal Morganne Vance, the…
Grand jury indicts teen charged in connection to deadly Berea U.S. Bank robbery
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A federal grand jury in Lexington has indicted 18-year-old Brailen Weaver in connection to the robbery of the U.S. Bank location in Berea that left two people dead. According to a release from…
2 killed in Thursday afternoon collision on Union Mill Road in Jessamine County
JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - Two people are dead following a Thursday afternoon collision on Union Mill Road in Jessamine County. According to the Jessamine County Sheriff's Office, the single vehicle collision happened in the 3000 block…
Second person arrested in Lexington, charged in connection to deadly shooting
NEWPORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- UPDATE: May 22 at 10:40 a.m. The Newport Police Department reports that a second person has been arrested in Lexington by the U.S. Marshals…
Jury finds Shannon Gilday guilty but mentally ill in murder of Kentucky lawmaker's daughter
SHELBY COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — A jury found Shannon Gilday guilty but mentally ill on all six charges connected to the…
Kentucky State Police investigates fatal two-vehicle collision in Greenup County
GREENUP COUNTY ( ABC 36 NEWS) - Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision in Greenup County that killed a 21-year-old woman. The crash happened at around 9:25 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Industrial Parkway and County…
University of Kentucky seeks CEO of Champions Blue, Athletics Director to lead 'modernized' role
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — The University of Kentucky is searching for a new leader to serve as both Chief Executive Officer of Champions Blue, LLC and Athletics Director, combining two titles into a single role designed to…
WTVQ employees evacuate after reported smoke seen coming from building
UPDATE: May 21 at 2 p.m. WTVQ is now back on-air following a transmitter issue that prompted the evacuation of the building Thursday morning. Originals story: LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX 18) - WLEX and WTVQ are…
Lexington police officer charged with distributing obscene matter to a minor
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — A Lexington Police officer has been charged and issued a criminal summons following an investigation by his…
Frankfort man indicted on 2 counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a child in Mercer County
MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- A Frankfort man faces two counts of first-degree sexual abuse after a Mercer County grand jury indicted him on charges he allegedly sexually abused a child on two separate occasions in July…
The Latest: Trump scores another win against Republican rival with Rep. Thomas Massie’s primary loss
(AP) -- President Donald Trump scored another win Tuesday against a Republican rival, dislodging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill. Massie has been a particularly difficult thorn in Trump’s side,…
LEX 18 and ABC 36 to launch combined morning newscast 'LEXNews at Sunrise' on May 26
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- Beginning Tuesday, May 26, Central Kentucky's favorite way to start the day gets even better. LEX 18 and WTVQ-ABC 36 will combine their resources as "LEXNews at Sunrise." Weekdays…
Kentucky Gov. Beshear orders flags at half-staff Monday to honor Memorial Day
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all Kentucky state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until noon Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. "America is the home…
KSP: Correctional officer charged with smuggling drugs into eastern Kentucky prison
(ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- A correctional officer at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex faces multiple charges after prison officials caught him bringing illegal narcotics into the…
Man charged with wanton endangerment after road rage shooting in Florence
A 31-year-old Independence man faces a wanton endangerment charge after allegedly shooting at another driver during a road rage incident in Florence on Friday morning. The Florence Police Department says they responded to the incident near Dixie Highway and…
Meta settles social media addiction case brought by rural Kentucky school district
(AP) -- Social media companies including Meta have settled the first of many lawsuits brought by hundreds of school districts seeking compensation for costs they say they incurred dealing with harms to children's mental health from social media addiction. The lawsuit…
Second person arrested in Lexington, charged in connection to deadly shooting
NEWPORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- UPDATE: May 22 at 10:40 a.m. The Newport Police Department reports that a second person has been arrested in Lexington by the U.S. Marshals…
Jury finds Shannon Gilday guilty but mentally ill in murder of Kentucky lawmaker's daughter
SHELBY COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — A jury found Shannon Gilday guilty but mentally ill on all six charges connected to the…
Somerset man arrested on felony charges of strangulation and child abuse
PULASKI COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — A Somerset man is facing felony charges following a Pulaski County Sheriff's Office investigation into allegations of domestic violence and child abuse involving a minor victim. The sheriff's office reported that 32-year-old…
25-year-old man killed in Wednesday morning accident at Perry County mine
PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - A man is dead following an accident at a Perry County mine Wednesday morning. According to a release, the accident happened just after…
2 people indicted in connection to the 1992 murder of a woman in Boyle County
BOYLE COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) - An indictment reported that 59-year-old Anthony B. Manning of Harrodsburg was indicted on May 18 on charges of murder, tampering with physical evidence, and abuse of a corpse in connection with the…
Frankfort man indicted on 2 counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a child in Mercer County
MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- A Frankfort man faces two counts of first-degree sexual abuse after a Mercer County grand jury indicted him on charges he allegedly sexually abused a child on two separate occasions in July…
The Latest: Trump scores another win against Republican rival with Rep. Thomas Massie’s primary loss
(AP) -- President Donald Trump scored another win Tuesday against a Republican rival, dislodging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill. Massie has been a particularly difficult thorn in Trump’s side,…
Ed Gallrein defeats US Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky GOP House primary
(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday after a concerted effort by President Donald Trump to oust him from Congress through challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein. The result showed…
NTSB releases new video of UPS plane's engine separating before deadly crash
(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a crash that killed 15 people, and why Boeing didn’t address…
Hearings to focus on why a UPS cargo plane engine fell off, causing deadly crash
(AP) -- Federal safety investigators will hold hearings this week examining why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a crash that killed 15 people, and why Boeing didn’t address the underlying flaw sooner. The…
US Rep. Thomas Massie's GOP primary in Kentucky is the latest test of Trump's power over the party
CRESTWOOD, Ky. (AP) -- Republican voters in northern Kentucky will choose between U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie and challenger Ed Gallrein in Tuesday's House primary, another test of President Donald Trump's power over his party after he handpicked Gallrein to take…
Sheriff: 3 arrested after 2 children found walking alone in Corbin neighborhood
KNOX COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- The Knox County Sheriff's Department says that three people were arrested after two children were…
Gov. Beshear forms task force to help small businesses get started and grow
ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -- Governor Andy Beshear has created a new task force aimed at helping small businesses across Kentucky start, grow, and survive the real challenges that come with running a small company. Jason…
NATO allies bewildered by Trump's about-face on US troop moves in Europe
HELSINGBORG, Sweden (AP) — NATO allies and defense officials expressed bewilderment on Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after he ordered the same number of forces pulled out of Europe.…
US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown
MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government. The indictment was related…
Fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in the face of a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of the Ebola virus in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable…
Putin and Xi hail their friendship and growing energy trade at their meeting in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China. Putin and Xi…
Pop star Shakira is acquitted in a Spanish tax fraud case
(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - A Spanish court acquitted Shakira in a tax fraud case, ordering the government to return more than 55 million euros ($64 million) in wrongly imposed fines, a court document seen Monday by The Associated…
What to know about the Ebola outbreak that the WHO has declared a global health emergency
(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - The World Health Organization declared Sunday the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. Africa’s top public health body first confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s…
Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant as US and Iran signal they are prepared to resume war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A drone strike sparked a fire on the edge of the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday in what authorities called an “unprovoked terrorist attack.” No one was blamed, but it…
What to know about the Ebola outbreak that the WHO has declared a global health emergency
(AP) - The World Health Organization declared Sunday the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. Africa’s top public health body first confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province on Friday.…
A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far. Neighboring Uganda later confirmed one death in an Ebola case it…
US, Nigerian forces kill top Islamic State leader in joint operation, Trump said
(AP) - U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said. Trump announced the joint operation in Africa’s most populous country in a late-night…
France confirms hantavirus in cruise outbreak is not new or more transmissible
(AP) - France’s Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes strain of the hantavirus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found that it matched viruses already known in South America, with no…
Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor's case, but freeing activist Jimmy Lai is 'tough'
HONG KONG (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he raised the issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping of releasing a prominent detained pastor and imprisoned Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai, and quoted Xi as saying he’d consider the pastor but that…
Authorities search waters in the Maldives for bodies of Italians who died in cave dive accident
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldivian authorities conducted a high-risk search Friday for the bodies of four Italian divers who died in a scuba accident in a deep underwater cave a day before. The body of a fifth diver was recovered…
US waives $15,000 visa bond for World Cup ticket holders from select nations
(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from certain countries pay as much as $15,000 in bonds if they are confirmed World Cup ticket holders, the State Department told The Associated…
Pageantry meets politics: Xi’s stark Taiwan warning counters Trump’s optimism
(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - China’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that the two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue was not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast to the…
Second US soldier’s remains recovered following African Lion training incident
(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - The remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered, the Army said Wednesday, ending a multinational search operation that deployed air, naval and artificial…
Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak sees American doctor cleared from isolation
(AP via SCRIPPS NEWS GROUP) - An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation…
Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- Passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak were being flown home Monday to more than 20 countries and quarantined, including a French woman and an American who tested positive. Passengers from the ship began…
Remains of US soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) - The remains of a U.S. soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco a week ago were recovered in the Atlantic Ocean, the army said Sunday. Military teams were still searching for a second missing…
Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal as drones target Gulf nations
(AP) - Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran’s state-run media said Sunday. Pakistan confirmed receiving it. Iran seeks to end the…
