Lyssa High currently co-anchors 3 hours of weekday newscasts with Doug High; Good Day Kentucky at 9am, News at Noon and Good Afternoon Kentucky at 3pm.
Lyssa originally joined the ABC 36 team in 2017 as a co-host on Midday Kentucky, but she has been a part of the extended ABC 36 family for years before that…as the wife of our Doug High.
Additionally, Lyssa serves as a Lifestyle Host on a variety of ABC 36 programming, including “Home Town Tours”, the ABC 36 Viewers Choice Awards and “Ask the Expert”
Originally from the small town of Willard in Northwest Ohio, Lyssa graduated from Kent State University with a degree in Theatre Arts. She and Doug moved to Lexington in 1999 following her spending three years in Nashville, pursuing a singer/songwriter career.
A 12-year run in pharmaceutical marketing came next, along with a family: two sons, Jackson and Harrison.
Lyssa was Emmy nominated as co-host of the ABC 36 / Kentucky Historical Society TV special, ‘Haunted, Historic Kentucky” in 2022.
Through the years; Lyssa has amassed a diverse on-camera TV resume, including as a Disney paid extra in the major motion picture Secretariat (don’t blink! She’s in the yellow dress in the stands at Keeneland). After college, she even appeared as a contestant on The Price is Right! (Yes, she did kiss Bob Barker, but do NOT bring up the Showcase Showdown!)
Lyssa loves living in Lexington. She strongly believes in community service and after 9/11 the Highs responded: Doug joined the Navy Reserve and Lyssa trained the family Labrador, Brandy, as an auxiliary Search and Rescue Dog, assisting Scott County Emergency Management for nearly 10 years.
Lyssa loves gardening, travel, sports and supporting the Kentucky Wildcats!
You can email Lyssa at lhigh@wtvq.com
