BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Breathitt County mother charged in connection with the death of her 10-year-old son, Jayden Spicer, made her first court appearance Thursday. Felicia Gross, 33, pleaded not guilty via video conference during her arraignment. She is being held at the Kentucky River Regional Jail. According to Kentucky State Police, Gross is charged with…
UPDATE:FAYETTE COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Police confirm one person has died and another was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a crash on southbound I-75 near the Clays Ferry Bridge. Officials say the crash involved two vehicles. The Collision Reconstruction Unit is now investigating. One southbound lane has reopened, but drivers should expect significant delays and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Lexington police say one person has been arrested following an assault Wednesday afternoon on Short Street. It happened around 12:40 p.m., when officers were called to the area of Short Street and North Upper Street for a report of an assault. When they arrived, they found a woman who had been physically attacked. She…
JACKSON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A Breathitt County mother is facing multiple charges after investigators say she admitted to giving her 10-year-old son a type of sleeping medication before his death and burying his body in a wooded area. Felicia Gross, 33, of Jackson, was arrested Tuesday after the body of her son, Jayden Spicer, who had been missing…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — As Fayette County students head back to school, Lexington Police are reminding drivers to follow the rules when school buses are on the road. Lt. Chris Van Brackel with the Lexington Police Department’s Traffic Section says that if a school bus is stopped with red lights flashing and the stop arm extended, all vehicles…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — A man is facing multiple charges after police say he attacked a woman on a walking trail in Mount Sterling. According to Mount Sterling police, 28-year-old Dakota Miles was arrested Monday following a report of an assault on the Adena Trail. Investigators say Miles is accused of forcing the victim off the trail…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The investigation into an armed robbery in Lexington continues. Police say the incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on Life Lane, where suspects allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint. Investigators say the victim was not hurt. According to officers, the suspects were tracked down after the department’s Flock camera system identified their vehicle. Police…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — An injury collision is blocking the inner loop of Man O’ War Boulevard at Polo Club Boulevard. Vehicles are reported to be in the intersection. Drivers should use caution and expect delays in the area. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: ABC36 traffic update, inner loop crash, Lexington injury collision, Lexington traffic alert, Man…
DEVELOPING INFORMATION: BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky State Police say the week-long search for 10-year-old Jayden Spicer of Jackson ended Tuesday with the discovery of his body in a wooded area of Breathitt County. Trooper Matt Gayheart said detectives from KSP Post 13 in Hazard received new information related to Spicer’s disappearance, which led investigators to a…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A woman charged with murder in a deadly Sunday night shooting on Bryan Station Road has pleaded not guilty. According to court records, 30-year-old Keaira Pennie appeared Tuesday via Zoom from the Fayette County Detention Center for her arraignment. She entered a not guilty plea to a murder charge and is being held on…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — An overturned semi is causing major traffic delays near the on-ramp from North Broadway to I-75 South. According to Lexwrecks, the ramp is shut down until further notice after a semi, reportedly loaded with gravel, overturned. Officials say a large fuel spill is also causing delays as crews work to clean up the scene….
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The Fayette County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim in last Tuesday night’s fatal pedestrian crash on Liberty Road as 47-year-old Charles T. Bowen of Lexington. The coroner says Bowen died from multiple blunt force injuries. The crash happened around 10:45 p.m. on August 5 near Liberty Hill Drive. Lexington Police previously said Bowen…
UPDATE: According to the Fayette County Coroner’s Office, the victim was 42-year-old Edwin Haddix of Lexington. The coroner said Haddix died from multiple gunshot wounds. ORIGINAL STORY: LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — A woman has been charged with murder after a deadly shooting late Sunday night in Lexington. Police say the shooting happened around 11:55 p.m. on Sunday in…
LATEST UPDATE: ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia. The GBI statement says White died and Officer David Rose with the DeKalb County Police Department was shot and killed during the shooting Friday. The shooter…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — A Lexington woman accused of stealing a Shih Tzu puppy from a local pet store has pleaded not guilty to the charge against her. According to court records, 48-year-old Melanie McClure appeared in court Friday for arraignment. She is charged with receiving stolen property and is currently free on bond. Lexington Police say McClure…
By DON BABWIN CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday. “Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a…
DENNISTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Kentucky State Police have charged a Menifee County man with multiple child sexual exploitation offenses following an undercover investigation. According to KSP, 18-year-old Johnny Ray Shoopman was arrested on August 7, 2025, by the agency’s Electronic Crime Branch, which investigates online crimes against children. The arrest stems from an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Lexington police say they’ve seized more than 600 pounds of marijuana and hemp flower following a series of raids at local vape shops earlier this week. According to the Lexington Police Department, detectives with the Narcotics Enforcement Unit executed search warrants on August 6, 2025, at four different vape shop locations suspected of trafficking…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The Franklin County Coroner’s Office has identified a man found dead in a lagoon earlier this week as 50-year-old Dwayne Chadwell, a resident of Frankfort. Officials say Chadwell’s body was recovered just after p.m. Monday, August 4, from a small lagoon at the Farmdale Sanitation District on Peach Tree Lane. There’s no word yet…
BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Kentucky State Police have arrested two men in connection to a shooting that left a woman seriously injured Thursday night in the Jackson community of Breathitt County. Troopers from KSP Post 13 in Hazard responded to the scene on KY-30 West around 8:26 p.m. Thursday, after a 911 call reported a shooting. When…
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating two individuals involved in a dangerous incident at a motel in southern Laurel County. According to a flyer shared on the department’s Facebook page, deputies say 37-year-old Lissa Marie Shephard of Springport, Michigan, and a second unidentified male…
PULASKI COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — One person is dead following a two-vehicle collision Thursday on Highway 461 in Somerset, according to the Somerset Fire Department. Emergency crews were called to the scene near Babe Boulevard, where they found that a pickup truck had rear-ended a commercial truck and trailer. Firefighters spent an extended amount of time stabilizing the…
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — as attorneys argue whether it violates environmental laws. The facility can continue to operate and hold detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs…
ANNVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Federal authorities have arrested a woman in connection to a fire that destroyed a historic building in Annville, Kentucky. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Shelia Clemons has been charged in federal court with arson of property affecting interstate commerce. The charge follows an investigation into what officials say…