LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – East Main Street at Rose Street is currently shut down due to ongoing police activity in the area, according to lexwrecks. Authorities are diverting traffic to Rose Street or Elm Tree Lane. Drivers are advised to avoid the area and seek alternative routes until further notice. Categories: Featured, Local News, News Tags: Downtown, Lexington,…
By AMY TAXIN, DEEPA BHARATH, ALEX VEIGA, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to federal tax charges Thursday in a surprise move that allows President Joe Biden’s family to avoid having to endure another likely embarrassing and painful criminal trial of the president’s son. His stunning decision to guilty plea…
SOMERSET, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky State Police have arrested a Somerset couple in connection with a child sexual abuse material investigation. Christopher Sean Ethridge and Amy Sativia Ethridge were taken into custody Wednesday, following an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation. According to Kentucky State Police, the investigation began when authorities discovered that Christopher Ethridge had allegedly…
By KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Sorokin, the con artist who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, has found her newest venture: “Dancing With the Stars.” Described as the “notorious ankle bracelet fashionista” in a press release, Sorokin was…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press WINDER, Ga. (AP) — More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta and killed four people and wounded nine, officials said….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The FBI has launched a new search in Cox’s Creek, Kentucky, as part of the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, a Bardstown mother of five who went missing in 2015. Officials state the search follows tips recently received regarding the case. The FBI has been leading the investigation since 2020, and…
By JEFF AMY Associated Press WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A 14-year-old student opened fire at a Georgia high school and killed four people on Wednesday, authorities said, sending students scrambling for shelter in their classrooms — and eventually to the football stadium — as officers swarmed the campus and parents raced to find out if their children were safe. The…
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan prisoner has persuaded a judge to throw out his burglary conviction, overcoming long odds by serving as his own lawyer in an appeal of a case that rested solely on his DNA being found on a soda bottle in a beauty shop. Gregory Tucker, 65, argued that the DNA wasn’t…
UPDATE #2: The student hit by the school bus is identified as 15-year-old McKenna Letcher of Winchester. Coroner Neal Oliver says McKenna was hit by the Clark County school bus while apparently trying to cross Veterans Memorial Parkway near the intersection of Ironworks Road. The accident is being investigated by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office and the Clark County Coroner’s…
CORBIN, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky State Police are investigating an attempted child abduction that occurred earlier today at Whitley County Intermediate School. According to KSP, 37-year-old Willie O. Bethea from Latta, South Carolina, unlawfully entered the school playground and tried to convince a child to leave with him. KSP says school staff confronted Bethea, who then left the…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Starting this Sunday, LexPark will be raising the cost of its parking citations and monthly parking passes. According to LexPark, citations for illegal parking will now cost $25, up from the previous $15 fine. Additionally, there will be a $5 increase in the cost of monthly parking passes at the Helix and Transit Center…
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances of mold, insects, liquid dripping from ceilings, and meat and fat residue on walls, floors and equipment, newly released records show. Government inspectors logged 69 instances of “noncompliance” with federal rules in the…
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death is set to appear Friday in a federal court in Los Angeles, where he is expected to plead guilty to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, reached a plea agreement with…
By MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Next month’s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump won’t have an audience, live microphones when candidates aren’t speaking, or written notes, according to rules that ABC News, the host network, shared this week with both campaigns. A copy of the rules was provided…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Lexington Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting that occurred near Seventh Street and Florida Street earlier this week. On Wednesday, around 6:30 a.m., officers were sent to the area following reports of a shooting. When they got there, they found a female victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Lexington Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the July 19th shooting death of C’aveyoun Robinson. Robert Constant, 36, was taken into custody Wednesday, and has been charged with Murder and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. He is currently being held at the Fayette County Detention Center. The investigation began…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts. The justices rejected an administration request to put most of it back into effect. It was blocked by 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals….
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A Lexington man is facing numerous charges after he was arrested by police Tuesday. According to Lexington Police, officers were sent to the 400 block of Hawkins Avenue around 9:38 a.m. When they got there, they discovered that an incident had occurred between two adult males in the area of East Fifth Street and…
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn. The term for the late-summer spike in humidity from corn plants cooling themselves was “something that locals very much know…
LONDON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A Laurel County woman is facing charges after allegedly attacking another woman at a home in London. Police say Heather Manning has been charged with assault and unlawful imprisonment following an incident that occurred Sunday night on Heather Way. According to investigators, Manning allegedly attacked Judy Roberts with a weapon inside the home. When…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Lexington Police say the search is on for a suspect in a morning shooting, that sent a woman to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police tell ABC36 News Now it happened just after 6:30 Wednesday morning at West 7th and North Upper Streets. This is a developing story, which we’ll update as we learn…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Luis Ramos, the man charged with murder in connection to a deadly shooting on Delaware Avenue, appeared in court today. The case will now be presented to a grand jury. Ramos is accused of shooting to death 24-year-old Daquan Collins of Lexington, who lived at the Delaware Avenue address. The shooting took place on…
UPDATE: Outer loop of New Circle Road back open following accident investigation, according to police. ORIGINAL STORY: LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – All lanes on the outer loop of New Circle Road at North Broadway are currently shut down following an accident involving a motorcyclist. Traffic is being diverted to the gas station parking lot in the area….
LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – South Main Street in Lawrenceburg remains closed to the public as crews work to clear hazards following a gas leak. The affected area extends from West Woodford Street to Chautauqua Street, and the closure is expected to last for an unknown period of time. The Lawrenceburg Police Department is urging everyone to continue avoiding…