LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory finished its first gallery renovation in nearly 15 years — adding some new touches to the already iconic building. One of the renovations the museum “knocked out of the park” includes its hallowed Bat Vault, a 638-square-foot gallery where guests can marvel at more than 3,000 original bat models designed…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — A renovation to convert an old tobacco barn into a new visitor’s center at Old Friends in Georgetown is underway after garnering $150,000. The nonprofit thoroughbred retirement facility will call its new visitor’s center the Ms. Josephine Abercrombie Center. The renovation is sponsored in part by Josephine Abercrombie’s Pin Oak Foundation, named in honor of the…
LONDON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Two fallen London police officers were remembered in a memorial wall dedicated to them Monday at the police department. The memorial wall honors Lt. Travis Hurley and Sgt. Logan Medlock, who both died last year. Hurley died from COVID-19 in January; Medlock was killed by a suspected drunk driver in October. The wall was installed inside…
WILMORE, Ky. (WTVQ) — WWII veteran Albert Wess will turn 100 years old next month, and Honor Flight Bluegrass is asking for birthday cards for the big celebration. Wess has flown with Honor Flight Bluegrass and has been to several of the organization’s events. To honor his service and his upcoming birthday on April 16, the organization is asking the…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The University of Kentucky Police Department recently welcomed a new K-9 to its Explosives Detection Division, a black lab named Luna. Luna was imported from the Netherlands and is a about a year and a half old. She’s trained in Dutch commands. K-9 Luna is paired with Officer Wakefield, who are both working on their national…
MANCHESTER, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Kentucky man filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the constitutionality of Senate Bill 150, a bill concerning pronouns, gender-affirming care, bathrooms and more. Deric Lostutter filed the suit one day after the Senate passed SB 150. Lostutter says the bill “unfairly targets the LGBTQ community” and “strips away the choice of the parent regarding their child.”…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — Louisville’s Louder Than Life 2023 music festival lineup is out. The festival will feature the Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Rancid, Turnstile and more. General admission, VIP and single-day tickets are all on sale now. Ticket prices range from $110 up to $1,600….
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Jacobson Park is adding a new trail to its system, and Lexington Parks & Recreation officials want the public’s opinion on where that trail should go. There are four options for the new trail: Meadow Loop (yellow): a one-mile trail in the center of the park Lakeside Loop (blue): a 1/2-mile trail on the edge of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Bowling Green senior living home has done it again — going viral on TikTok, but this time with a video for National Barbie Day. Seniors at Arcadia Senior Living in Bowling Green donned some fabulous pink and blue outfits and stood inside a homemade Barbie doll box, lip-syncing to the tune of Barbie Girl….
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Lexington Sporting Club on Monday revealed its 2023 away jerseys for the inaugural USL League One season. UK HealthCare Sports Medicine, a partner of Lexington SC, adorns the front of the jersey alongside a jockey silk-inspired diamond pattern. Kits are available for purchase through Lexington SC’s online store here: https://shop.lexsporting.com/products/lsc-away-kit-2023?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web Offerings include men, women and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Over the past year, you’ve seen many positive changes happening in the ABC 36 newsroom, on air and online. We’ve brought in countless new faces that you see every day in our newscasts and plenty of people behind the scenes who all play an important role in making ABC 36 what it is — a growing…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WTVQ) — A senior living home in Bowling Green recreated Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime performance with their own TikTok dance video — and the singer got word of it. You probably remember the choreographed dance by Rihanna. She was decked out in red and announced her pregnancy on live television to millions of Americans. Here’s the seniors’…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A petition created just days after the Lexington Legends announced a new name and logo hopes to reverse the decision. On Monday, Lexington Legends unveiled its new name: the Lexington Counter Clocks. “You talked. We listed. 3.6.2023” the professional baseball team wrote on its Facebook page ahead of the announcement. Though signees of the Change.org petition…
EASTERN KENTUCKY (WTVQ) — The Kentucky Humane Society rescued 10 free-roaming, starving horses from the mountains in Eastern Kentucky last month. The KHS team brought the horses to Willow Hope Farm where a veterinarian examined each horse, according to a Facebook post. The horses were posted for a stray hold but that hold expired. “Several of the mares are likely…
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Mercer County Fire District McAfee station is a “total loss” after last Friday’s storms. “The members of took a devastating blow today,” a post on the fire department’s Facebook page says. “The Day After….. the station is a total loss.” Strong winds blew the roof of the fire station off, caved the walls in and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Lexington Legends unveiled a new name Monday — the Lexington Counter Clocks. The Legends began their stint in Lexington in 2001. The team is a member of the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a “partner league” of Major League Baseball. Now, they’ll be known as the Counter Clocks. The Counter Clocks…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 3/3/23, 4:14 p.m. In the past two hours, power outages in Kentucky have nearly tripled. Around 2:30 p.m., about 76,000 people were without power. Now, that number sits at almost 250,000. The line is slowly creeping into Central Kentucky. 3/3/23, 2:36 p.m. Thousands of Kentuckians are without power as strong storms head east across the state….
PUBLISHED AT 12:53 P.M. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Tornado Watch is issued for a large portion of Kentucky on Friday. Counties included: Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Jessamine, Knox, LaRue, Laurel, Laurel,…
MASON, Ohio (WTVQ) — Kings Island’s newest themed area is set to open this summer. The amusement park on Thursday released renderings of what you can expect its Adventure Port area to look like. Adventure Port will be located between Coney Mall and Action Zone and will feature two new rides and an update to the Adventure Express roller coaster….
VERSAILLES, Ky. (WTVQ) — Woodford Reserve on Wednesday released its 2023 Kentucky Derby bottle which honors one of the most iconic moments in sports history — Secretariat winning the 1973 Derby. The bottle features the artwork of Kentucky native Jaime Corum. Her painting shows Secretariat in the Winner’s Circle at Churchill Downs with the famed Garland of Roses draped over…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Krispy Kreme doughnuts will appear in several Lexington- and Lousiville-area McDonald’s restaurants for a limited time, the company announced Monday. The Krispy Kreme market test with McDonald’s will include approximately 160 locations starting March 21. You’ll be able to buy the Original Glazed doughnut, the Chocolate Iced with Sprinkles doughnut and the Chocolate Iced Kreme Filled…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — Kentucky State Police Foundation has announced the new owner of the late Trooper Cameron Ponder raffle truck. Kenton Scharf now has the keys to the 1990s fully restored truck, which previously belonged to KSP trooper Ponder — who was killed during a high-speed pursuit in 2015. The truck, which was ponder’s passion project, was donated to…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — The largest starting Kentucky State Police cadet class since 2014 has arrived at the training academy to begin their careers. KSP welcomed 103 new cadets — and credited the recent $15,000 salary increase for sworn personnel and recruitment efforts. KSP now employs nearly 900 troopers, an increase of about 22 percent from November 2021, according to…
MIDWAY, Ky. (WTVQ) — When a concerned driver pulled over in Midway to help a stray dog, she didn’t know her simple act of kindness would be the difference between life and death for the dog. The dog, whom Woodford Humane Society staff named Hope, did a remarkable job of masking what must have been extreme pain — she had…