Warm, breezy Friday with a few storms before an active weekend

Warm and breezy Friday with a few storms around Friday starts mild and stays that way, with temperatures already running well above normal and climbing into the upper 70s and low to mid 80s by the afternoon. In fact, a few spots could challenge record warm overnight lows. It won’t be completely quiet, though. Scattered showers are already moving through…

New UKFB safeties coach Josh Christian-Young excited to reunite with DC Jay Bateman

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Josh Christian-Young met the media Thursday morning as Kentucky Wildcats football’s new safeties coach, highlighting both his recent experience and a familiar coaching connection that brought him to Lexington. Christian-Young arrives at Kentucky after spending the past two seasons as safeties coach at Houston. Prior to that, he worked on the defensive staff at…

Gov. Andy Beshear signs ‘Logan’s Law’ to strengthen Kentucky sentencing and parole for violent offenders

UPDATE: April 2 at 2:30 p.m. Gov. Andy Beshear signed House Bill 422, known as “Logan’s Law,” to strengthen Kentucky’s sentencing and parole laws for serious and violent crimes. The bill is named in memory of 6-year-old Logan Tipton, who was violently killed as he slept in his family’s Versailles home in 2015. “Logan Tipton was a six-year-old whose life…

Lexington woman arrested after allegedly chasing pedestrians with her vehicle

Courtesy: Fayette County Detention CenterLEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 News Now) — A Lexington woman faces multiple charges, including wanton endangerment and burglary, after police say she drove through a park, attempted to hit pedestrians with her car, and broke into a home on March 31. Lexington Police Department officers responded to Whitney Young Park after receiving reports of a driver…

More unseasonably warm air to close out the week

Afternoon highs will be in the low 80s once again into Good Friday

We’ve enjoyed a summer-like stretch of weather to close out March and kick off April this week across Central and Eastern Kentucky and we saw more of the same on Thursday. With a mix of clouds and sunshine along with southwest winds gusting 30 to 35 miles per hour at times, afternoon highs surged back into the low to mid-80s…

Warmth continues ahead of a big weekend turn around

Breezy and warm through Friday Thursday stays mostly dry across central and eastern Kentucky, but it won’t be quiet. Gusty south winds will be the main story, frequently reaching 25 to 35 mph and occasionally pushing closer to 40 mph in a few spots. Even with some passing clouds, temperatures climb well into the upper 70s and low to mid…

Summer warmth rolls along into the late week

Highs may surge into the mid-80s in a few spots Thursday 

It was an unseasonably warm start to April across Central and Eastern Kentucky (no joke) as the summer-like feel stayed locked in Wednesday. A steady southwest wind continued to push warmer air into the commonwealth and with a mix of clouds and sunshine, afternoon highs climbed into the upper 70s and low 80s. A slow moving frontal system to our…

Warm, windy, wet stretch continues until weekend cooldown

Breezy and Summerlike Through Midweek Warm and breezy conditions continue across the Bluegrass, with temperatures climbing well above normal for early April. Afternoon highs are reaching into the upper 70s and low 80s, and that trend sticks around through midweek and into the start of the weekend. Southerly winds remain a key part of the forecast, frequently gusting over 30…

Feeling more like summer as we kick off April

Look for a few scattered showers and storms from time to time

We finished off the month of March in style on Tuesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky with another unseasonably warm day across the board. With a breezy southwest wind gusting to around 30 miles per hour along with a mix of clouds and sunshine, afternoon highs surged into the upper 70s and low 80s, giving that summer-like feel once again….

Judge voids impeachment articles against Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman

Made in Canva (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – A Franklin Circuit Court judge has ruled that the impeachment articles against Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman are null and void stating the Kentucky House of Representatives failed to charge her with an impeachable offense. Judge Phillip J. Shepherd issued the order on Tuesday, declaring that the legislature’s impeachment power does…

Glasgow man arrested after bomb threat

BARREN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — A man is facing charges after making a bomb threat against the Barren County Courthouse ahead of his scheduled court appearance on Monday. Officials responded to the building just after 10 a.m. after personnel reported they had received “a phone call from an unknown male who claimed there was a bomb in…

Kentucky lawmakers restore funding match to save Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Photo by: Andrew Harnik/AP(ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – More than 138,000 Kentucky children will continue to receive a free book in the mail each month after state lawmakers restored a funding match for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.   A previous version of Kentucky’s main budget bill contained a provision to reduce the state’s contribution to one-third of the cost of…