LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Drivers in Lexington are being urged to avoid part of North Limestone following a crash that brought down electric wires. According to officials, North Limestone is currently shut down in both directions between Arceme Avenue and Avon Avenue as crews work to address the situation. The road closure comes after a collision earlier Monday…
ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Authorities are working to identify human remains that were discovered over the weekend in a remote part of Rowan County. According to the Rowan County Coroner, a man and his son were hiking on Trent Ridge in the southeastern part of the county when they came across what appeared to be skeletal remains….
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Lexington Police are continuing to investigate a crash that sent two people to the hospital Sunday afternoon. According to police, the crash happened around 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Man O’ War Boulevard and Saron Drive. One person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, while another was transported with non-life-threatening injuries,…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Lexington Police responded to another crash Sunday night, this one at the intersection of Man O’ War Boulevard and Sir Barton Way. According to officers, the two-vehicle collision happened around 9:30 p.m. One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Police have not released additional details about what led to the crash….
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – It’s a warm and breezy start to the week across central and eastern Kentucky, and those warmer temperatures will help fuel the development of strong-to-severe storms later today, especially for areas north of the Hal Rogers and Mountain Parkways. A Level 2 (Slight) Severe Risk is in place for much of the ABC…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Lexington Police are investigating after shots were fired early Monday morning on Winburn Drive. According to officers, the incident happened around 3:00 a.m. Two vehicles were hit by gunfire, but no injuries were reported. Police say no other property was damaged during the incident. Right now, no arrests have been made, and the search…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The impact of last week’s historic flooding is still being felt in downtown Frankfort, especially at the Franklin County Courthouse. Officials say the building is still recovering from water damage, and as a result, court operations will stay closed through at least Friday. Some remote proceedings are still being held, but for the most…
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) -A man has been arrested and charged with rape of a child under the age of 12 in Laurel County. According to a release, around 10:40 p.m. on Friday, 39-year-old Andrew Hedrick was arrested in Georgetown off I-75 after authorities tracked him through the GPS on the tractor-trailer her was driving. Investigators had…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – One person has died after falling off the Clays Ferry Bridge on Friday. According to the Fayette County Coroner, 23-year-old Nishit Patel reportedly fell over the side of the bridge around 5:45 p.m. KSP was called to the accident, and Patel was pronounced dead at the scene several hours later. He was reportedly…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – One church helping the community after the devastating floods last weekend. Volunteers with the Trinity Global Methodist handed out more than 570 flood buckets to people in the community on Saturday. The church was able to get the buckets from a warehouse in Alabama. The buckets were filled with cleaning supplies, such as…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – A business in Lexington has been damaged after a car hit the building Saturday morning. According to police, officers were called around 11:14 a.m. to the 3000 block of Beaumont Center Circle after a car crashed into a building. Police say the driver was still inside the car when they arrived and had…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Police in Georgetown are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred on Friday evening. According to police., officers were called to the area of Thorndale Drive and Paris Pike for a shots fired call. When officers arrived, they found an adult male in the vehicle with gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the…
A dreary way to end the work week with overcast skies and highs only peaking in the low to mid 40s, but we will see a big improvement this weekend. Tonight, temps will drop near freezing with a frost advisory is in place for central Kentucky and a freeze warning for northern Kentucky. Despite the cold start to the day…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – April is child abuse prevention month, aimed at raising awareness for child abuse and neglect. Later this month the Children Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass will be hosting a pinwheel planting event to support the children they see every year. You may have seen blue pinwheels at different facilities including the state capitol…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — Hundreds of people are working all hours of the day at Buffalo Trace Distillery to clean mud-filled buildings and prepare for production to ramp back up. Master distiller Harlen Wheatley announcing that they have resumed shipping today and expect to resume bottling tomorrow. “Our distribution and main bottling center did not take on…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The Lexington Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, Officer Devan Gales passed away on Thursday while off duty Officer Gales had been a member of the department since October 2004 and was most recently serving as a patrol officer in…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Two people were injured in an early morning crash in Lexington. According to officials the incident happened just after 6 a.m. at the intersection of Bolivar Street and South Broadway. Police tell ABC 36 News Now the two people hurt were taken to a hospital with minor injuries Details remain limited at this…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – The death toll from the recent devastating flooding across Kentucky has climbed to seven, Governor Andy Beshear announced Thursday night. The latest victim was from Pendleton County, adding to a growing list of flood-related deaths previously confirmed in Bullitt, Carroll, McCracken, Nelson, Trigg, and Franklin counties. Among the victims was a 9-year-old boy…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Lingering showers and cloudy skies are sticking around to wrap up the workweek, but the forecast ahead features a frosty start to the weekend, a nice warm-up by Sunday, and then a renewed risk of strong-to-severe storms by Monday night. Let’s break it all down. Lingering Showers This Morning, Then a Chilly Friday…
This afternoon shaped up to be a pleasant one with a sunshine and highs in the 60s and 70s. The nice weather this afternoon helped with the instability in the atmosphere producing several storms in central and eastern Kentucky. This rain and storms will continue through the overnight and morning hours on Friday as a low pressure moves into the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – The death toll from the historic Kentucky floods is now up to 6, according to Governor Andy Beshear. Now clean up is underway for thousands whose homes were inundated by floodwaters. Dozens of counties declaring states of emergency During a Team Kentucky Update, Gov. Beshear estimated the cost of rebuilding homes, lives and…
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