Rain chances return for Oaks Day

Meteorologist Dillon Gaudet has the latest in your full ABC 36 Storm Team forecast

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Happy Oaks Day! Unfortunately, after a beautiful last two days rain returns to the forecast today. Scattered to widespread to showers and storms will be moving in throughout your Friday morning hours. The chance of storms and isolated heavier downpours will increase this afternoon into the early evening. Heading to Churchill Downs for…

Rain chances ramp up just in time for Oaks Day

We've enjoyed a fantastic start to May but it looks wet and a bit stormy heading into Derby weekend

It was another incredible day on weather Thursday across Central and Eastern Kentucky with more sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures even for early May. In fact it felt more like late June across the area as afternoon highs climbed into the mid to upper 80s! It was definitely the warmest day of 2024 so far in most locations and it’s…

Pro-Palestinian rally remains peaceful on UK’s campus

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWSNOW) — Wednesday evening pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the University of Kentucky’s campus. “We’re here to make our voices heard and let officials at the university level, at the state and city level know that we’re here to use our voices and let them know that we won’t stand silent in the face of injustice,” student protestor…