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Temperatures improve after frosty start to Monday

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

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Happy Monday & happy Earth Day! After a chilly Sunday, many areas waking up frost on the ground to start your workweek. Temperatures will be improving for the afternoon hours climbing into the mid-60s. It won’t be as cold overnight as a light southerly breeze increases and a few clouds will move in. Tuesday morning temperatures…

A Frost Threat Is On The Way For Monday Morning
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FROST THREAT on the way tonight

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has your Sunday evening ABC 36 Storm Team forecast
WTVQ News Desk,

LEXINGTON, Ky.  (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening everyone. Our chilly temperatures continue with an incoming FROST threat for the night ahead. For that reason, a FROST ADVISORY is out for the entire state of Kentucky through Monday morning as temperatures hit the low to mid 30s. Monday afternoon will still be chilly and below average, but at least…

Chilly Air Hangs Around With A Couple Frost Threats
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Chilly temperatures bring frost threats

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has your Saturday evening ABC 36 Storm Team forecast
WTVQ News Desk,

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Saturday evening everyone. It has been a chilly day across central and eastern Kentucky and we will have more of the same in the days ahead, along with a couple chances of frost. Let’s start with the present and roll our way forward. Temperatures to start our Sunday will be into the upper…

Pat Kelsey Comes Home To His High School Alma Mater In Cincinnati
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Pat Kelsey comes home to his high school alma mater in Cincinnati

The new Louisville men's basketball head coach is a 1993 graduate of Elder High School
Forrest Tucker,

CINCINNATI, OH (WTVQ)- New Louisville head men’s basketball coach and Cincinnati native, Pat Kelsey, is the keynote speaker for Elder High School’s annual Sports Stag event. On Friday April 19 in Cincinnati, Kelsey returned to the school and met with other alumni as well as current students who interviewed him for Elder News Network’s sports broadcast. Kelsey played one season…

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LFD holds Fire Recruit Graduation

Sydney St. Claire,

Lexington, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Lexington Fire Department hosted it’s Fire Recruit Graduation for Class 72 on Friday. With up to a thousand hours, this class of recruits were so excited for their graduation and excited to join the ranks of firefighters serving the city. 37 recruits walked across the stage at the graduation, beginning their next step as probationary…

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Dry and feeling more like late April this weekend

After a small-like week across Central and Eastern Kentucky, temperatures will be a bit cooler the next few days.
T.G. Shuck,

It was a cloudy and somewhat dreary finish to the week across Central and Eastern Kentucky Friday, a far cry with the summer-like weather we enjoyed much of the week. The sunshine and low 80s for highs were replaced with low clouds, some drizzle and temperatures only in the upper 50s to low 60s depending on location thanks to a…

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New Transy women’s basketball head coach goes from the boardroom to the baseline

Hannah Varel is the eighth head coach in program history since 1968
Forrest Tucker,

  LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ)- Hannah Varel’s path to leading Transylvania’s record-breaking women’s basketball team is no ordinary feat. Transy’s eighth head coach since 1968 did not play college basketball, has only been a college coach for six years and was once crunching numbers as an accountant. The former Pricewaterhouse Cooper senior associate joined Juli Fulks’ coaching staff in 2020 as…

Medical Cannabis Business Licensing Begins July 1st 041824
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Medical cannabis business licensing begins July 1st

WTVQ News Desk, Associated Press,

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will use a lottery system to award an initial round of licenses to businesses competing to participate in the state’s startup medical cannabis program, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. The governor called it a fair way to give each applicant that clears the screening process an opportunity to land a…

Showers And Storms To Start Friday Ahead Of A Weekend Cool Down Dillon Gaudets Friday Morning Forecast
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Showers and storms exit giving way to a cooler weekend

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

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Happy Friday! We are tracking lingering overnight showers and a few storms early. Those showers and storms will exit as a cold front passes through the region. The best chance of rain will be before noon, before we begin to dry out into the afternoon. Far southern Kentucky may see shower and storm chances lingering into…

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Late April weather reality check on the way

After a very summer-like week with warm temperatures, it will feel more like spring the next few days.
T.G. Shuck,

We enjoyed another beautiful day of weather across Central and Eastern Kentucky with lots of sunshine, a few high clouds and a pleasant southwest breeze. Combine all those factors together and you end up with a splendid April day as afternoon highs reached the upper 70s and low 80s across the area. We’ve gotten a little spoiled with the summer-like…