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Chilly conditions continue Friday

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

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Happy Friday everyone! It’s going to be another chilly day across the bluegrass. A few showers are possible, especially early in the day for easter Kentucky, with a flakes possibly mixing in for the higher elevations. Temperatures will struggle to reach the mid-to-upper 40s by the afternoon thanks to stubborn cloud cover. Heading to Keeneland today…

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Chief Meteorologist TG Shuck Remembers 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak As Young Boy 50 Years Later

Says It Was The Event That Made Him Want To Become A Meteorologist
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Lexington, KY. (WTVQ) — In the news, one of the big things we often say is that everyone has a story. The same goes for people who even work in the news industry. The year was 1974. Gas was just 53-cents a gallon. The two big hit movies were “Blazing Saddles” and “The Godfather: Part II.” There was “The Rumble…
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New UK women’s basketball head coach lands four commits

Forrest Tucker,

LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ)- New University of Kentucky women’s basketball Head Coach Kenny Brooks is bringing his first new players to the Bluegrass. Amelia Hassett, Georgia Amoore and Clara Strack all committed to the Wildcats on April 4. A day later another commitment came through. Lexi Blue, a guard from Orlando, Florida, who will come to Kentucky as a freshman this…

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Bluegrass Crime Stoppers asking for help in homicide

Ana Medina,

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Officials with Bluegrass Crime Stoppers in Lexington, need your help solving a homicide from September of last year. Crime stoppers say the incident happened on September 29 of 2023. Officials say when police arrived they found the victim, Kristopher Lewis, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities adding that witnesses saw three men with ski…

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Funeral arrangements set for UK Dance Team member

Kate Kaufling, 20, lost her battle with bone cancer on Sunday
Paxton Boyd,

(WTVQ) — Funeral arrangements have been announced for a University of Kentucky dance team member who died after a battle with cancer. The school says 20-year-old Kate Kaufling died Sunday, March 31st, from osteosarcoma — a form of bone cancer. The university says Kaufling, from Louisville, joined the dance team with her twin sister, Abby, last fall. A visitation for…

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Unseasonably chilly air hangs around for the late week

After storms Tuesday, it was much cooler for the mid-week and a few flakes may be on the table Thursday morning.
T.G. Shuck,

It was a much quieter day on Wednesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky compared to all the stormy and severe weather we dealt with on Tuesday. We’ve already had multiple conformed tornadoes here in the commonwealth with site surveys where damage occurred still on-going so that total is likely to rise. As the strong front that created all the issues…