Att. Gen. Coleman sues Kroger for its alleged role in opioid crisis

BULLITT CO., Ky. (WTVQ) —- Attorney General Russell Coleman announced a lawsuit against Kroger on Monday, alleging they have a role in Kentucky’s opioid crisis. One of Coleman’s top priorities is fighting the drug epidemic. He says Kroger has made addictive substances “all too accessible” and failed to create a system to report suspicious activity or abuse. Also adding Kroger…

Lexington looks to create a better snow plan

Lexington, Ky (WTVQ): With snow expected to hit late tonight, starting At 8 p.m. Monday, crews will be out on the roadways, making sure high priority routes are clear. Nancy Albright, with Public Works says, “this is not expected to be a storm where we will attempt to clear every neighborhood street because mother nature will probably take care of…

Fast moving system could bring a quick shot of snow into early Tuesday

Most locations should see light accumulations of wet snow with locally higher amounts where the heaviest bands set up

It was a fairly quiet start to the week Monday weather-wise across Central and Eastern Kentucky with mainly overcast conditions, some patchy fog in the south and afternoon highs a bit above average in the upper 40s and low 50s. As a fast moving area of low pressure slides in from the southwest, we are looking at some impactful weather…

Donating blood at the Capitol

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) —- Five minutes and 18 seconds. That is how long it took Governor Beshear to donate blood; he is now challenging his fellow Kentuckians to do the same. The number of our country’s blood donors is at a 20-year low. So, First Lady Britainy Beshear organized a blood drive to encourage people to give blood and raise…

Rain turns to snow Monday night

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

Happy Monday! We are tracking another round of rain but this time we will turn over to snow overnight. A Winter Weather Advisory is out for several counties across the northern half of the ABC 36 viewing area tonight. Rain will turn to a brief period of heavy-wet snow overnight, leading to the potential for 2-4 inches of snow within…

Rain to accumulating snow for Monday

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has your Sunday evening ABC 36 Storm Team forecast

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening everyone, it has been a mainly dry day across the area but changes are on the way Monday afternoon – Tuesday morning in the form of rain to accumulating snow. Monday starts mainly dry with temperatures in the 40s but I can’t rule out a stray shower down south. Rain…

Rain and thunder continue before a chance at snow

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has your Saturday evening ABC 36 Storm Team forecast

Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Saturday evening everyone, its been another day with above average temperatures and occasional rain. We keep that trend going into our Sunday before changes show up into Monday. For tonight, rain is increasing from the south and will last into Sunday. Locally heavy rain is possible along with some thunder. That round of…

Kentucky falls to Gonzaga at home 89-84

Lexington, KY (WTVQ) — Kentucky loses their third straight home game. That is the first time that has happened since 1966. The cats had Rob Dillingham back tonight, but were without Trey Mitchell who was out for the second game in a row with a back injury. The cats will host Ole Miss at home on Wednesday at 9pm.  …

What do fire investigations entail?

Fire investigator talks about the process of investigating

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — “For the year we’ve had 30, so since January 1st, we’ve had 30 different new cases,” says Fire Investigations Battalion Chief  Chris Burke, he recalls how many cases they are currently investigating. He says typically when they arrive on scene the first thing they look for are eye witnesses. “Fire dynamics, how the fire grows and…

Rain chances ramp up heading through the weekend

Our great stretch of early February weather will come to an end with several rounds of showers over the next few days.

It’s been an amazing run of dry days and unseasonably mild temperatures across Central and Eastern Kentucky here in early February but an unusual weather pattern like this won’t last forever so we have some changes on the way. Friday ended up being fairly decent despite mainly overcast skies but more importantly it was dry other than a spotty shower…