Chilly temps continue ahead of potent weekend system

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

Happy Tuesday everyone, I hope you had a wonderful New Year’s Day. We finally have a few peaks of sunshine on the way for your Tuesday. However, it will still be a chilly day. Temperatures will struggle to reach the low 40s. Overnight temperatures will fall into the mid-to-upper 20s with partly cloudy skies. Bundle up as you head out…

A busy pattern kicking off the new year

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

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Monday everyone and Happy New Year! It is a cold and dreary first day of 2024 across central and eastern Kentucky with temperatures in the low to mid 30s, mostly cloudy skies, and snow flurries. The next several days look seasonably cold and dry before a big time storm system impacts our…

Police investigating two New Year’s Day shootings

Lexington, Ky (WTVQ): A violent start to the new year as police are investigating two overnight shootings on New Year’s Day, Police say there were two separate shootings early Monday morning on New Year’s, one at around 2 a.m. on West Main Street where a woman was shot. Police say she showed up at the hospital a short time later….

Squatters believed to have caused fire in abandoned Lexington home

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Squatters were believed to have caused a fire at an abandoned home in Lexington Monday afternoon. The fire started around 1 p.m. in the 100 block of Fairlawn Avenue. According to the Lexington Fire Department, the house was abandoned and it’s believed the fire was caused by squatters knocking over a charcoal grill. The home doesn’t…

Several systems to track into the new year

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

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening and Happy New Year Eve. Temperatures are dropping as the hours of 2023 are dropping. Temperatures will be into the low 30s with a few snow flurries as we turn the clocks to midnight and welcome in 2024. The first day of the new year will feature high temperatures in…

Feeling like late December to close out 2023

An upper level low will exit the area with a few leftover rain/snow showers into Saturday

It finally looked like the holiday season across parts of Central and Eastern Kentucky on Friday as an upper level low spinning overhead helped produce a few scattered snow showers from time to time. With ground temperatures above freezing, these snow showers had little to no impact but it did look festive around the region. Temperatures were chilly with most…

Homicides down in Lexington in 2023

With 2023 coming to a close the homicide numbers in Lexington are down to 25, compared to last year with nearly 45 murders.

Lexington, Ky (WTVQ): With 2023 coming to a close the homicide numbers in Lexington are down to 25, compared to last year with nearly 45 murders. One Lexington is a gun violence prevention initiative for youth and young adults. Kenneth Payne, the community outreach advocate for One Lexington, says, “What can we do to ensure that another mother doesn’t have…