Our active pattern is set to ramp up

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Sunday evening forecast!

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening everyone, we got a break from the gloom and doom today and actually seen some sunshine. But additional light rain chances are ahead the next couple of days before a MUCH bigger system lurks more the upcoming weekend. Temperatures to start our Monday will be down into the upper 30s…

Residents express concern over zoning change in Nicholasville

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — Residents of Minnow Cove Court in Nicholasville are concerned about a proposed rezoning in the area. They say they’re worried about the impact it could have in the residential areas. “We want to make a contribution to this community, and do what’s best for everyone involved. But we also want to protect, you know, our homes…

Unsettled but mild weather sticks for the weekend

We enjoyed some beneficial rain to kick off December with more spotty showers on the horizon

It was a damp and dreary start to the month of December here in Central and Eastern Kentucky on Friday. With a wave of low pressure sliding into the Ohio Valley, steady rain fell during the early morning hours with roughly a quarter to up to a half inch of much needed rain around the area. Clouds remained in place…

Sen. Rand Paul successfully performs Heimlich on choking Joni Ernst in Senate GOP lunch

(CNN NEWSOURCE) — Sen. Rand Paul got to put his medical training to work Thursday during a Republican party lunch. Paul, a doctor, performed the Heimlich maneuver on Sen. Joni Ernst. The Senator from Iowa was hosting the party’s weekly lunch when she started choking during the meal which consisted of pork chops and steaks. After Ernst was helped, Paul…

House expels New York Rep. George Santos. It’s just the sixth expulsion in the chamber’s history

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a critical ethics report on his conduct that accused him of converting campaign donations for his own use. He was just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues. The vote to expel was 311-114. Expulsion requires support…

Additional rain chances ahead

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Friday forecast!

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Friday everyone, it is a wet and rainy day across central and eastern Kentucky. But we need all the rain we can get with the ongoing drought conditions. Rain will turn into scattered showers for the afternoon with highs in the mid to upper 50s. Saturday looks mainly dry but we will…

KSP’s Cram the Cruiser underway

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — Kentucky State Police’s annual Cram the Cruiser holiday food drive is officially underway. Each year, the food drive is held around the holidays to provide non-perishable food items for families in need throughout the Commonwealth. It will run for about two weeks. “Hunger is an urban, suburban and rural problem,” said Lt. Josh Lawson. “There is…

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, has died. She was 93. The court says she died in Phoenix on Friday, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness. In 2018, she announced that she had been diagnosed…