Lexington police investigating 3 vehicle thefts

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Lexington police are investigating three vehicle thefts that all occurred Thursday morning. The first was around 6:20 a.m. when a car was stolen from the Gleneagles Apartments complex in southeast Lexington, according to police. The stolen vehicle was described as a black, four-door sedan. The second vehicle theft occurred at 9 a.m. at the same apartment…

Rain chances begin to increase

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Thursday forecast!

Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Thursday everyone, it is a winner of a weather day with high temperatures this afternoon reaching the upper 50s to near 60. That is impressive considering we started out yesterday morning with a wind chill of 10 degrees. But the nice weather today quickly turns wet into the overnight with a multi day…

Fayette Co. Board of Education reviewing 14 candidates for District 3 seat

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Fayette County Board of Education members are reviewing candidates for District 3’s vacant seat. In a Thursday press release from Fayette County Public Schools, 14 candidates met statutory requirements and the application deadline to be reviewed for the seat. Board members are now in the process of vetting each candidate and will then review feedback and…

UAW wants to organize unions at other automakers — including Toyota in Georgetown

(CNN NEWSOURCE) — The United Auto Workers Union has started a campaign to help organize workers at 13 non-union automakers with U.S. factories — including the Toyota plant in Georgetown. They include three U.S.-based electric car makers: Tesla, Rivian and Lucid. The other 10 will include foreign automakers that build cars here in the U.S. like Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and…

Milder to end November with another rain chance on the horizon

After a cold start to the week, temperatures will continue to moderate into Thursday

Once again it felt more like the heart of winter instead of late November during the early hours of Wednesday as high pressure, clear skies and light winds set up optional conditions with some serious cooling! Most locations dropping well into the teens before temperatures went the other direction as a light south wind picked up toward daybreak. After the…

Two people rescued after fire in Georgetown

Crews are still investigating the cause and origin of this fire.

Georgetown, Ky (WTVQ): A fire on a property on lisle Road Wednesday morning sent two people to the hospital. The Scott County Fire Crews got the call around 6:15 Wednesday morning. Michael Hennigan, Director of Scott County EMS, says crews were fighting the fire in the middle of the yard, when they started to hear a knocking from a small…

Police warn against porch piracy during the holiday season

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky (WTVQ)– The holiday season is in full swing and just days after Black Friday and Cyber Monday, police are warning people about ‘porch pirates.’ Porch Pirates are believed to have stolen an estimated eight billion dollars worth of goods in the past year. The Wednesday after Thanksgiving is National Package Protection Day. It’s a day to encourage homeowners…

LPD posts new routine to help prevent car thefts

Lexington, Ky. (WTVQ) — Lexington Police have seen more than 100 car thefts since the beginning of November. “We did have 108 police reports for car break ins,” said Sergeant Guy Miller, the Supervisor of the LPD Public Information Office. “So there are people out there trying car door handles and trying to take valuable items out of your vehicles…