UK talks offensive improvements heading into season

UK Football improves there offensive line and running back depth from last season.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — UK Football says they improved their offensive line and running back depth from last season. UK brought in five transfers to solidify the big blue wall. Coach Mark Stoops says that the line has eight or nine players who are ready to play; a big improvement from last year. As far as running backs, they are…

Oppressive heat and humidity relaxes a bit this weekend

After heat indices around 110 degrees with highs in the mid-90s Friday, we should back off on the very hot air by Sunday

We managed to avoid the excessive heat and humidity for much of the week across Central and Eastern Kentucky but our luck finally ran out on Friday. With super high humidity as dew-points reached the mid to upper 70s couples with afternoon highs in the mid and upper 90s, we dealt with some very oppressive conditions as heat index values…

Beshear emphasizes affordable housing need at conference in Lexington

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Gov. Andy Beshear spoke at this year’s Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference on Friday. The conference, hosted by the Kentucky Housing Corporation, aims to connect Kentuckians with equal access to housing. “We need more affordable housing everywhere, all across Kentucky. We needed it before the natural disasters and we will need even more of it with the…

Heat and humidity peak across the area to close out the week Friday

Highs in the 90s will be possible Friday but once again the potential for storms could greatly impact temperatures

Thursday started out rather stormy across Central and Eastern Kentucky as complex of thunderstorms held together and dropped through the region from north to south. We saw torrential rain and lots of lightning with rainfall totals up to around a half inch, which feel over a short span of time. The biggest impact this complex had was on our afternoon…

Ham sells for record-breaking $10 million at Kentucky Country Ham Breakfast

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — The 59th annual Kentucky Country Ham Breakfast brought in a whopping new record Thursday morning — a ham sold for $10 million! After a bidding war between Joe and Kelly Craft and Central Bank, they combined their bids and each donated $5 million, according to ABC affiliate WHAS. Auction proceeds benefit the winner’s charity of choice,…

Police won’t be indicted for fatal shooting of Desman LaDuke, grand jury decides

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — No one will be indicted for the fatal shooting of a Nicholasville man who was having a mental health crisis at his home last year. In a report handed down in Jessamine County on Wednesday, a grand jury voted and chose to not indict anyone, including any Nicholasville police officers, for the shooting death of Desman…

Hottest temperatures of the summer could be on tap to finish out the week

The only potential speed bump is some potential thunderstorm development to our north, which could hold our afternoon highs down a bit

It was a pretty typical late August day across Central and Eastern Kentucky Wednesday with sunshine and afternoon highs into the low 90s. With a weak boundary camped out across Western Kentucky and much of our area being in a slightly drier air-mass, humidity levels weren’t overly high which kept us out of the trouble zone for those dangerous heat…

Paris nursing home facing staff shortage

Paris, Ky. (WTVQ) — The state of Kentucky is seeing a shortage of nursing homes due to minimal rooms and staff available. According to data most older people prefer to receive care in their own homes. And nursing staff are paid more to work at someone’s home causing a shortage of staff in nursing homes. Jeff Stidam, Executive Director of…

Lexington Police introduces technology aimed at helping solve crimes

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- The Lexington Police Department held a press conference Wednesday, introducing Fusus, a real-time crime center platform used to help keep the community safe. Police Chief Lawrence Weathers says the platform will help the department solve crimes quicker and provide real-time data to police. “This new technology will help unify all of our public safety assets,” says Weathers….