With a frontal boundary dropping through the commonwealth on Thursday a few spots saw scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the morning hours and mostly down south. With plenty of clouds around yet again, afternoon highs were held in check in many locations, topping out into the low 80s, which is roughly 5 degrees below average for this time of…
ROCKCASTLE CO., KY (WTVQ) — It’s that time of year again with those big yellow buses taking to the streets around Kentucky. When parents put their kids on these buses, they expect their kids to be safe. But what happens when someone doesn’t stop when kids are getting off or on? To help with this issue, Rockcastle County has…
Categories: Let’s Talk Kentucky
Categories: Let’s Talk Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky ( WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Thursday morning everyone, our day is starting off with a good deal of rain and storms across the area. But we will start to clear everything out by later today setting us up for a August summer-like Friday with temperatures in the upper 80s and sunshine. Saturday has the potential to…
We’ve enjoyed a couple of fairly quiet days through the mid-week weather-wise here in Central and Eastern Kentucky as weak high pressure drifted through the region. Thanks to a good bit of cloudiness mixed in with some sunshine, afternoon highs were held in check a bit but were still comfortable for early August with temperatures topping out into the low…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Henry Clay High School teacher arrested on 23 sex crime-related charges pleaded not guilty in court on Wednesday. Kevin Lentz will appear in court next on Aug. 18. He’s charged with seven counts of use of a minor in a sex performance (under 16), 10 counts of obscene matter to minors and six counts of…
MANCHESTER, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Whitley County man who’s charged with murdering a 3-year-old was indicted again last week in Clay County for allegedly murdering a 6-month-old. Jordan Taylor was charged with a second murder and indicted on Aug. 3. He’s accused of killing a 6-month-old in Clay County in July 2020. Previously, Taylor was in jail in Whitley County…
RICHMOND, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Madison County inmate who escaped from custody on Monday is back in jail. According to the Madison County Detention Center website, Thomas Crowe was booked into the jail at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Crowe is now charged with escape. He allegedly fled from a detention bus that was heading to a rehabilitation facility. Crowe, 31, was…
COLUMBIA, Ky. (WTVQ) — A 26-year-old Kentucky man was found in Tennessee after he allegedly ran for being investigated for having a relationship with a 17-year-old student. An investigation into Jonathan Berryman’s relationship with a 17-year-old girl began in March 2022 after an Adair County school resource officer was informed of the situation, according to Columbia police. After Berryman found…
Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ ABC 36): Good Wednesday everyone, we are starting the day with some patchy fog and will end it with heavy rain and storms. But in the middle of that is sunshine and temperatures hitting the mid 80s. We run a low end risk of some severe storms with gusty to damaging winds the main concern for…
We enjoyed a fairly pleasant Tuesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky as weak high pressure build into the area. With some scattered clouds around and even a stray shower or two popping up down south, afternoon highs were held into the upper 70s to low 80s, which is a good 8-10 degrees below average for this time in August, Humidity…
JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky (WTVQ)- It’s an exciting time for schools across the Commonwealth as the first day of the new year is drawing near. Some have already welcomed students into classrooms. “Everybody shows up and we get to see all the exciting faces coming in to our buildings,” says Matt Moore, the superintendent of Jessamine County Schools. Each year, districts…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Henry Clay High School teacher was arrested Tuesday on charges related to sex crimes. Kevin Lentz was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on seven counts of use of a minor in a sex performance (under 16), 10 counts of obscene matter to minors and six counts of tampering with physical evidence. Lentz was…
