Multi-county vehicle pursuit ends in arrest of Lexington man

PERRYVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A multi-county vehicle pursuit that began in Boyle County ended in Washington County with the arrest of a Lexington man. Around 5 a.m. Monday, a Boyle County deputy says they saw Justin Scott, of Lexington, commit “numerous” traffic violations and then tried to stop Scott near Claunch Road. Scott first stopped, then while the deputy was…

Officials to burn down Louisville home found with hazardous materials, several explosives inside

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS) — A “controlled burn” is going to happen to a Louisville home found with hazardous materials and several explosives. Mayor Craig Greenberg and city officials provided an update on Louisville Metro Police Department’s and federal law enforcement’s investigations at a home in the Highview neighborhood. Last week, LMPD searched 6211 and 6213 Applegate Lane after several citizens’…

Stanford police K-9 retiring after 7 years of service

STANFORD, Ky. (WTVQ) — After over seven years of service to the Stanford Police Department, K-9 Nico is retiring. Nico was Officer Preston Middleton’s partner and first joined the department in 2016. He’ll be 9 years old in October and age has caught up with the once high-speed, energetic Belgian Malinois. Nico helped with narcotic detection, searches and suspect apprehensions….

36 Blitz: Woodford County

ABC 36 Blitz: Traveling to Woodford County to see how the team is preparing for the upcoming football season

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36 Blitz: Corbin

ABC 36 Blitz: Traveling to Corbin to see how the team is preparing for the upcoming football season

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Our break from the heat and humidity hangs around to begin August

Temperatures should be right around average into the mid-week with another round of smoke/haze drifting into the area

We enjoyed a nice finish to the month of July across Central and Eastern Kentucky on Monday with the only exception being far southeast Kentucky as a few storms popped up along a weak boundary. Elsewhere it was delightful with afternoon highs into the low and mid-80s and more importantly dew-point temperatures were greatly reduced compared to last week with…

Churchill Downs to resume racing in September following temporary suspension after horse deaths

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — Churchill Downs will resume racing for its regularly scheduled meet beginning on Sept. 14 following a temporary suspension after 12 horses died, the company announced Monday. An internal safety review followed the dozen horse deaths and found no issues with the racing surfaces. Churchill Downs in a press release said the following has been implemented to…

Storms impact local short track races Saturday night – Motorsports Monday

Dillon Gaudet recaps the latest from the motorsports world

CORBIN, Ky. (WTVQ) – This summer we’ve been taking you to some of the local short tracks across Kentucky. One of the newest tracks you may not have heard of is in Whitley County and it’s Thunder Mountain Speedway. The track hosted fan appreciation night last Saturday. Unfortunatelym the track lived up to it’s name, thunderstorms caused a long delay…

A pleasant next few days before more storms

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

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening everyone, today has been an average summer day across Kentucky with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Here are todays weather headlines as we track out the next week. Any storm action out there this evening will diminish later tonight setting us up for a…

Lexington SC takes down Richmond Kickers in week 20 of USL League 1

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — In week 20 of USL League 1, Lexington Sporting Club faced off against the Richmond Kickers. Lexington SC was coming into this match in the 9th position of the USL standings. With a final score of 2-2, Lexington SC, gets one point. LSC will now face Union Omaha and the Northern Colorado Hailstorm on the road….

Much more comfortable air on the way

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

  Good Saturday evening everyone, it has been a day filled with more heat, humidity, and storms. But much better weather is in the forecast for the next few days as that is the top of todays weather headlines. Temperatures on Sunday are still hot with upper 80s to near 90, but it’s an improvement from the last several days…

Hot and stormy into the weekend but a break from the heat is not far off!

A frontal boundary will drop through the commonwealth this weekend bringing storms followed by less humid air

The heat and humidity stayed cranked up on Friday as expected across Central and Eastern Kentucky with afternoon highs in the low and mid-90s. Humidity levels were sky high so our heat indices were between 100 and 105 degrees in most locations so it was a challenging day to be outside for any length of time. With a leftover boundary…

36 Blitz: Anderson County Bearcats

David Buchanan prepares for his first season as head coach at Anderson County

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (WTVQ) – There are new beginnings for the Anderson County football team. The Bearcats enter this season with fresh energy led by new head coach David Bunchanan. He and his staff are eager to push the program forward. “The thing is if we need to be a full house or a power offense, we can do that,” first…

Family recalls woman who died in Carlisle flood

CARLISLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A woman killed during flooding in Nicholas County Friday morning was identified as 52-year-old woman Rosa Rowland. This family lost their matriarch today. The woman they looked up to is now gone. The flood waters came early this morning. The family of Rosa says she called for help five times as the water continued to rise….