Lexington prepares for Restaurant Week

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — As Lexington Burger Week ends, the city is set to now transition into Lexington Restaurant Week. Restaurant Week will run from July 20-30 and will showcase 31 restaurants in Lexington. Monday, ABC 36 visited Zim’s Cafe to talk about what they’ll offer during this special week. “We have a choice of a five-layer dip and market…

KSP hopes to get 3rd consecutive win in Best Looking Cruiser Contest

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — Kentucky State Police is hoping to get its third consecutive win as America’s Best-Looking Cruiser and a cover spot on the AAST yearly calendar. The American Association of State Troopers hosts an annual calendar contest and encourages state police agencies to submit a photo entry that’s unique and represents their state. The winning photo will be…

Coroner: 2 people found dead in their Morehead home

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 7/19/23 The two people found dead in their home have been identified as Anthony Leadingham, 46, and Kelly Leadingham, 47, according to Northcutt. They were married. Their cause of death has not yet been determined. 7/17/23 Two people were found dead in their home in Morehead Sunday evening, according to Rowan County Coroner John Northcutt. A man…

Pedestrian dies after being hit on Newtown Pike

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — One person is dead after a crash on Newtown Pike around 11 p.m. Sunday. According to Lexington police, a pedestrian died after being hit on the road by Newtown Court. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene. The victim’s ID will be released by the coroner’s office. No information on whether…

Another active pattern for the week ahead

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

  Lexington, Kentucky (ABC 36 WTVQ): Good Sunday evening everyone, it has been a warm and dry day  across the Commonwealth filled with a bunch of haze and smoke still from those Canadian wildfires. Here are todays weather headlines to see what is ahead. The haze and smoke last into our Monday but will come more dense since we will…

Smoke and haze is on the way for Sunday

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

  Lexington Kentucky (WTVQ ABC 36): Good Saturday evening everyone, it has been a warm day with scattered rain and storms across central and eastern Kentucky. Scattered storms will continue through tonight but we will dry things up after midnight. That leads us to todays weather headlines. It has been a couple weeks since we have dealt with the smoke…

A 50/50 weekend with storms to start but briefly drier on Sunday

Overall the "unsettled" weather pattern will hang around with more rain and storm chances next week

It was a hot but mainly dry finish to the week across Central and Eastern Kentucky with the only exception being a few pop-ups storms in our far eastern counties as the boundary over our area washed out. Afternoon highs reached the upper 80s to low 90s and with some humidity hanging around, especially across Southern Kentucky so the “feel-like”…

Our steamy and stormy pattern continues

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Friday morning forecast!

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Friday everyone, we have a mainly dry and hot day in store across central and eastern Kentucky. Temperatures this afternoon hit the upper 80s to low 90s with heat index values into the mid to upper 90s. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny as well with only a very slight shower/storm…

Feeling more like July with a few breaks in the unsettled weather pattern

Friday and Sunday may be our best bets for drier days here in the commonwealth.

It sure felt more like summer on Thursday across Central and Eastern Kentucky as the humid air returned to the area. Dewpoint temperatures climbed into the low and mid-70s, which makes for a tropical like feel to the air…basically South Florida without the beach. That’s a far cry from the comfortable air we enjoyed the first 3 days of the…