GMK: Tuesday Trivia (Bingo)
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LTK: The Clown Story
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Much needed quiet weather following Sunday night’s damaging storms
Our biggest issue closing out June this week will be some heat returning by Thursday.
Needless to say it was a stormy and damaging end to the weekend across parts of Central and Southern Kentucky as several clusters of thunderstorms moved through. We are used to seeing some wind damage and occasionally a few tornadoes but we don’t have very large hail often but that was the case in Madison County where baseball sized hail…
Madison County residents assess costs; leaders address why FM alerts failed
RICHMOND, Ky (WTVQ)- As residents assess damage in Sunday’s storms, now emergency management leaders are tabulating the costs. “The tops of the trees are gone. I mean, everything around us looks destroyed. The car, the windshield shattered. The hail damage, it’s all over it. It’s in pretty bad shape. But nothing that cant be fixed,” says Judah Ison of Richmond….
Erica Explores: Berea College Forest
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Why didn’t weather radios sound Sunday night in Madison County? Officials working to find out
RICHMOND, Ky. (WTVQ) — Weather radios didn’t sound off ahead of a severe storm that brought damaging wind, rain and hail to Madison County Sunday night. Now, officials are working to find out why. Madison County Emergency Management Agency, in a press release, says when the National Weather Service issues an alert based on its data, that alert should be…
Kentucky History Treasures: The Legend of Daniel Boone
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Motorsports Monday with Dillon Gaudet (6/26/23)
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LTK: Woman Worth Talking About – Soreyda Begley
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LTK: Amanda O’Neal
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Bell Co. man accused of swinging axe at pregnant woman’s stomach
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Bell County man is accused of swinging an axe at a pregnant woman’s stomach during an argument on Saturday night. According to the Bell County Sheriff’s Department, police were sent to a home on Old Cross Road for a domestic violence incident. Once there, a woman at the scene told police Donald Shaver Jr., of…
Kentucky attorney general is accused of seeking donations from company his office is investigating
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron directly solicited donations for his gubernatorial campaign from executives of a Kentucky drug treatment organization that his office began investigating last year, according to an attorney for the organization. The request for contributions occurred during a call Cameron made early this year to a representative of Edgewater Recovery Centers, Edgewater attorney…
Missing Lexington veteran found safe
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 6/26/23 Mays has been found and is safe, Lexington police said Monday. 6/25/23 A Green Alert has been issued for a missing Lexington veteran who may be suicidal. According to the Lexington Police Department, 30-year-old Coree Mays was last seen on Sunday around 8:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Waverly Place. Mays is a veteran and…
Significant severe weather on the way Sunday
Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Saturday evening forecast!
Good Saturday evening everyone, summer has finally returned with temperatures deep into the 80s today with some mugginess as well. But I am tracking a SIGNIFICANT severe weather threat for Sunday evening/night. Let’s get straight to it. Models can’t fully agree on the exact timing, but here is a breakdown on a rough timeline. So scattered showers and rumbles of…
Man injured in road rage shooting in Lexington
Police say the shooting happened on Hartland Pkwy and Crosby Dr.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Lexington Police say a man was injured in a shooting on Friday night. Authorities were called to Hartland Parkway and Crosby Drive around 8:30 P.M. for reports of a shooting. Officers say one person was shot, and their condition is unknown at this time. LPD believes the shooting stemmed from a road rage incident. Both individuals…
Fayette Commonwealth Attorney explains judicial process; in light of murder indictment of man who claims he’s innocent
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A lexington man maintains he’s innocent, despite being charged with murder. ABC 36 spoke with Kimberly Henderson Baird the Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney to talk about the process. Henderson Baird has no easy tasks, but one thing is certain, “there are people who have put their heart and souls into this to protect victims, to protect…
Severe storms likely Sunday evening
Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Friday evening forecast!
Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Friday evening everyone, we have made it to the weekend as our un summer like starts to finally come to an end. Here are todays weather headlines.. A few scattered storms will be possible on Saturday but most stay dry with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. A few rain showers and…
Michelle Weathers, James Dominguez & Daisy with “Daisy and Me”
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Police: Ky. woman shoots, kills Uber driver in El Paso, Texas
EL PASO, Texas (WTVQ) — A Kentucky woman shot and killed her Uber driver while in El Paso, Texas, last week, police say. According to ABC affiliate KVIA, Phoebe Copas was arrested on Friday, June 16 after shooting Uber driver Daniel Piedra Garcia. Copas was riding in the Uber on her way to Speaking Rock Casino to meet her boyfriend…
LTK: Anthony Critchfield of Critchfield Meats
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LTK: Woman Worth Talking About Debra Hensley
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News at Noon: Lexington Humane Society (lucy)
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Meadowthorpe Park’s playground officially open
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Meadowthorpe Park in Lexington is now open after a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week. City leaders say the new playground is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act. Mayor Linda Gorton says $26 million was dedicated to developing, expanding and upgrading parks across the city, including $10 million for the Meadowthorpe playground. The new playground is geared…
Bell Co. police searching for suspects who unearthed grave at Gibson Cemetery
BELL COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — Bell County police are looking for information after finding a grave had been unearthed in Gibson Cemetery. Authorities were called to the cemetery on Thursday, according to WRIL. Evidence at the scene and damage done to a vault and coffin made police believe two people were responsible for the incident. If you have any information,…