One dead, one in custody after Sunday morning shooting

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A man is dead and the suspect is in custody after a Sunday morning shooting. The Lexington Police Department says officers responded to North Limestone and West Short Street at around 2:43 a.m. Sunday for a shooting. When they arrived, they found a man who was shot. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as…

Your ABC 36 Storm Team Memorial Day forecast

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

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Saturday evening everyone, its a beautiful day across central and eastern Kentucky with temperatures running about 10 degrees below average. Here are our weather headlines: Sunday looks like a flat UGLY day with occasional rain, mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures WELL below average. Rain is moving into the east tonight and will…

A bit of a roller coaster ride with our weather over Memorial Day weekend

Saturday and Monday both look dry but Sunday is another story all together!

We enjoyed a nice finish to the week Friday across Central and Eastern Kentucky, which served as “getaway day” for many folks heading into the long holiday weekend. With cool high pressure over the Great Lakes, we enjoyed more sunshine, a breezy northeast wind and comfortable afternoon highs into the mid-70s. While the bulk of the upcoming holiday weekend is…

Horsey Hundred returns to Georgetown this weekend

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Horsey Hundred returns to Georgetown College this weekend — welcoming thousands of bike riders from across the country. The annual event kicked off Friday and features three days of riding for every ability level, from rolling 25 miles to a challenging century. Riders will travel through picturesque, rolling central Kentucky horse farm country — with…

Covington, Ky. man sentenced to 3 years for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

COVINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Covington, Kentucky man was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Nicholas Brockhoff, 22, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and $2,700 in restitution. Brockhoff pleaded guilty on Oct. 27, 2022, to assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon, according to…

Fantastic start to the Memorial Day Weekend

Meteorologist Dillon Gaudet has the latest in your ABC 36 Storm Team forecast

A fantastic Friday is on the way across central and eastern Kentucky. Afternoon highs will reach the mid-70s and skies will remain mostly sunny. It will be comfortable today as well as dewpoints stay low through the day. Overnight lows will fall into the low 50s and skies will remain mostly clear. Memorial Day Weekend begins on the dry end….

Tranquil weather sticks around to close out the week

Of course the focus is on conditions for the upcoming weekend, where a clearer picture of the forecast is emerging

It was a cooler but very pleasant Thursday across Central and Eastern Kentucky thanks to a frontal boundary dropping through the commonwealth during the early morning hours. This front ushered in some slightly cooler air as afternoon backed down into the low 70s in Central Kentucky with mid to even upper 70s down south. A breezy northeast wind definitely added…

Long rap sheet for suspect in Scott Co. deputy’s killing

(CNN NEWSOURCE) — A man accused of shooting and killing a Kentucky sheriff’s deputy has an extensive criminal history dating back nearly three decades. 45-year-old Steven Sheangshang has been in trouble with the law nearly every year of his adult life. His long criminal history starts with an arrest in Clermont County, Ohio in 1996. He was convicted of a…

Your Memorial Day weekend forecast

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Thursday forecast!

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Thursday everyone, we have a FANTASTIC day in store across the Bluegrass State! Here are todays weather headlines: Our dry cold front moved through overnight and that is bringing below average temperatures for the next few days. Highs today only reach the low to mid 70s under a mostly sunny sky and…

Temperatures cool down but still nice into the late week

A dry cold front will usher in a shot of milder air into Thursday dropping afternoon highs back into the 70s

It was another warm day across Central and Eastern Kentucky with more sunshine and afternoon into the upper 70s and low 80s. Humidity levels weren’t overly high so it was comfortable at the surface but we did have a bit of haze and filtered sunshine thanks to some additional upper level smoke particles from the on-going wildfires burning across Western…