60-year-old ID’d as victim of vehicle vs. pedestrian accident on Sandersville Road

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A 60-year-old woman was identified as the victim of a vehicle versus pedestrian accident on Sandersville Road last Friday. Lynette Lane was struck by a car while walking on Sandersville Road at Atoma Drive around 11:10 p.m. Friday, according to Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn. Lane died of “traumatic injuries of the head, torso and extremities,”…

Kentucky teen among first to hail King Charles III at coronation

WESTMINSTER, LONDON, UK (WTVQ)- Saturday marked a historic day for the United Kingdom, as King Charles III was officially crowned king in front of the world. His coronation ceremony taking place at London’s Westminster Abbey. World leaders, high dignitaries and the Royal Family were in attendance. But so were scholar students from the Westminster School next door. Among those scholars…

Additional rounds of storm on the way

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

  Good Sunday evening, it has been a day filled with rain and strong to severe storms. Unfortunately, more of the same is on the way. Here are todays weather headlines. More rain and storms is moving in this evening from the west and will last into the overnight. We then catch a brief break before more storms go up…

Long-time Kentucky sign language interpreter Virginia Moore dies

LOUISVILLE, Ky (WTVQ)- Kentucky’s long-time sign language interpreter Virginia Moore has passed away. Governor Andy Beshear announced her death on social media Sunday, saying she died Saturday. During the Covid pandemic, Moore was instrumental in helping with the governor’s daily coronavirus briefings during the height of the pandemic. She spent more than 25 years with the Kentucky Commission on the…

A very warm and stormy pattern kicks in

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

Good Saturday evening everyone and Happy Derby day! It has been a FANTASTIC day across the entire state of Kentucky, including over at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Starting tomorrow we have a VERY active weather pattern kicking off. Here are todays weather headlines. First order of business is a multi day severe weather threat. We have a chance for strong…

After a beautiful Oaks Day, the dry weather should carry over into Derby Day!

While a few more clouds are expected into Saturday, it should still be warm and mainly dry for the Run for the Roses

Mother Nature cashed a winning ticket on Oaks Day Friday with just ideal weather not only across central and Eastern Kentucky but over at Churchill Downs in Louisville. With high pressure hanging on, we saw cloud free skies, full sunshine and overachieving highs into the mid-70s! This was a nice surprise considering that a few days ago it appear we…

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21-year-old dies in crash in Pulaski County

EUBANK, Ky. (WTVQ) — A 21-year-old man died Thursday after a crash in Pulaski County at the intersection of KY 1247 and Floyd Switch Road. According to Kentucky State Police, the 21-year-old, of Eubank, was driving on KY 1247 when he sideswiped a Dodge truck driven by a 54-year-old man. The 21-year-old died from the crash at the scene. Categories:…

Our forecast is trending drier now for Oaks and into Derby Day

Much of the data is lessening the rain chances across the area for Friday, with mainly a few scattered clouds around

It turned out to be a delightful Thursday of weather across Central and Eastern Kentucky as high pressure build in from the west and the pesky upper low to our northeast moved out into the Atlantic. With a good bit of sunshine mixed with scattered fair weather clouds, afternoon highs climbed into the upper 60s in most locations, which was…

Sophia Rosing in court for pretrial conference

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The former University of Kentucky student who pleaded not guilty after being seen in a video hurling racial slurs and physically assaulting another UK student was in court again Thursday. Sophia Rosing appeared for a pretrial conference. Her next court day was set for May 26. In February, Rosing was indicted by a grand jury after…