Let’s Talk Kentucky Ladies Visit Good Day Kentucky 4/24/2023
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Dual credit options for FCPS students expanded with BCTC, EKU
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Fayette County Public School students can earn college credit for free this summer under an expansion of dual credit opportunities unveiled Monday. FCPS partnered with Bluegrass Community and Technical College and Eastern Kentucky University for the credit opportunity, made possible by a $3.5 million investment from the Fayette County Board of Education. “Dual credit is an…
The Let’s Talk Kentucky Ladies Visit Good Day Kentucky 4/24/2023
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The Price is Right Live coming to Rupp Arena in October
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Price is Right Live is coming to the Rupp Arena stage on Sunday, Oct. 29. The Price is Right Live is an interactive stage show that gives people a chance to “come on down” and play classic games made famous by the iconic network television show The Price is Right. Contestants can win cash, appliances,…
Bus carrying 18 Adair Co. students, car crash in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Ky. (WTVQ) — A bus carrying 18 Adair County students and a car crashed in Columbia Sunday morning, resulting in two injuries. According to the Columbia Police Department, a car driven by a 64-year-old woman crossed the center line and struck a school bus head on Sunday around 1 a.m. The bus was carrying 18 Adair County students and…
Ex-officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The former Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county northeast of the city. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday confirmed the hiring of Myles Cosgrove, who was fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department in January 2021 for violating use-of-force procedures and failing to use a…
‘Let’s Talk, Kentucky’ launching on ABC 36 on May 1
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A new The View-esque talk show from ABC 36 is hitting screens in Central Kentucky on May 1, airing topics that matter to Kentuckians. Let’s Talk, Kentucky will be a 30-minute show, from 12:30 to 1 p.m., where host Sherelle Roberts will present topics concerning local issues, events, challenges, arts and entertainment, nonprofits, health, life hacks,…
A FREEZE WARNING is in effect for Monday morning
Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Sunday evening forecast!
Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening everyone, its been a cool day across the area as temperatures started into the frosty mid 30s and only reached the low 50s for afternoon highs. Here are todays weather headlines! Temperatures by Monday morning drop into the low 30s with a few areas possibly reaching the upper 20’s. That…
A cooler than normal pattern is ahead
Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Saturday evening forecast!
Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Saturday evening everyone, its been a MUCH chiller day across the Commonwealth with scattered rain showers as well. Some of those rain showers have even produced some very small hail. Those will continue to die down across the area deeper off into this evening. After tonight, here are our weather headlines for…
2nd victim of Chestnut Street shooting dies, suspect in jail
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 4/24/23 The second victim of the shooting has died, Lexington police said Monday around 10:40 a.m. She’s been identified as Lakeisha Hill. She was 32. 4/22/23 A Lexington man has been identified as the victim in Thursday’s deadly shooting. The Fayette County Coroner’s office says 43-year-old Timonte Harris died from gunshot wounds. 4/21/23 A suspect in the…
Cooler temperatures return for the weekend
After a nice run of summer-like weather through the week, temperatures will be below average the next few days.
We squeezed in one more warm day to close out the week on Friday across Central and Eastern Kentucky before showers and thunderstorms fired as expected with the cold front just to our west as the peak heating of the day kicked in. The scattered thunderstorms will transition into more of a steady and beneficial rain into the early hours…
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Crews battling large fire at Triple T Metals in Lancaster
LANCASTER, Ky. (WTVQ) 4/21/23, 2:16 p.m. The call about the fire came in at 11:09 a.m., Camp Dick Fire Chief Tevis Graham told ABC 36. One of the workers at the recycling center was using a claw to load material (which may have included various items like washers, dryers, refrigerators and cars) into the recycling shredder when they saw a…
Official, limited-edition Cocaine Bear bobblehead unveiled
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The first official, limited-edition Cocaine Bear bobblehead was unveiled Friday. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum worked with KY for KY to create the bobblehead featuring the 175-pound black bear that died of an overdose of cocaine after discovering a batch in the mountains of Georgia. The very same bear is on display in…
Horse euthanized, jockey suspended after incident at Keeneland on Wednesday
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A horse was euthanized and a jockey was temporarily suspended after a racing incident at Keeneland on Wednesday. In the stretch of race 6, Foreign Relations “abruptly impeded the path of Master of the Ring,” according to a Keeneland Incident Report. The horses clipped heels, which caused Master of the Ring to go down. Master of…
Old National Bank gunman left ‘two extensive notes’ revealing part of his motivation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — Authorities have not yet released a motive for the Old National Bank mass shooting in Louisville, but sources say the shooter left two “extensive notes” revealing part of his motivation. The notes, left in his home and on his person, indicated that he wanted to show how easy it was for a mentally ill person to…
Louisville officer injured in mass shooting transferred to new hospital
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Louisville Metro police officer who was shot in the head by a gunman at Old National Bank last week was transferred to another hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia. Officer Nickolas Wilt, who is still in critical but stable condition, has been hospitalized since the shooting on April 10. Three days ago, Wilt was diagnosed…
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Cannabis businesses making an impact in Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Marijuana enthusiasts typically celebrate 4/20, and just last month, Governor Andy Beshear signed into law a medical marijuana bill and while the product wont officially be available until 2025, you do have options. “We’re offering here at cannabis is a place that we really are looking to normalize cannabis, to normalize hemp, to educate people about…