FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — State leaders gathered Wednesday to honor National Agriculture Week at McDonald’s. At a celebration and tasting event, Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Ryan Quarles joined local suppliers and McDonald’s franchisees to talk about how the relationship between McDonald’s and Kentucky farmers supports agribusiness across the state and provides quality ingredients for McDonald’s to serve customers. Quarles…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Georgetown and Nicholasville Kohl’s stores are set to add new full-sized Sephora’s this year, the company announced Wednesday. The Sephoras will feature a 2,500-square-foot beauty experience that mimics the look and feel of a freestanding Sephora, according to a press release. The stores will be located in the following Kohl’s buildings: Georgetown: 112 Magnolia Drive…
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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — Blue Run Spirits’ new Georgetown distillery is taking shape digitally, for now. The distillery coming to Georgetown will include a 35,000-square-foot building with a 20,000-square-foot rickhouse. The company expects to break ground this year and open in 2025. The facility, which you can see above, is described as an “unexpected and modern facility with a true…
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — Last September, The Kentucky Supreme Court suspended, an Eastern Kentucky prosecutor who offered to help a female defendant in exchange for nude photos. Ronnie Goldy Jr. was the commonwealth attorney for Bath, Menifee, Montgomery and Rowan Counties. At the time, the court could only temporarily suspend him, adding that the General Assembly would be able to…
Mother Nature dialed up a nice one to kick off the first full day of the spring season with some morning sunshine and a nice south breeze helping to push afternoon highs into the upper 50s to low 60s, which is right around average for this time of the year. With our next storm system approaching clouds gradually increased through…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — As the veto break continues in Frankfort, lawmakers have been hard at work making sure certain bills get to the governor’s desk. In particular, bills relating to the Department of Juvenile Justice. “The most most significant problem with the Department of Juvenile Justice is its leadership. And that’s from the governor on down to the commissioner,”…
Winter didn’t go down without a fight across Central and Eastern Kentucky here in 2023 with several chilly days and frosty mornings to close out the season. It turned out to be a beautiful Monday with full sunshine and afternoon highs recovering into the upper 40s in most spots, which was quite an accomplishment considering a few spots dipped into…
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday signed House Bill 75, which would give more support to rural Kentucky hospitals. The bill expands the Medicaid Hospital Rate Improvement Program (HRIP) to include outpatient and inpatient care. HRIP allows Kentucky to draw federal funds to pay a supplemental Medicaid payment to hospitals; hospitals then pay an assessment to fund…
(WTVQ) — Noah Thompson, a Louisa, Kentucky native and winner of American Idol season 20, made a special appearance on the hit ABC show Sunday night. Thompson sang his hit “Make You Rich” for American Idol’s season 21. If you missed the performance, you can watch it on his Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/noahthompsonmusic The country artist is also set to…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A new restaurant in Lexington held its ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning. Jack Brown’s, a burger chain, is located at 155 North Limestone. The restaurant calls itself a “burger joint with a passion for craft beer” that serves up 100 percent American wagyu beef. The menu features more than a dozen burger concoctions and offers over 100 craft…
It was a cold weekend across the region and that continued Monday morning. Temperatures fell into the teens for most of the region to kick off the workweek. Sunshine returns for your Monday though as there will be very few clouds in the sky. Temperatures will rebound after a frigid Sunday, afternoon highs will climb into the upper 40s, near…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A woman charged with shooting and killing a woman in 2019 in the Fayette Mall parking lot pleaded guilty Monday. Markeeta Campbell pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge of manslaughter in court this morning. In 2019, LaPorscha Stringer was shot and killed inside her car while leaving the mall in August 2019. A year later, Campbell…
FORKLAND, Ky. (WTVQ) — Two men were arrested after taking police on a pursuit and driving into a creek over the weekend, the Boyle County Sheriff’s Office says. Police attempted to stop William Hayes, who had eight warrants for his arrest, and Daniel Montgomery on Forkland Road on Saturday, March 18. The two allegedly wouldn’t stop and took police on…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — As part of Water Week, a guided tour will be hosted at McConnell Springs Monday evening to learn about water features unique to the area and the role of the park throughout Lexington’s history. Water Week is a celebration of water, put together by Kentucky American Water; UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment; and the…
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Jessamine County Emergency Medical Services first responder and his family lost everything in a house fire over the weekend. William Day-Taylor, an advanced emergency medical technician, and his family are now trying to rebuild their life after everything was lost in a fire on March 18. The Day-Taylor family is made up of veterans and…
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Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday everyone, everyone is feeling blue in Kentucky after that Kentucky loss and the weather is blue as well with temperatures only reaching the mid 30s with a wind making it feel even colder. But I have some good news to hopefully cheer up your mood in our weather headlines! The first…
