CLAY COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — A woman who pleaded guilty to killing her mother was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Wednesday. Six years ago, Sherry Rose, 58, was killed in her home. Her body was hidden in a rural part of Clay County, according to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office. Christie McFadden and Rose’s son-in-law Joseph McFadden were…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — “Lofton’s Law,” a bill that would criminalize hazing in Kentucky is heading to the governor’s desk. The House passed the bill Wednesday by a 96-3 vote. It was previously passed in the Senate by a 27-7 vote. The bill now heads to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk, where he can either sign it into law or veto…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) 3/16/23, 9 a.m. A man was taken to the hospital after he was shot in the leg during an altercation Thursday morning, according to Frankfort police. Officers responded to the home on Landings Drive around 6 a.m. Two men were in a verbal altercation, then one man shot the other in his leg, police told ABC 36….
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Some say there is never enough time for anything, but for UK Hockey fans and former players, the traditions and the memories have survived through the decades and remain more alive than ever. “Being a club sport and being a sport that is not native to a place like Kentucky, you can imagine what it was,…
Despite a very cold start to the day with early morning lows in the low 20s, it turned out to be a gorgeous Wednesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky with full sunshine, cloud-free skies and temperatures topping out into the upper 40s and low 50s. This is was nice change of pace after the very wintry start to the week…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Lexington Humane Society has re-opened its Henry’s Houses, which are small cabins that allow the dogs to have a brief break from shelter life. The canine cabins give LHS dogs a “brief break” from shelter life and allow them to experience being in a home environment, the shelter wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday. Each cabin…
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — Louisville’s Louder Than Life 2023 music festival lineup is out. The festival will feature the Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Rancid, Turnstile and more. General admission, VIP and single-day tickets are all on sale now. Ticket prices range from $110 up to $1,600….
KENTUCKY (WTVQ) — A group of Whitley and McCreary County citizens have banded together to protect thousands of acres of the Daniel Boone National Forest. This is in response to the U.S. Forest Services’ plans to clear-cut approximately 5,000 acres of the forest and log a total of 10,000 acres over the next 40 years, the group says. The Jellico Mountain…
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Wednesday morning temperatures dropped into the upper teens and low 20s. Good news is that temps will recover into the upper 40s and low 50s by the afternoon. Sunny skies are on the way all day long as well. Overnight lows will return to the low 30s and upper 20s in the eastern Kentucky valleys. Our Go Day of the…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A student was hit by a car Tuesday morning while crossing the street on Winburn Drive, according to Fayette County Public Schools spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall. The student was injured and taken to a local hospital, though the extent of the student’s injuries was not said. The incident happened around 8:40 a.m. Officials didn’t say whether charges…
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It turned out to be an interesting and unfortunately dangerous commute Tuesday morning, especially in the Lexington metro area thanks to a quick coating of snow and falling temperatures just before sunrise. With temperatures falling below freezing, the bridges and overpasses became skating rinks and created numerous accidents and delays as a result. Even with a mix of clouds and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — Gov. Andy Beshear took part in the Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center’s awards ceremony Tuesday. At the ceremony, awards were presented to representatives from various organizations like law enforcement and mental health resource centers. Beshear says they’ve done exceptional work in children’s advocacy. “When we work together and share information, all these agencies that come to the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — Gov. Andy Beshear met with youth from across the Commonwealth Tuesday who are taking part in the annual 4-H Capitol Experience in Frankfort. About 100 students ranging from kindergarten to college age gathered at the State Capitol to tour the building. The governor says he was impressed by the selflessness of the students involved in 4-H….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Kentucky Senate committee approved a bill Tuesday referred to as the Do No Harm Act that originally would allow the state to overrule parents’ rights to obtain healthcare services for their transgender children. But a different House Bill 470 came before the committee. The bill has been broadened to include language about pronouns and setting…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Fifteen nonprofits will receive gun violence prevention grants from One Lexington to help “stop violence among our young people,” Mayor Linda Gorton said Tuesday at a press conference. The nonprofits, which will split $100,000, are involved in mentoring, art, coaching, education, wellness, counseling and more. The following are the organizations receiving grants, according to a press…
RICHMOND, Ky. (WTVQ) — Baptist Health Richmond is expanding its mobile healthcare clinic services to Berea beginning Wednesday. The mobile clinic will be located at 1001 Ace Drive (the Madison County Health Department) on the first and third Wednesday of each month from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Tabitha Humphrey with Baptist Health Medical Group Primary Care will offer wellness visits…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Lexington high school principal that was placed on leave in November 2022 and is suing Fayette County Public Schools amended the lawsuit Monday, claiming he’s intentionally being kept on leave until his contract expires. Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Principal Marlon Ball’s amended lawsuit states the ” are conspiring to keep on leave until his…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky passed through a committee meeting Tuesday. Senate Bill 47 would legalize medical marijuana use for Kentuckians with a handful of certain medical conditions, like PTSD or epilepsy. It also sets strict provisions for possession, like needing the proper identification card and the right dosage; outlines that smoking…
