FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Kentucky Hospital Association spoke about House Bill 75 Thursday to state lawmakers, saying the bill is necessary to ensure access to healthcare across the commonwealth. The association says the bill would allow adjustment of the hospital rate improvement program to cover outpatient Medicaid claims. The program makes it possible for hospitals to receive more federal…
MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — Madison County residents and business owners are set to receive new “AlertFM” emergency alert devices that notify of weather and chemical emergencies in the county. The devices will be on doorsteps beginning Feb. 27, according to the Madison County Emergency Management website. AlertFM is a small, white receiver that can replace the black box radios…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — A proposed bill in the Senate could make hazing a felony. This comes after University of Kentucky student Lofton Hazelwood died in October of 2021 after his parents say he was hazed into over-drinking. Senate Bill 9 or “Lofton’s law” would establish both first and second-degree hazing as independent crimes and make first-degree hazing a felony….
Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms remain in the forecast for Thursday. A Level 3 (Enhanced) Severe Risk is in place for a large section of the viewing area. There is also a Flood Watch in effect for the southern half of the viewing area as well. Damaging wind gusts will be the primary weather threat today, while flash flooding and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — On Wednesday, before the committee meeting, state representatives Lisa Willner and Keturah Herron highlighted legislation with the aim to help improve the juvenile justice system in Kentucky. Shortly after, the House Standing Committee on Judiciary met to consider HB3 and heard from many including a woman who went through the juvenile justice system and says she’s…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – University of Kentucky students processing not only the mass shooting at Michigan State University on Tuesday but an alert for a shooting on their own campus just over 24 hours later. “It’s like becoming way too frequently and it’s like, I think it’s just something that needs to be cut down,” says UK senior Harris Altherr….
It felt more like early May instead of mid-February across Central and Eastern Kentucky on Wednesday as a strong southwest wind pushed afternoon highs into the upper 60s to low 70s. A few mid to high level clouds snuck into the area a few hours earlier than expected so that slowed our warm-up a touch but obviously it was nothing…
FRANKFORT, Ky (WTVQ)- Hundreds gathered inside the state Capitol rotunda Wednesday advocating for LGBTQ rights. It was all part of the 2023 Ky Fairness Rally. Kentucky leaders, fairness advocates, and LGBTQ students and their parents let their voices be heard, pushing back against nine anti-LGBTQ bills in Kentucky that have already been filed in the General Assembly. “They’re taking rights…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Just last year a staple in the Lexington community celebrated 100 years of service. The Hawkins-Taylor Funeral Home was first started in the 1920s by Reverend John Taylor’s grandfather, John T. Hawkins. “He and my grandmother Miss Vinyl May Hawkins did great work in the community,” said Reverend Taylor. Taylor says his grandfather started the business…
MOREHEAD, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Rowan County Senior High School teacher is on leave and charged with rape after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student. Andrew Zaheri is accused of having an “ongoing” sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student and admitted it to a detective, according to the arrest citation. He was arrested Wednesday morning. A now-deleted Facebook…
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Near-record warmth is in the forecast for your Wednesday ahead of a severe threat on Thursday. Afternoon highs on Wednesday will reach the low-to-mid 70s. The daily record high temperature in Lexington is 76° and was set back in 1945. That could be broken today as warm air surges into central and eastern Kentucky ahead of overnight rain and storms….
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The keys to the historic Palmer Pharmacy building in Lexington are now in the hands of United Way of the Bluegrass. It’s going to find a new life as the Marksbury Family WayPoint Center. WayPoint centers provide vital programming for people living in underserved neighborhoods. The organization says the space will be used as a busy…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — Kentucky Right to Life is “concerned” about a newly proposed bill that would allow women to be charged with homicide for having an abortion. In a Wednesday statement, Kentucky Right to Life said while its anti-abortion stance remains, it ” never advocated” for laws that would penalize women. “Kentucky Right to Life and all the mainstream…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — University of Kentucky police are investigating after reports of shots fired near campus around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. According to UK Alerts, campus police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of University and Cooper Drive near Parking Structure 1. Alerts were sent out and students were told to avoid the area. Around 2:15 a.m.,…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A new bill filed in the state House Tuesday could make it legal to prosecute abortions as homicides in Kentucky if passed. The Courier Journal reported that GOP Rep. Emily Callaway filed House Bill 300, which would let the state prosecute a person for criminal homicide if they get an illegal abortion. Abortion is banned in…
WILMORE, Ky. (WTVQ) – In the wake of the tragedy at Michigan State University, many college students across the country may be on edge when it comes to public gatherings or even walking about campus, but that doesn’t seem to be the case at Asbury University in Wilmore. Peace, unity, healing and comfort are a few of the words used…
FRANKFORT, KY. (WTVQ) — As all eyes continue to focus on the rise in violence inside juvenile detention facilities across the state, Governor Beshear’s administration is calling on lawmakers to help fix the troubled system. Those with the administration placing blame on a lack of funding and staffing shortages throughout the system mainly in detention facilities, it comes as HB3…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – They say love is eternal, and for two couples at Morning Pointe Lexington East’s Senior Living Center that couldn’t be more true, having been together for decades. For Jim and Deborah Reeves, it was love at first sight at just 16 years old. “I didn’t think I had a chance…” said Jim Reeves. “I knew he…
