Quiet and chilly weather to wrap up the week

Enjoy the dry conditions while they last as we could be dodging a few showers from time to time over the weekend

It was a nice sunny start to Thursday across Central and Eastern Kentucky but with an upper level low spinning through the Great Lakes, clouds filled in through the afternoon hours across much of the area. Winds out of the southwest gusting over 20 miles per hour helped to counteract the overcast relative to afternoon highs as temperatures rose into…

Drier and cooler end to the week

Meteorologist Dillon Gaudet has a look at your Thursday forecast

After a rainy and warm start to the week, we will be drying out and cooler to end the week. Lexington experienced the wettest first four days of the year on record totaling 3.63″ since Sunday. Records in Lexington date back to the 1870s. There is a chance of a light shower and two this afternoon and evening but the…

Indiana State Police body-cam footage shows Idaho suspect pulled over, minutes after being stopped by deputy

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ind. (WTVQ) — Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was pulled over twice in Hancock County, Indiana on Dec. 15, 2022, officials told ABC affiliative WRTV. Kohberger is accused of stabbing four college students at the University of Idaho in November 2022. His white Hyundai Elantra was one of the first major developments in the case before he was…

Elaina Mammen’s father recalls cherished memories ahead of her 20th birthday

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — 2022 marked the second year in a row that Lexington broke it’s homicide record, which includes the shooting death of 19-year-old Elaina Mammen. Hubert Riley was arrested last month and is charged with wanton endangerment and murder in connection to the shooting,  a 15-year-old is also charged in connection with Mammen’s murder. Her family says the…

Rain finally exits the area as cooler air returns for the late week

After another round of heavier rain in Central Kentucky early Wednesday, we'll finally get a chance to dry out for a few days.

The mild yet unsettled weather pattern we’ve seen so far during this first week of 2023 will ease up a bit heading into the late week. With the main surface cold front sliding through Central and Eastern Kentucky Wednesday morning some folks saw another round of moderate to heavy rain along with a few rumbles of thunder (right during the…

After a rainy and stormy Tuesday, our attention focuses to much colder temperatures

We could still see a few additional showers and storms as the cold front moves through Wednesday

Lexington, Kentucky: Good Tuesday evening, it has been an active day across central and eastern Kentucky with rounds of rain and storms since the overnight. Severe storms remained at a minimum, but flooding issues have been a pretty big issue. Central Kentucky was the bullseye for these flooding issues this morning with a corridor of 3″-5″ setting up. Parts of…

Wet, windy, and stormy into the mid-week

We could see record highs temperatures Tuesday into the upper 60s, but gusty winds and a few strong storms could be possible.

It’s definitely been an interesting stretch of weather across Central and Eastern Kentucky to closer out 2022 and kickoff 2023. We went from temperatures a few degrees below zero in the days prior to Christmas to record setting highs just before the new year, which should come as no surprise to anyone who has lived in this area for awhile….

Executive order that pardons Kentuckians caught with medical marijuana takes effect

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) – In November of 2022, Governor Beshear signed an executive order that could pardon Kentuckians in possession of medical marijuana. On Sunday, January 1st, that order took effect. “Legal medical marijuana in Kentucky does not exist. This executive order simply protects people if they get pulled over or they get prosecuted because they have marijuana in their…

ABC 36 News live look at the Nashville Experience

ABC 36 News Live from Nashville

ABC 36’s Jeff Piecoro live with Erica Bivens & Paxton Boyd with live look at the “Nashville Experience” as we get ready for the Music City Bowl on ABC 36! Watch 2022 Year in Review, from 10:30am – 11am, for a look back at the UK Wildcats. Keep watching ABC 36 Sports’ Countdown to Kickoff, from 11am – 12pm, live…

ABC 36’s Jeff Piecoro & Erica Bivens live from Nashville

Good Afternoon Kentucky

Watch ABC 36 Sports Special, Saturday Dec. 31 from 10:30am – 12pm, as we get ready to see the the UK Wildcats take on Iowa in the Music City Bowl in Nashville. Watch 2022 Year in Review, from 10:30am – 11am, for a look back at the UK Wildcats. Keep watching ABC 36 Sports’ Countdown to Kickoff, from 11am –…

ABC 36’s Jeff Piecoro live from Nashville

News at Noon

  ABC 36 is live in Nashville getting ready for the Music City Bowl! Watch the ABC 36 Sports Special, Saturday, Dec. 31, live from Nashville from 10:30am – 12pm for the Music City Bowl! ABC 36 Sports starts off with 2022 Year in Review; 10:30am – 11am, for a look back at the UK Wildcats.  Keep watching ABC 36…