The upcoming weekend doesn’t look too great

While not a wash-out, keep the rain gear handy especially on Sunday as a few spotty showers will be possible

Lexington, Kentucky: Good Friday afternoon and welcome to the weekend. We are kicking off the weekend on a chilly, but dry note with high temperatures in the low to mid-40s under a partly sunny sky. You are good to go if you have any plans out on the town this evening. You’ll want to have the jacket handy as temperatures…

House votes to lower individual income tax rates

The measure passed through the House Thursday on a 79-19 vote

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – Kentucky could see state individual tax rates lowered yet again. The House voted Thursday on House Bill 1, which would reduce the individual income tax rate by another half percentage point, putting the rate at four percent by 2024. It’s part of a long-standing GOP policy objective in Kentucky, and the bill follows up on last…

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…