LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — To some the time during the holidays is the most cherished, spent with family, and other loved ones. But to others, it can also be a reminder of the hardships currently in Lexington. “So today I’m announcing that we are reallocating nearly $15.8 million in federal funds to help keep keep Fayette County families safe, warm and…
We started out this week leading into the Christmas holiday and a dry and quiet note across Central and Eastern Kentucky. It was quite cold to begin the day with temperatures in the teens at daybreak before recovering into the upper 30s and low 40s. It was definitely frosty in some of the low lying areas with such cold air…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 12/19/22, 12:25 p.m. The fires have been put out, the Lexington Fire Department says. Crews are remaining on scene to check if the fire spread to other parts of the factory. 12/19/22, 12:19 p.m. Multiple crews responded to a fire at the J.M. Smucker plant in Lexington Monday afternoon. A roaster was on fire within the plant,…
CLAY CITY, Ky. (WTVQ) — A 7-year-old died and five others were injured in a mobile home fire on Sunday morning in Clay City. Crews were sent to a fire in a mobile home in the 9700 block of Winchester Road in Clay City around 11 a.m. Sunday, according to the Stanton Fire Department. When crews arrived, they saw the…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Kentucky Blood Center has reinstated eligibility for donors who were previously deferred from blood donation due to travel or residence in the United Kingdom, France or Ireland after new guidance from the FDA. The deferral was related to a “theoretical risk” of transmitting mad cow disease to blood transfusion recipients. The FDA recently said it’s…
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We saw a some bonus sunshine across Central and Eastern Kentucky despite an upper level low spinning off to our northwest. The added sun did help to mix the air a bit more, creating some gusty winds. Afternoon highs overachieved into the mid-40s but with the wind gusts of 25 to 30 miles per hour it felt chilly with wind…
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) – Emotions ranged the spectrum after the state supreme court’s decision to overturn the ‘school choice’ bill, allowing donors to receive a tax credit for supporting private school tuition. During the 2021 legislature, House Bill 563 made it through the general assembly becoming law in Kentucky. Many public school educators are excited about the unanimous decision, while those…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) — A surplus of questions and a general lack of answers took center stage at Thursday’s Interim Joint Committee Meeting of the Judiciary, mainly surrounding issues with juvenile detention centers across the state. “I’m very troubled by the lack of information flow to the people whose jobs it is to run this agency to manage these facilities,”…
After a damp Wednesday with plenty of rain across Central and Eastern Kentucky with solid 1″-2″ rain totals, we finally saw the rain move out with even a bit of sunshine during Thursday afternoon. With the boundary slow to move through, temperatures spiked into the low 50s for highs before falling off behind the front. A pesky upper low will…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — From overcrowding at facilities to being short staffed, some juvenile detention centers are in the limelight as more and more issues come to the forefront. “We can pitch ideas, we can propose all these different programs. But if there aren’t people behind it at the right levels ready to implement it funded, then we’re going to…
It was a damp and dreary Wednesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky with steady rain early in the day, a brief break, then more moisture streaming in ahead of a wave of low pressure and a frontal boundary. By mid-afternoon Wednesday many locations has already picked 1″ rainfall totals with more expected as a wave of energy rides along the…
