State and youth services facility address juvenile detention center issues in Kentucky

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…

Wet weather gives way to drier and colder conditions heading toward the weekend

We picked up some solid rainfall totals Wednesday with more expected into the early hours of Thursday before we dry things out

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…

Human remains found in Tennessee belong to missing Kentucky woman, police say

12/14/22 UPDATE: WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) -37-year-old Laura Anderson went missing from Whitley County five years ago. Anderson was last seen in February 2018 near a gas station off Kentucky 92 near Williamsburg. This year on December 6th human remains were found in a wooded area off APD-40 close to interstate 75 in Cleveland, Tennessee, according to the Cleveland police…

Ukrainian best friends reunited as refugees in central Kentucky

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) – Many Ukrainian refugees are coming to the central Kentucky area because of the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church on Brannon Road. The church is helping to set these refugee families up in furnished apartments. Families like Lidiia’s and Margarita’s, two best friends from Ukraine. The pair says when they met for the first time, it was like they…

“Adopt a Single Mom” toy drive initiative aims to help single mothers for Christmas

Carla Matamoro says their big event will be this Sunday December 18th

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Adopt a Single Mom for Christmas is an initiative Carla Matamoro started in 2005, to help those who can often times end up forgotten. “I moved to the U.S. to do ministry here, I pretty much started off with 42 families not knowing that I was going to continue this,” shared Matamoro. She says being a…

Brief shot of sunny and dry weather goes away quickly into the mid-week

A strong storm system will roll through the Ohio Valley Wednesday bring lots of wet weather and breezy conditions

We enjoyed another day with some much needed sunshine across Central and Eastern Kentucky, especially early Tuesday before the high clouds started to roll in. Afternoon highs were pretty close to average for mid-December with readings in the upper 40s and low 50s. Hopefully you had a chance to enjoy the sun as we are headed back into the wet…

Sunshine makes a cameo appearance to begin the week but don’t get used to it

After several overcast days, the sun returned on Monday but another storm system will bring clouds and rain mid-week.

It’s literally been more than a week since we had seen any significant sunshine across Central and Eastern Kentucky but that all changed Monday as we finally had enough dry air to scour the low level moisture out and allow the sun to make a quick return. Even with a cool east to northeast wind, afternoon highs managed to reach…