Strawberry picking family tradition among some farm-goers

Eckert's Orchard held it's Strawberry Festival where guests can pick their own fresh fruit

VERSAILLES, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Strawberry Ffestival at Eckert’s Orchard continued Sunday with lots of families coming to grab bushels of fresh fruit. Eckert’s says the strawberries were planted in September and cropped up a bit early around the beginning of May. The farm says it holds classes some weekday nights on different products you can make with their produce,…

Nonprofit remembering fallen heroes, reason for Memorial Day

Carry the Load has rally walks nationwide converging in Dallas to raise awareness for the meaning behind Memorial Day

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A nonprofit out of Dallas is on a mission to restore the true meaning of Memorial Day, through relay walks spanning the nation. Sunday, the Carry the Load New England relay team marched through Lexington. Many people think of Memorial Day as just a long weekend marking the start of summer, but the federal holiday is…

Storms return Sunday Night. A drier start to week..

The combination of very warm temperatures, high humidity and an upper level disturbance brought numerous showers and thundery downpours to the area on Saturday.  The rainfall was welcomed considering it had been a full week since since the region had seen appreciable moisture.  While the precipitation was highly localized, a few locations picked up greater than two inches. These showers…

Abortion rallies held in Berea, Lexington

In Berea, chants of  "My body! My choice!" and "Keep your theology off my biology!" could be heard, with both men and women gathering outside the Berea City Hall advocating for abortion rights.

In Berea, chants of  “My body! My choice!” and “Keep your theology off my biology!” could be heard, with both men and women gathering outside the Berea City Hall advocating for abortion rights.

It’s been a wonderful weather of dry and warm weather across Central and Eastern Kentucky but changes are not far off.

While Friday looks dry for most locations with highs either side of 80 degrees, our rain and storm chances will jump up a touch into the weekend

Our weather has been pretty ideal across Central and Eastern Kentucky basically the entire week and the good news is that we may finish it out dry in most locations. Thursday was another banner day with sunshine and highs in the low to mid-80s. The biggest difference was that the boundary that crept eastward on Wednesday and really increased the…