UPDATE: Spillway Beach reopened, water conditions acceptable

UPDATE POSTED JUNE 11 AT 9:45 P.M. LAUREL RIVER LAKE, Ky. (WTVQ) – Spillway Beach reopened June 11 for swimming. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, the tests received late Thursday, June 10, showed that water conditions were back to acceptable levels. “Public health and safety are always our main concerns, so we routinely take water…

Lawsuit filed to stop second parole hearings

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/AP) – Kentucky’s attorney general challenged a new state parole board rule Friday, claiming the policy gives “the worst of the worst” a second chance at having life-in-prison sentences cut short. The rule applies to dozens of inmates, including convicted murderers. Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed a lawsuit in Laurel County Circuit Court asking a judge to invalidate…

UPDATE: FOP urges officers to call Council members to change no-knock vote

UPDATE POSTED: 10:00 P.M. THURSDAY JUNE 10, 2021 LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Lexington Fraternal Order of Police Bluegrass Lodge four is voicing its disappointment in the Urban County Council after the ordinance to ban no knock warrants moves to a second reading The FOP saying it is disappointing that city officials would choose to blatantly disregard the opinions and…

Perry County authorities investigating two deaths

COMBS, Ky. (WTVQ) – According to the Perry County Sheriff’s Office, two people have been found dead in the Combs community. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, someone called 911 about the possibility of multiple people dead inside a home. Deputies arrived shortly after at the residence and found the bodies. The investigations into how the two people died is still ongoing….

UPDATE: TransKentucky responds to Dotson’s prefiled ‘Save Women’s Sports’ bill

WINCHESTER, Ky. (WTVQ) – “This is a hot button subject all across the nation” said Representative Ryan Dotson. On Thursday…Kentucky State Representative Ryan Dotson of Winchester pre-filed a bill that would exclude transgender women from competing in women’s sports. “It’s something that many of the constituents that I represent wanted and there are some that oppose it. So, something this…

Funerals held for victims of wrong-way crash

OWENTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A difficult moment to watch today as five caskets made their way out of an Owenton church. The bodies of five of the six people killed in a wrong way wreck this weekend on I-75 were buried today: 30-year-old Catherine Greene, her sons, five-year-old Brayden and two-year-old Jack and their step-sisters, 11-year-old Santanna and nine-year-old Karmen….

Appalachia’s Christmas in June continues in Clay County

CLAY COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – Christmas in June continues in parts of Eastern Kentucky. Today in Clay County, toys, books, games and snacks were given to children at Clay County Middle School. Source: Christian Appalachian Project This effort has been going on all month long thanks to the Christian Appalachian Project, Marine Toys for Tots and Good 360. The next…