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Tickets go on sale Friday.‘Dining Out For Life’ to benefit HIV fight, housing
Annual event set in September, donations accepted now.
Lexington Mayor to hold special meeting to update on COVID-19
Part of regular series to update members, residents.Lexington’s mayor recommends using federal money to create police review board
Mayor Linda Gorton recommended spending $50,000 in CARES Act money to pay for a consultant to properly create a police review board.Racist internet trolls interrupt as council gives preliminary approval to rename Lexington park
Discussion of renaming park interrupted by 'N' word.Group behind white power flyers says they’re not hateful, Rabbi disagrees
Over the weekend some people in Central Kentucky received white supremacy flyers at their homes.Richmond commissioner’s ethics case sent to KSP, County Attorney
A Richmond city commissioner's ethics case is on its way to Kentucky State Police and the County Attorney.UPDATE: Missing Whitley County man found
UPDATE 8/11/20 9:30 p.m: WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ)- A missing Whitley County man with dementia has been found, according to the Whitley County Sheriff's Department. The...
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Keeping a close eye on a stalled out front north of the Ohio River. We're in the warm part of the weather maker, which...Hooked on Science | Summer Science Hacks
Keeping things cold, baby powder and sand, and fire 'chips.'Free fishing weekend at Cave Run, Laurel River
Two days of free fishingBoaters advised to check restrictions, licenses for start of summer boating
Pent-up demand and summer-like temperatures have arrived in Kentucky and many families will be headed to their favorite lake during this Memorial Day weekend.Viewers record weather rolling across landscape
People just can't help but watch stormsUPDATE: Some roadways remain closed by high waters
KNOX COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) - As of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, a number of roads across the region remain closed by high waters, according to...WATCH RESCUE: Roads closed update, advisories
Almost every county in the region is reporting flooding of some kind, from localized flooding on streets to creeks and rivers over flowing their banks.UPDATE: New forecasts slow rising waters in Cynthiana
CYNTHIANA, Ky. (WTVQ) - New measurements and estimates show Cynthiana may get a little break from original forecasts that showed flooding could hit the...
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Keeneland catalogs 4,272 Yearlings for 2020 September Sale
The prestigious auction will offer online bidding and expanded phone bidding for those buyers participating remotely.SEC, ACC, Big 12 still hoping to play football this fall
(AP) - And then there were three. The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 and Southeastern Conference were still moving forward Tuesday with plans for a...Serena Williams to face sister Venus Williams in Top Seed quarterfinals
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Serena Williams was calm in a return more dramatic than some might have expected — even after a long layoff. Williams...Pac-12 postpones all sports through end of calendar year
SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 CEO Group voted unanimously to postpone all sport competitions through the end of the 2020 calendar year. The decision was...Georgetown College to play football in spring 2021
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Two Mid-South Conference football divisions have postponed their fall divisional schedule while a third intends to play this fall, MSC...Big Ten becomes first Power Five Conference to postpone fall sports
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all regular-season contests and Big Ten Championships and Tournaments,...New York Knicks hire Kentucky’s Kenny Payne as an assistant coach
LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - Arguably Kentucky Basketball’s most important assistant coach is headed to the NBA. First reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and then...Georgetown College will play most fall sports in spring, decision for football later this week
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (MSC Athletics) -- Mid-South Conference Commissioner Eric Ward announced today the postponement of fall sports to spring 2021 due to concerns...
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Metallica latest to offer ‘drive-in’ concerts
Tickets go on sale Friday.‘Dining Out For Life’ to benefit HIV fight, housing
Annual event set in September, donations accepted now.Lexington Mayor to hold special meeting to update on COVID-19
Part of regular series to update members, residents.Lexington’s mayor recommends using federal money to create police review board
Mayor Linda Gorton recommended spending $50,000 in CARES Act money to pay for a consultant to properly create a police review board.Racist internet trolls interrupt as council gives preliminary approval to rename Lexington park
Discussion of renaming park interrupted by 'N' word.Group behind white power flyers says they’re not hateful, Rabbi disagrees
Over the weekend some people in Central Kentucky received white supremacy flyers at their homes.Richmond commissioner’s ethics case sent to KSP, County Attorney
A Richmond city commissioner's ethics case is on its way to Kentucky State Police and the County Attorney.UPDATE: Missing Whitley County man found
UPDATE 8/11/20 9:30 p.m: WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ)- A missing Whitley County man with dementia has been found, according to the Whitley County Sheriff's Department. The...
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WEATHER SECTIONS
WEATHER HEADLINES
Tracking Showers, Storms, and Warm Temperatures
Keeping a close eye on a stalled out front north of the Ohio River. We're in the warm part of the weather maker, which...Hooked on Science | Summer Science Hacks
Keeping things cold, baby powder and sand, and fire 'chips.'Free fishing weekend at Cave Run, Laurel River
Two days of free fishingBoaters advised to check restrictions, licenses for start of summer boating
Pent-up demand and summer-like temperatures have arrived in Kentucky and many families will be headed to their favorite lake during this Memorial Day weekend.Viewers record weather rolling across landscape
People just can't help but watch stormsUPDATE: Some roadways remain closed by high waters
KNOX COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) - As of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, a number of roads across the region remain closed by high waters, according to...WATCH RESCUE: Roads closed update, advisories
Almost every county in the region is reporting flooding of some kind, from localized flooding on streets to creeks and rivers over flowing their banks.UPDATE: New forecasts slow rising waters in Cynthiana
CYNTHIANA, Ky. (WTVQ) - New measurements and estimates show Cynthiana may get a little break from original forecasts that showed flooding could hit the...
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Keeneland catalogs 4,272 Yearlings for 2020 September Sale
The prestigious auction will offer online bidding and expanded phone bidding for those buyers participating remotely.SEC, ACC, Big 12 still hoping to play football this fall
(AP) - And then there were three. The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 and Southeastern Conference were still moving forward Tuesday with plans for a...Serena Williams to face sister Venus Williams in Top Seed quarterfinals
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Serena Williams was calm in a return more dramatic than some might have expected — even after a long layoff. Williams...Pac-12 postpones all sports through end of calendar year
SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 CEO Group voted unanimously to postpone all sport competitions through the end of the 2020 calendar year. The decision was...Georgetown College to play football in spring 2021
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Two Mid-South Conference football divisions have postponed their fall divisional schedule while a third intends to play this fall, MSC...Big Ten becomes first Power Five Conference to postpone fall sports
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all regular-season contests and Big Ten Championships and Tournaments,...New York Knicks hire Kentucky’s Kenny Payne as an assistant coach
LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - Arguably Kentucky Basketball’s most important assistant coach is headed to the NBA. First reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and then...Georgetown College will play most fall sports in spring, decision for football later this week
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (MSC Athletics) -- Mid-South Conference Commissioner Eric Ward announced today the postponement of fall sports to spring 2021 due to concerns...
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