WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin. Trump made the announcement on social media on Thursday, two days after Noem…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - Happy Monday! We are tracking the potential for strong-to-severe storms moving into the ABC 36 viewing area over the next two days.…
PITTSBURGH, PA (WTVQ)- Kentucky men's basketball's 2024 NCAA Tournament run is at an end 40 minutes after it started. The Wildcats lost to Oakland University on Thursday in Pittsburgh,…
JACKSON COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) - A Jackson County, Kentucky couple is in the Detention Center there, facing charges they tried to sell their twin newborn daughters. According to their arrest citations, Zackary Davis and Jacquilyn Keith are charged with…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Officials say a new initiative seeks to improve college readiness outcomes for Kentucky students following enrollment declines in higher education during the coronavirus pandemic. A statement from the Kentucky Department of Education says the program calls…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Oral arguments were heard inside the Kentucky Supreme Court on Tuesday, as protestors chanted just feet away, most chanting "bans off our bodies!" The case will most…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) - Governor Andy Beshear signing two executive orders this afternoon making a huge first step in legalizing marijuana for all purposes statewide. Starting January 1, 2023, Kentuckians with certain health conditions, like chronic pain and PTSD, will…
It was quite a dreary Tuesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky with a chilly rain falling for the better part of the day across much of the region. Most…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Mayor Linda Gorton asked councilmembers to approve memorandums that would give "significant" raises to police, sergeants, lieutenants and E-911 on Tuesday. If passed, police officers and sergeants would each receive an $8,000 raise; lieutenants and the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has launched its first-ever Name the Plow program, and it needs your help. The Name the Plow program will give Kentucky residents a chance to name one of 14 snow trucks in…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Gov. Andy Beshear took action Tuesday afternoon, legalizing medical marijuana possession in Kentucky with two executive orders. The first, legalizing medical marijuana with the following conditions: Marijuana must be purchased in the United States, in areas…
SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Eleven students who were in the Magoffin County bus when it ran off the road and crashed into an embankment have been treated and released from the hospital. The students were released Monday evening, according to…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 11/15/22, 3:18 p.m. The man fatally shot has been identified as 37-year-old Brandon Walker. His death has been listed as homicide from multiple gunshot wounds. 11/15/22, 10:40 a.m. A man has died after being fatally shot Tuesday…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Sophia Rosing waived her right to a preliminary hearing in court Tuesday morning. Rosing's case will now go to a Fayette County grand jury. A grand jury hears evidence and determines if there is sufficient proof…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A University of Kentucky student died in a crash in Georgetown Monday. Sydney Cassady, of Bowling Green, was identified as the victim of the crash. She was 22 years old. According to the Scott County Sheriff's…
DRAKESBORO, Ky. (CNN NEWSOURCE/WBKO) -- Time to start your week off with a bang... A massive triple implosion brought down a trio of cooling towers at a shuttered coal plant in western Kentucky. The Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro had…
