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…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) -- New for 2022, Kentucky Kingdom is getting in the spooky-season spirit every weekend this October! The amusement park in Louisville has brought Pumpkins at Kentucky Kingdom for guests to enjoy every weekend in October. Once dark…
(CNN NEWSOURCE) -- McDonald's is going back to its tried and true way to celebrate Halloween. Thursday, the fast food giant announced on social media its Halloween Happy Meal pails will return to restaurants later this month. McDonald's first introduced…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday released designs for a new "Team Kentucky" license plate option. Kentuckians now have two license plate design options, with the option to include "In God We Trust" on their selected design.…
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Two people have been charged in connection to a church bus vandalism in Laurel County. The Laurel County Sheriff's Office says 29-year-old Ashley Cope and 27-year-old Natasha Scott were arrested Thursday. The two were allegedly…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Fayette County coroner has released the name of a man who died Thursday afternoon after a wreck in Lexington on Chinoe Road. 74-year-old Stephen Herron was traveling toward Richmond Road when he lost control of…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) UPDATE A report of an inmate sexually assaulting another inmate at the Fayette County Detention Center has some people wondering if a staffing shortage could be to blame. The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #83 says the…
With a mid-level wave of energy sliding through the Ohio Valley we saw a few scattered clouds on Thursday but the air at the surface was way too dry…
LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- Lieutenant Brian Peterson of the Lexington Police Department, like many other officers, has grown increasingly frustrated with the city's recent rise in violence. "Everybody out here is tired of the violence, us just as everyone else, people…
BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Nancy Cundiff's body was found over the weekend in Breathitt County, the coroner's office has confirmed to ABC 36. Cundiff was one of two women still missing from July's Eastern Kentucky flooding. Her body…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A shooting investigation is underway near the library on Tates Creek. Lexington police on scene told ABC 36 there were shots fired but not at the library; police believe the shots were fired on Sherard Circle.…
(CNN NEWSOURCE) -- More than two years after George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police, two of the officers involved in his murder will begin their federal prison terms. Tou Thao will spend three and a half years…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and addressing charging practices that disproportionately impact people of…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A coffee shop in Lexington has been trying to track down a customer after one of its pay-it-forward initiatives. Nine years ago, a dad posted this note at A Cup of Commonwealth saying: "A hot chocolate…
(CNN NEWSOURCE) -- There's a reason dogs are called "man's best friend." Turns out, petting a dog is actually good for our brains! In a study that was just published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers put brain scanners on…
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season. The announcement, made Thursday, shows the e-commerce behemoth is taking a less conservative approach to its holiday planning than Walmart,…
(CNN NEWSOURCE) -- Do you know your blood type? Scientists say everyone should in case of a life-threatening event that results in a need for a blood transfusion. But now, they’ve discovered a new group of blood types that you…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Kentucky and Gonzaga men's basketball programs will play in each of the next six seasons beginning with their matchup on Nov. 20 in Spokane. The six-year series entails two games played in Spokane, two played inside…
