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…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to stand out as one of the strongest segments of the U.S. economy. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending August 13 fell…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Special Federal Emergency Management Agency inspection teams will begin door-to-door visits to homes where inspectors have tried to contact survivors three or more times and haven't heard…
Rosalynn Carter, the second-oldest U.S. first lady ever, turns 95 Thursday on a birthday that will be marked not just with cards and best wishes, but with butterflies. The wife of former President Jimmy Carter, 97, has a fascination with butterflies…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The historic downtown district of a Kentucky college town has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Morehead’s downtown historic district has 53 commercial, government and residential structures. Owners of the buildings may now…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - Police are conducting two separate death investigations Thursday morning. According to police, a person was found dead Wednesday evening in the 800 block of Charles Avenue. Around…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/PRESS RELEASE) - Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers are opening Aug. 18, 2022, in Leslie and Martin counties to assist Kentucky flood survivors who experienced loss from the Eastern Kentucky flooding.…
It's been a nice week of weather so far across Central and Eastern Kentucky and Wednesday was no different. With high pressure providing a nice fresh northeast breeze and…
BEREA, Ky (WTVQ)- Eight counties returned to school Wednesday, but Berea Independent Schools is pushing back its' start date due to Covid cases.. The school system was only in-person for a total of six weeks last school year. District leaders…
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Deputies from the Scott County Sheriff's Office spent several months tracking down stolen items from multiple thefts across Scott County and central Kentucky. Wednesday, deputies…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - Lexington's public transportation is evolving and becoming cleaner thanks to a $6.4 million grant awarded to Lextran from the Federal Transit Administration's Low or No Emission Grant program. The money…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Kentucky's Department of Agriculture received a $5.4 million grant to serve food-insecure Kentuckians. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement program. The program is authorized by…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Nothing Bundt Cakes is celebrating its 25th birthday in a big way -- with a cake giveaway at each location across North America, including Lexington's! On Thursday, Sept. 1, the first 250 guests at each bakery…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Lexington police are warning of another scam making rounds. In this scam, callers impersonate Lexington police officers and request payments to drop charges, fines or warrants, according to a Facebook post. A reminder that police won't…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A man was arrested Wednesday in connection to the July 20 shooting death of Kadage Byishmo on Quinton Court. Keith Denton, 27, is accused of fatally shooting Byishmo last month. He is charged with murder, wanton…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Kentucky Association of Health Plans is offering a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic at the State Fair -- and if you get your vaccine, or boosted, you could win an unlimited ride wristband or a $25 gift…
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump’s Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president’s allies to defund the FBI, saying that was…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- The Fayette County Coroner's Office is looking for the relatives of a man who died last month. Timothy Roland Foreman died July 27 of natural causes. He was living in the 2000 block of Garden Springs…
REED, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Gov. Andy Beshear and local elected officials cut the ribbon on the new bridge opening soon in Spottsville that replaces a 1930s-era structure. The bridge, scheduled to open at the end of this month, should provide…
