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Adou Thiero enters transfer portal
Lexington, KY (WTVQ) -- John Calipari loses his first player to the transfer portal on Thursday; with sophomore guard Adou Thiero bidding farewell. The Pennsylvania native has two eligible seasons remaining. Thiero finished his last season at UK shooting 49.2%…
Road marking to take place in Fayette County
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is warning drivers about some upcoming closures because of roadway striping operations. According to a release, crews will be out applying thermoplastic markings on two major roads in Lexington. Thermoplastic is…
"Most Wanted" suspect found dead in Tennessee
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - A man, listed as the "Most Wanted Person of the Week" by Bluegrass Crime Stoppers, has been found dead in Tennessee, according to Crime Stoppers. 44-year old Jason Coots was wanted by the Lexington Police…
Trader Joe’s upped the price of its bananas for the first time in decades. Here’s why
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS NEW YORK (AP) — It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents. Trader Joe’s recently upped the price for a single banana to 23 cents, a 4-cent…
Pleasant weather to end the week
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - Happy Thursday! Brr - it's a cold start to the day! Frosty windshields are likely as you head out the door this morning.…
Bespoken Spirits celebrates grand opening with Lynyrd Skynyrd
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- The newest distillery in the area Bespoken Spirits, celebrating its grand opening on Wednesday. On hand to commemorate the occasion, legendary southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. The $3.2 million investment also bringing new jobs to the…
Longtime Kentucky car dealer Jack Kain dead at 94
(WTVQ) -- Jack Kain of Kain Ford has passed away on Tuesday, his family announced. Kain had been a popular car dealer and a community stalwart in…
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain's running mate eight…
City announces $100,000 grant aimed at decreasing youth violence
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) --- For the past few years, the number of homicides, and the numbers on gun violence, have gone down in Lexington. "In 2022, Lexington had 44 homicides,…
A quiet stretch of weather heading through this final week of March
We dried out nicely Wednesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky as the frontal boundary that brought all the wet weather to the area on Tuesday moved out of the…
Rep. Andy Barr: Nicholas County to receive $1.7 million for EMS Facility
Carlisle, Ky. (WTVQ) - A new EMS facility is on tap in Nicholas County, thanks to federal funding secured by 6th District Congressman Andy Barr. Barr made the announcement today (3/27) at a news conference in Carlisle, where the…
Powerball jackpot climbs to $865 million as long winless drought continues
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot increased to an estimated $865 million after no one won Monday night’s drawing, continuing a winless streak that dates to New Year’s Day. The numbers drawn were: 7, 11, 19, 53…
Man rescued after semi crashes into building
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) - One person is recovering after a semi crashed into a building in Laurel County. According to the London-Laurel County Rescue Facebook page, first responders were called to the building just before 10:30 last night…
Kentucky AD: Calipari will return as coach, despite calls for his firing after early NCAA exit
Updated 12:16 AM EDT, March 27, 2024 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart confirmed on social media that John Calipari will return as men’s basketball coach despite calls for his firing following the Wildcats’ third consecutive…
Drier second half of the week
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - Happy Wednesday! We are drying out for your day today after a dreary Tuesday. Temperatures begin the day in the upper 30s and…
Budget bill hits Governor's desk
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) --- House Bill 6 is now at the hands of Governor Andy Beshear now that the legislative session has wrapped up. One of the main topics of discussion throughout both the House budget proposal and the Governor's…
Lynyrd Skynyrd signs whiskey bottles for fans ahead of concert
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- The popular southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd was back out in the Lexington community signing bourbon bottles on Thursday. Band members Johnny Van Zant…
Charges against former child care director expunged
LEXINGTON, KY. (WTVQ) - Sex abuse charges against former One Parent Scholar House site director Adam Wieser have been expunged. In July of 2023, Wieser was accused of raping and sexually assaulting a 4-year old. Wieser waived his right…
Road marking to take place in Fayette County
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is warning drivers about some upcoming closures because of roadway striping operations. According to a release, crews will be out applying thermoplastic markings on two major roads in Lexington. Thermoplastic is…
"Most Wanted" suspect found dead in Tennessee
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - A man, listed as the "Most Wanted Person of the Week" by Bluegrass Crime Stoppers, has been found dead in Tennessee, according to Crime Stoppers. 44-year old Jason Coots was wanted by the Lexington Police…
Trader Joe’s upped the price of its bananas for the first time in decades. Here’s why
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS NEW YORK (AP) — It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents. Trader Joe’s recently upped the price for a single banana to 23 cents, a 4-cent…
Bespoken Spirits celebrates grand opening with Lynyrd Skynyrd
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- The newest distillery in the area Bespoken Spirits, celebrating its grand opening on Wednesday. On hand to commemorate the occasion, legendary southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. The $3.2 million investment also bringing new jobs to the…
Longtime Kentucky car dealer Jack Kain dead at 94
(WTVQ) -- Jack Kain of Kain Ford has passed away on Tuesday, his family announced. Kain had been a popular car dealer and a community stalwart in…
City announces $100,000 grant aimed at decreasing youth violence
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) --- For the past few years, the number of homicides, and the numbers on gun violence, have gone down in Lexington. "In 2022, Lexington had 44 homicides,…
Rep. Andy Barr: Nicholas County to receive $1.7 million for EMS Facility
Carlisle, Ky. (WTVQ) - A new EMS facility is on tap in Nicholas County, thanks to federal funding secured by 6th District Congressman Andy Barr. Barr made the announcement today (3/27) at a news conference in Carlisle, where the…
Powerball jackpot climbs to $865 million as long winless drought continues
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot increased to an estimated $865 million after no one won Monday night’s drawing, continuing a winless streak that dates to New Year’s Day. The numbers drawn were: 7, 11, 19, 53…
Man rescued after semi crashes into building
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) - One person is recovering after a semi crashed into a building in Laurel County. According to the London-Laurel County Rescue Facebook page, first responders were called to the building just before 10:30 last night…
Kentucky AD: Calipari will return as coach, despite calls for his firing after early NCAA exit
Updated 12:16 AM EDT, March 27, 2024 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart confirmed on social media that John Calipari will return as men’s basketball coach despite calls for his firing following the Wildcats’ third consecutive…
HB 10 aims to expand maternal care and mental health care for expecting moms
FRANKFORT, KY. (WTVQ) -- House Bill 10 is up for debate, aiming to expand maternal care in the state and just recently. "The maternal mortality numbers here in Kentucky are very high," says Rep. Kim Moser, who is one of…
Family needs help after losing everything in house fire
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) --- A family of eight is in need of help after losing their home to a fire on Monday morning. Firefighters received the call just after midnight to the home on Pierson drive, where they found the…
Deputies: 2 juveniles confess to cemetery vandalism in Franklin County
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) - Two juveniles have confessed to damaging around 60 headstones in a Franklin County cemetery, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. Deputies say there was extensive damage to headstones at Bethel Cemetery on Owenton Road.…
London woman charged with murder of husband
LONDON, Ky. (WTVQ) - A London woman is facing murder and tampering charges in connection to the death of her husband. According to London police, 59-year old Yolanda Lomeli is accused of shooting her husband, Manuel Lomeli Jr., and…
Ashland man arrested for child sex abuse material
Ashland, Ky. (WTVQ) -- On Friday, Kentucky state police arrested a man for child sex abuse material. According to KSP, an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation led to 46-year-old Carl Hayes being interviewed after receiving an investigative referral. The…
Educators played the same Powerball numbers for years, then hid a $1M winning ticket in a math book
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A group of employees and teachers from a Kentucky middle school who bought a $1 million Powerball winning ticket tucked it in a math textbook for safekeeping…
Kentucky House boosts school spending but leaves out guaranteed teacher raises and universal pre-K
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Republican-led Kentucky House endorsed higher spending for education in its two-year state spending plan on Thursday but left out two of the Democratic governor's…
Senator pushing bill to implement Ashanti Alert System in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Thursday in Frankfort, Sen. David Yates (D-Louisville) proposed an amendment to legislation that would call for the implementation of Kentucky's Ashanti Alert…
Kentucky National Guardsmen some of injured in drone attack on Jordan base
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Some of the around 40 Guardsmen injured in the drone attack on a Jordan military base on Jan. 28 include soldiers from Kentucky. A press release from the National Guard Bureau confirmed at least 41 Guardsmen…
Kentucky spending plan calling for more state funding of student transportation advances
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky House Republicans proposed having the state pick up more of the costs for student transportation in K-12 schools under an updated budget plan that cleared a committee on Wednesday. The action by the House Appropriations…
Kentucky House committee passes bill requiring moment of silence in schools
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House overwhelmingly passed a bill on Wednesday instructing public schools to set aside time for a moment of silence at the start of each school day. The measure easily cleared the House on a…
Kentucky juvenile facilities have issues with force, staffing, report says
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s juvenile justice system has lingering problems with the use of force and isolation techniques and has done little to implement a 2017 state audit’s suggestions for improvement, according to a report released Wednesday. The new report from…
State marks American Heart Month with proclamations
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- People across the country will help spread awareness about heart disease on National Wear Red Day. Wednesday in Frankfort, Gov. Andy Beshear and other state leaders met with the American Heart Association to sign proclamations for…
Kentucky college student dies after boat crash in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (CNN NEWSOURCE) -- A college student from Kentucky died Tuesday, nearly a week after he was involved in a boat crash. 21-year-old Jonathan Brian, of Shelbyville, was one of three people injured in the accident last Thursday. The…
Nearly $700K in upgrades coming to 2 regional airports in Ky.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Nearly $700,000 in upgrades are coming to two regional airports in Kentucky. According to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Federal Aviation Administration will award $379,620 to Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah and $294,000 to Stuart Powell…
Bill targeting college IDs clears Kentucky Senate in effort to revise voter identification law
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — College-issued student ID cards won't carry the same weight as a form of photo identification at polling places if a bill that advanced Tuesday in Kentucky's legislature becomes law. The Senate voted to revise the state's…
Ky. man sentenced to 2 years for assaulting officer during Jan. 6 Capitol riot
MAGNOLIA, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Kentucky man was sentenced Tuesday to over two years in prison for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. Clayton Mullins, of LaRue County, was also sentenced to three years…
Bills would regulate Kentucky 'adult-oriented businesses'
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Two new pieces of legislation were introduced at the Capitol Tuesday. If passed, Senate Bill 147 and House Bill 402 would enact stricter regulations on adult-oriented…
Special Kentucky Derby 150 gold trophy unveiled
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) -- ABC 36 got a first look at the gold trophy that will be presented to the winner of the 150th Kentucky Derby. The unveiling…
Ky. crematorium closed after over 300 illicit cremations, AG says
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Kentucky funeral home was ordered to stop cremations after it failed to register to operate a crematory and was performing services without a license, the Attorney General's Office says. In early January, Russell Coleman's…
Democratic lawmaker promotes bill aimed at improving student transportation across Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation allowing school districts to expand fleets transporting students to school and home was promoted Monday as a way to fix bus systems hampered by long routes and too few bus drivers. Democratic Sen. David Yates,…
Republican-led Kentucky House passes bill aimed at making paid family leave more accessible
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation portrayed as a market-driven, voluntary approach to expand access to paid family leave in Kentucky was overwhelmingly passed by the state House on Monday. The measure, which drew strong bipartisan support, sailed through the House…
Kentucky Republicans working to lower state income tax again
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- As the tax season kicks off, Kentuckians will have an array of different taxes to pay. ABC 36 took a closer look at…
AMBER Alert canceled, missing 5-year-old Ky. girl found safe
PRINCETON, Ky. (WTVQ) 1/29/24, 2:24 p.m. The AMBER Alert has been canceled, KSP said in an update. Lela and her father were both found by KSP Post 2,…
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of…
The Super Bowl is set: Mahomes and the Chiefs will face Purdy and the 49ers
Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs are heading to Las Vegas with a chance for a rare repeat while facing the San Francisco 49ers in a Super Bowl rematch from four years ago. The Chiefs beat Lamar Jackson and…
A pastor and a small Ohio city tussle over the legality of his 24/7 homeless ministry
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Christian church in Ohio filed a federal lawsuit this week after its pastor was charged with violating city ordinances when he opened up the sanctuary around the clock for homeless people and others to find…
WWE's 'Raw' is moving to Netflix next year in a major streaming deal worth more than $5 billion
WWE's weekly television show “Raw” will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal worth more than $5 billion. TKO Group Holdings Inc., which houses WWE and UFC, said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that…
Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive
BERLIN (AP) — Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across more than 90 countries, a new report revealed Tuesday. Nearly half of them, or 49%, are living in Israel; 18% are in Western…
Dexter Scott King, younger son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62
ATLANTA (AP) — Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the 62-year-old…
Todd and Julie Chrisley to receive $1M settlement from state of Georgia
ATLANTA (CNN NEWSOURCE) -- Imprisoned reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley just had a major legal victory. The state of Georgia has agreed to pay them $1 million in a settlement. It comes from a lawsuit the couple filed…
Some Americans will get their student loans canceled in February as Biden accelerates his new plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers in February as part of a new repayment plan that's taking effect nearly six months ahead of schedule. Loan forgiveness was originally set to begin in July under…
Michael Strahan's daughter reveals brain tumor battle
Good Morning America (ABC NEWS) -- Michael Strahan's 19-year-old daughter Isabella is battling a malignant brain tumor known as medulloblastoma, the "Good Morning America" co-anchor and his daughter shared Thursday. "I literally think that in a lot of ways, I'm…
Patriots parting with Bill Belichick, who led team to 6 Super Bowl championships, AP source says
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Six-time NFL champion Bill Belichick agreed to part ways as the coach of the New England Patriots on Thursday, bringing an end to his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the…
Defense Secretary Austin was treated for prostate cancer and a urinary tract infection, doctors say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, doctors said Tuesday. The 70-year-old Austin was admitted to Walter…
Teen kills 6th grader, wounds 5 others and takes own life in Iowa high school shooting, police say
PERRY, Iowa (AP) — A teen armed with a shotgun and a handgun unleashed terror at an Iowa high school on the first day of classes in the new year, authorities said, killing a sixth grader and wounding five others as people…
Multiple people have been shot at a high school in Perry, Iowa, police say
PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Police in Perry, Iowa, say multiple people were shot at the city's high school Thursday, early on students' first day back in classes after their annual winter break. Two gunshot victims were taken by ambulance to…
Court records related to Jeffrey Epstein are set to be released, but they aren't a client list
NEW YORK (AP) — Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating that a judge is about to release a list of clients or co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while…
More Americans think foreign policy should be a top US priority for 2024, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — In this time of war overseas, more Americans think foreign policy should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2024, with a new poll showing international concerns and immigration rising in importance with the public.…
New Year's Eve sweeps across the globe, but wars cast a shadow on 2024
New Year’s Day arrived to cheers from thousands in New York’s Times Square where a sparkling crystal ball descended to start 2024 with hope for some, even as the world’s ongoing conflicts subdued celebrations and raised security concerns across the…
2023 Year in Review: key stories from the past year from ABC 36
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- As 2023 wraps up, we're remembering some of our key news stories produced by ABC 36 over the last 12 months. From interesting to noteworthy to significant stories, we were there for them all. Here are…
World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The worldwide growth…
Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?
DENVER (AP) — First, Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn't eligible to run for his old job in that state. Then, Maine's Democratic secretary of state ruled the same for her state. Who's next? Both decisions are historic. The Colorado…