Lexington

Our summery pattern continues with another round of showers and storms through Wednesday afternoon. Highs will stay in the mid-80s.

The candidates running for central Kentucky's seat in Congress weighed in Tuesday on one of the biggest political stories in the country — the health of Sen. Mitch McConnell.

As families prepare for the upcoming school year, a recent report from Kentucky Public Health is raising concerns about declining vaccination rates among kindergarten-aged children in the state.

Reef balls weighing hundreds of pounds are being dropped to the bottom of Cave Run Lake on the Bath County side as part of a Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife effort to improve underwater habitat that has deteriorated over decades.

We saw more of the same Tuesday with typical early July conditions across Central and Eastern Kentucky as a warm and humid air-mass stayed camped out over the region. While most locations saw plenty of sunshine, a slow moving upper level system helped fire a few scattered showers and thunderstorms through the afternoon hours. Given the lack of upper level...

One Lexington awarded roughly around $200,000 in grant money to 20 partner organizations working to combat gun violence in Lexington, as the city surpasses 150 days without a criminal homicide.

Kentucky State Police Post 9 concluded Operation Mountain Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort targeting suspected drug trafficking networks throughout the Post 9 district.

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — A Laurel County sheriff’s deputy arrested a London man Monday on multiple Fayette County warrants, including charges of rape and burglary. 40-year-old Marcus Donald Easley was arrested at around 5:18 p.m. Monday off Waterworks Road, according to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office. Easley was charged on a Fayette County District Court complaint warrant with...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — Kentucky State Police are investigating a shooting that left one man hospitalized in Letcher County Monday afternoon. Troopers from KSP Post 13 in Hazard responded shortly after 4 p.m. Monday to a reported shooting on Sheas Fork in the McRoberts community after receiving a 911 call. At the scene, troopers reportedly located...

The Louisville Zoo set the highest attendance record in its 57-year history this fiscal year, welcoming 945,225 guests.