Chad Hedrick
Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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Chad Hedrick joined WKYT in February 2021.
Before coming to central Kentucky, he spent six years at WKYT’s sister station, WSAZ in Huntington, WV where he climbed the ranks from part-time weekend photographer to reporter and weekend anchor.
While at WSAZ, Chad’s primary focus was on eastern Kentucky, including his hometown in Boyd County.
Chad has enjoyed being able to cover his home state these last several years, seeing it as a way of giving back to his community. He is passionate about meeting people, telling their stories, and doing what he can to help them.
He is a Morehead State grad, and an avid Kentucky Wildcat fan.
Chad loves connecting with viewers on social media. You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Chad Hedrick
The City of Lexington’s solar energy program, Solarize Lexington, is trying to get ahead of potential scams targeting the program.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 3:29 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Chad Hedrick
Crews are responding to a large fire at a Kentucky church.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:12 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
A community grieving the loss of 8-year-old Eli Hill will come together to remember the little boy.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 2:07 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick and WKYT News Staff
A Kentucky boy is dead after a freak accident.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:54 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
The Cats’ loss to Kansas State sparked frustration from fans who wanted to see the team make a run to the final four.Social media and other criticism can be difficult for players to read or hear about.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 10:00 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
Members of Big Blue Nation packed KSBar & Grille for Friday night’s game, where some longtime fans were hoping to see the Cats win.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 9:57 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
Both Martin County and Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington had special stories behind their fight for the state title.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Chad Hedrick
Kentucky is one step closer to being a so-called Second Amendment sanctuary state.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 9:41 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
Legislation to legalize sports betting in Kentucky passed in the House and now moves to the Senate.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 10:34 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
As Kentucky’s men’s basketball team prepares to tip off in the SEC Tournament Friday, there is one die-hard fan cheering on a team that has been rooting for him for more than a decade.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 9:49 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Lexington restaurants are recovering from Friday's high winds. While some were shut down, others were overwhelmed, with many turning to them for warm meals.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 10:12 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Woodford County appears to be the hardest hit by the winds with still the highest percentage of power outages from downed power lines.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 10:42 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Historic buildings in downtown Lawrenceburg are blocked off after bricks and part of the roof was blown off during Friday’s powerful wind storm. No injuries were reported, but businesses in those buildings are closed until engineers survey them and make sure they are structurally sound.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 10:27 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Friday’s high winds were a major issue for truck drivers.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 10:36 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
It was a long and emotional day for LGBTQ advocates who spent the day in Frankfort protesting what they call anti-trans legislation.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 10:24 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Several controversial bills have been introduced in this legislative session. That includes what opponents call anti-LGBTQ legislation that they say targets youth.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 9:50 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Emergency responders are issuing a stern warning after a teen girl died from falling into the Licking River.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 10:24 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
A proposed tax break to the Bourbon industry has raised concern for several counties, who say the cuts would strain their budgets.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 4:20 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
In Kentucky, there are no laws on the books that require life-saving devices like automated external defibrillators(AEDs). That could change with legislation filed in the Kentucky House.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 9:46 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
A Lexington mother is sharing her story a little more than a year after losing her daughter to a fentanyl overdose.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 10:14 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
A Morehead couple has lost their home after a fire on Valentine’s Day. In the days since, and even as crews fought the fire, the community rallied behind the couple.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 3:57 PM EST
|By Jeremy Tombs, Grason Passmore and Chad Hedrick
We are tracking reports of flash flooding throughout central Kentucky.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 10:28 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Lawmakers are working to address Kentucky’s teacher shortage.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 10:17 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
A daughter is mourning the loss of her mother after troopers say she was killed in an apparent murder-suicide in a domestic violence situation.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 3:56 PM EST
|By Hallie DeVore, Lucy Bryson, Chad Hedrick and Phil Pendleton
The service is being described as a revival and “a movement that only God could orchestrate and keep going.”
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 10:22 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Thanks to a grant from the Steele-Reese Foundation to the Prichard Committee, a group will be studying, then addressing, recovery strategies from COVID and even flooding in eastern Kentucky classrooms.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 10:26 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Thursday night, Governor Andy Beshear continued to tout record economic growth and investments, while republican leaders who spoke say it is work they have accomplished.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 10:11 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
A video from a basketball game this past weekend is going viral. It shows a Fleming County player handing the ball to a player from St. Patrick School in Maysville and making the basket after a few tries.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 10:59 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
In the last month, the City of Versailles installed 20 cameras throughout the city.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 10:17 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
On National Wear Red Day, A nine-year-old girl is sharing her story of surviving a rare heart defect.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 10:15 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Businesses and local economies in flood-ravaged areas of eastern Kentucky face a long road to recovery.Many jobs were lost, and now organizations are working to rebuild the workforce, as well as these communities.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:35 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
In December 2021, Kentuckians and generous givers around the country answered the call to donate after deadly tornadoes in western Kentucky. Just seven months later, that same call to action after deadly floods in eastern Kentucky.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 10:44 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
An apartment complex in Breathitt County hasn’t had a working elevator since the flood, leaving the elderly tenants practically stuck on upper floors without an easy way to get down.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 10:33 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
The number of Kentucky voters who are not registered as a Republican or a Democrat has reached a new high, breaking beyond the 10% mark for the first time.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 10:22 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
The Pat Summitt Foundation presented a donation to Sanders-Brown during the Kentucky women’s “We Back Pat” game.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 10:24 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
The annual initiative is designed to identify areas where people experiencing homelessness are, who they are, and supply them with resources.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:06 PM EST
|By WKYT News Staff and Chad Hedrick
WKYT is tracking a fire on Henton Road in Lexington.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 9:58 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Many Veridian Apartments residents say they are getting little to no help or answers from the complex and now say they are being given an ultimatum to get their rent prorated for when they couldn’t be in their homes.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:59 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Fayette County school leaders broke ground on a new school Monday.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 10:14 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
After a record year for overdose deaths in 2021, Kentucky is ramping up efforts to save lives and give people a second chance.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 10:19 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
The Kentucky Beta Club Convention is this week in Lexington. Thanks to a group of students from across the state, students from a flood-damaged school are learning the other side of giving back.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 10:47 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
The winning numbers were just drawn for the $1.1 billion-dollar jackpot.But playing the lottery in Kentucky doesn’t just give you a shot at the riches; it also benefits Kentucky students and scholarships.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:29 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
A local chapter of a national group working against gun violence is getting ready to share its message with lawmakers. This project is designed to give a voice to those whose lives were taken away from them.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 5:09 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Monday night, Georgetown’s new mayor will preside over his first council meeting since taking office.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 4:30 PM EST
|By WKYT News Staff, Samantha Valentino and Chad Hedrick
The election filing deadline is now closed.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 10:08 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
A young boy has a second chance at life thanks to the selfless act of a Lexington firefighter who donated his kidney.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 10:53 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Governor Andy Beshear delivered his annual State of the Commonwealth Address before a joint session of the Kentucky House and Senate.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 10:17 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
The collapse of Damar Hamlin has highlighted the importance of having an automated external defibrillator or AED around when sports are being played.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 10:46 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
Monday was a school night for students across Kentucky as they head back to class after winter break. Tuesday is also the “first day” for lawmakers in Frankfort for the 2023 legislative session.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 10:12 PM EST
|By Chad Hedrick
The Gun Violence Archive is preparing its year-end report on gun violence in the U.S. It’s the 10th one for the Gun Violence Archive, and numbers are down in almost every category.
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