Jeremy Tombs
Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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Jeremy joined the WKYT News team in July 2021 following graduation from the Broadcast Journalism program at the University of Maryland.
Prior to WKYT, he reported and anchored for Capital News Service Maryland.
Jeremy was born and raised on the Jersey Shore, growing up in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. When he's not working, Jeremy loves to get outdoors to hike or fish, and he is also an avid sports fan.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Jeremy Tombs
People are flocking to Florida from all over the country to offer relief after Hurricane Ian.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2022 at 11:15 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
KHSAA commissioner Julian Tackett says it doesn’t always take a violent hit to deal serious damage.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Anita Franklin communitywide block party is being held Friday night on Lexington’s east end.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 4:02 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Kentucky Hospital Association says there are more than 13,000 vacancies across the state, with half of those being nursing positions.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2022 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
22 of Lexington’s most influential athletic figures and sports teams were recognized by the Lexington African-American Sports Hall of Fame (LAASHOF).
Updated: Sep. 24, 2022 at 9:22 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Saturday marked the 19th annual Men’s Alumni Day.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 12:03 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Lexington Sporting Club is looking for a new location for its stadium. They were looking at a spot off Newtown Pike, but received pushback from farm owners and leaders in the horse industry.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 5:12 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Java Jukebox on Maxwell Street was hit early Thursday morning.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Demand for electric vehicles is skyrocketing, and Kentucky is working to keep up with it.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2022 at 10:26 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The city’s West End is an area which has had its struggles with violence - much like the entire city is having now.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:47 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
An ordinance is moving forward in Scott County to protect the county’s parks and the people who use those parks.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 4:24 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Georgetown Fire Department created a bit of buzz on social media this week with a post about a big announcement they had to make.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 4:50 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Funeral services were held Thursday for long-time Clark County coroner Robert Gayheart.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
Two death investigations are underway in Lexington bodies were found in separate locations Monday morning.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 11:20 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Nine more people shot, and two in critical condition, all within a span of six hours. Devine Carama called it a heartbreaking night for the city.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 10:27 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
For the first time since 2019, the Roots and Heritage Festival is putting its roots back down in Lexington.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 12:06 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Bluegrass Central Labor Council is putting on a Labor Day Picnic at Masterson Station Park.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 10:42 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
During his time spent in Ukraine, Alex Chubaruk noticed that the needs of the people there are beginning to shift.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2022 at 11:09 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center (ACLC) was ready to celebrate 20 years of service on Saturday, but Mother Nature had other plans.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
A longtime charitable organization in our area has had to call its work to an end.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 12:44 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Flooding cleanup continues in Eastern Kentucky. It could take years for many families to rebuild their lives.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 9:22 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has received $5.14 million in federal funds to prevent wrong-way crashes.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2022 at 11:16 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
While other counties in the region are starting to return to the classroom, the Hindman Settlement School has a long road ahead to be able to focus on education.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2022 at 11:02 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
Lexington police have been investigating three separate shootings that happened early Saturday morning.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 9:58 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
An Eastern Kentucky University football player is facing federal charges.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 4:24 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Back-to-school shopping is an annual necessity for children across the Commonwealth.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 11:54 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
UK spokesperson Jay Blanton says there could be a record number of students filling in classrooms across campus, with more than 32,000 students enrolled for the new academic year.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2022 at 10:12 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Farmlands and hayfields in the region that have been left unworkable by inches of mud.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2022 at 11:01 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
An Anderson County addiction recovery support group challenged local law enforcement members to a special game of softball.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 4:45 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
It’s the start of a new school year, but some districts are already struggling with COVID spreading among their students.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 11:39 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
Demonte Cowan is accused of killing Randy Wise back in June.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 5:37 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
An artist is sculpting a new memorial for Medina Spirit there, and it’s coming together with the help of the Baffert family.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 12:05 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews are out in two hard-hit counties working to remove debris from state highways.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 12:08 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Several county's crews have come into support the effort, as they look for 29-year-old Nancy Cundiff and 60-year-old Vanessa Baker.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 11:11 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Just as many Kentucky students head back to school, the CDC has relaxed its COVID guidelines.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 12:27 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Two weeks after devastating flooding in eastern Kentucky, people continue to show their support to the hard-hit area.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:23 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Top state officials met in Frankfort Thursday to announce the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 2:55 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
Police say 44-year-old DeMonte Cowan has been arrested and charged with murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and wanton endangerment.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 4:48 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Breathitt County football team is trying to work through some of the most difficult days its players and coaches have ever faced.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 10:54 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
School-bound students were gathering up all their essentials in the Hamburg area of Lexington with their parents on Sunday.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 11:12 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
While the high waters have receded for now, emergency management worries about the toll that more rainfall can take on the waterways of Jackson County.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 11:19 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Between the night of July 29 and the morning of July 30, 2021, Brushy Fork came out of its banks and spilled into dozens of homes in Nicholas County.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 11:00 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
His message comes ahead of a third town hall set to be held by the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee tomorrow in Hopkinsville.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 10:41 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Catholic Action Center is back out delivering fluids, clothes and other items to Lexington's most vulnerable people during this heat wave.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 9:14 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick and Jeremy Tombs
A man is in jail after Pulaski County deputies say they charged him with a Saturday morning murder, and an assault they say happened just hours before the reported murder.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 10:07 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
As high temperatures settle in across the bluegrass, city leaders are at work to help the most vulnerable populations survive the heat.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 11:58 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
Lexington Police investigate homicide after several shootings at Hedgewood Court
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 11:08 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Tabitha wanted attendees to enjoy the event, but she also wanted them to learn what will help people kick their addictions.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
It happened Friday morning at the railroad overpass in the area of N. Broadway and W. Loudoun.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 10:39 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
A Lexington assisted living facility is on the verge of shutting down, leaving a dozen people with no place to go.
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