Phil Pendleton
Reporter
/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/gray/efd192d1-a11c-45f8-ab59-dd49a0325728.png)
I grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, went to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond where I majored in broadcasting. My first several years were spent working in radio news and since 2003 I've worked at WKYT.
Raina Simpson was recently diagnosed with a serious form of cancer. The young mother of three found herself in a serious battle, and her community is joining her in that fight-- by running.
Police in Lincoln County say a man cut off catalytic converters from four church vans-- at just one church.
Under the Kentucky constitution, the governor has the sole power to call a special session and to set its agenda.
Many Kentuckians are still looking for help, and answers, about their unemployment.
Another Kentucky school system has welcomed students back to school. Somerset Independent Schools are back in session, but not every student is in the classroom.
For many people, this has been the last weekend of the summer season, in a summer that’s been anything but normal.
A group of Kentuckians are in Louisiana helping people recover from Hurricane Laura.
Kentucky is edging closer to having 1,000 people who have died of COVID-19.
With some schools opening to in-person instruction, there’s new COVID-19 guidance about masks.
Some private schools in Kentucky are seeing a lot of success with in-person learning during the pandemic.
People who lost their jobs all the way back in March say they are now owed thousands of dollars and have not received a single payment of unemployment.
The COVID-19 pandemic has canceled an annual event that gives dozens of war veterans a free trip to Washington D.C.
Laurel County deputies are looking for a hit-and-run driver who abandoned the crash scene in a cemetery.
Deputies are searching for a person they say struck several headstones at Locust Grove Cemetery with an SUV late Wednesday night.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidance on who needs to be tested for COVID-19.
Several lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat, are pushing for a law to ban the practice of conversion therapy.
Several dozen parents and high school student-athletes are holding a rally at the state capital to push for the right to play this fall.
The process of absentee voting is beginning in Kentucky and an online portal to request a ballot is opening.
As people still wait for unemployment help, Governor Andy Beshear says more federal help is on the way.
Tuesday, the governor said there are certain “red counties” with positivity rates that are above 10 percent. One of those is Clay County:
Some school leaders want more local control over how this new school year is going to start. That’s what several educators told lawmakers in a panel meeting at the state capital in Frankfort Tuesday.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Kentucky should accept a supplemental $300 in federal weekly assistance for its unemployed workers.
Protestors gathered on the state courthouse steps Monday to demand that schools reopen to students. Governor Beshear has recommended that all schools wait until late September to have children back in classrooms.
Kentucky health departments can now cite businesses that are not complying with the mandate to wear masks.
On Thursday, Dr. Steven Stack, along with acting state epidemiologist Capt. Dr. Doug Thoroughman, spoke to state lawmakers at a committee hearing about COVID-19 testing, education, when a vaccine might be available, and other COVID-19 related topics.
Not every school in Kentucky is going back to 100% virtual learning: some private schools have started back with students in the classroom.
Kentucky’s long-term care facilities have been hit hard by COVID-19.
Another group of state educators met to discuss plans to start the school year.
The military has recovered the bodies of nine people killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast.
On Thursday the Lincoln County School Board voted to have children back in school August 26.
The state’s school leaders are meeting Thursday to discuss plans for the new school year.
Schools that will be reopening to in-person classes face difficult tasks this year. Among the issues they will be facing is what to do when a student tests positive for COVID-19.
The vehicle sunk off a southern California coast July 30.
Whitley County health leaders are dealing with a number of clusters of COVID-19.
Found at the scene was Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez, 20, of New Braunfels, Texas. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit announced on Sunday that the others, from California, Texas, Wisconsin and Oregon, are “presumed dead.”
Eight troops aboard a landing craft that sank off the Southern California coast during a training exercise are presumed dead, the Marine Corps announced Sunday.
Helicopters and boats ranging from inflatables to a Navy destroyer are searching for eight people missing after their Marine landing craft went down off the Southern California coast.
A year after a gas pipeline exploded in Lincoln County, what was once a neighborhood, is now a deserted grassy field.
A seafaring tank with 15 Marines and a Navy sailor aboard sank near a military-owned island off the coast of Southern California, leaving one of the Marines dead and eight missing, authorities said Friday.
The Lake Cumberland District Health Department says it keeps a close eye on people coming and going at the lake.
The former director of Kentucky’s unemployment insurance program testified before state lawmakers Thursday morning.
Another issue some people are having is being refused a test because they didn’t have symptoms.
Some Kentucky school districts are amending their start dates following recommendations from education leaders and the governor.
Kentucky’s agriculture commissioner issued a warning Monday over seeds that could be coming in the mail from China.
The court battle stems over missing documents from a 2016 investigation started by the Bevin Administration.
Governor Andy Beshear has asked Kentuckians not to travel to some states because of COVID-19 conditions.
Churches are facing challenging times because of COVID-19.
Monday night, the Franklin County School Board voted to start the year 100 percent virtually.
Many people are still trying to get unemployment benefits across Kentucky and in-person appointments have been pushed back to September.
A big turnout in Pulaski County for people wanting to be tested for COVID-19.