Phil Pendleton
Reporter
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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.
Education
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 4:11 PM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
October 30 was a tragic day for the City of London Police Department. Officer Logan Medlock was patrolling when police say a drunk driver crashed into his cruiser.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 12:28 PM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
The Great American Family Network is in Stanford to film the town’s Christmas parade on Saturday. Organizers say this will likely be the largest parade Stanford has ever had with possibly 300 entries.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 3:36 PM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
Federal and local firefighters were busy on Thanksgiving in Rockcastle County.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 2:19 PM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
A boy who survived a breathing condition and received treatment at Kentucky Children’s Hospital is the inspiration for a toy drive in Lincoln County.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 11:51 AM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
With Thanksgiving just days away, some people are still homeless, while others are moving into new homes.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 10:49 AM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
It happened Saturday on Old Waitsboro Road in Bronston community on the banks of Lake Cumberland.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 11:55 AM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
According to an arrest citation, the series of events began in Garrard County early Thursday morning when Paul Brown pulled his own son out of a truck and drove off.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 12:04 PM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
Passed in 2019, Kentucky’s trigger law banned abortions after a heartbeat was detected and after six weeks of pregnancy.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 10:03 AM EST
|By Courtney Layne Brewer and Phil Pendleton
Briar Jumper head football coach Robbie Lucas has died.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 11:45 AM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
Wildfires have burned about 1,900 acres in the county. We’re told most of the attention is now on what is called the Cut Gap fire in the Chestnut Ridge area.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 9:13 PM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
One of the most closely watched races was a judge race in Franklin County.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 1:05 PM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
The case against the man accused of a DUI crash that killed a London police officer is moving forward.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 4:18 PM EST
|By Phil Pendleton
Republican Senator Rand Paul is seeking another term of office. He is being challenged by Democrat former state lawmaker Charles Booker.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 10:28 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Corinth Baptist Church seats just under 1,000 and every seat was filled.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 3:57 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
A community is saying goodbye to a southern Kentucky police officer who died in a crash early Sunday morning.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 12:04 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Thursday is the first day of three days of early voting.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 11:42 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
A plea of not guilty was entered on Casey Byrd’s behalf on charges of murder of a police officer and DUI. The judge will also appoint a public defender for Byrd. His bond will remain at $1 million.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 12:04 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Amendment 2 would add a line to Kentucky’s constitution saying it does not protect the right to abortion. Kentucky voters will be voting on the amendment on the November ballot.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 11:43 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
A southern Kentucky health department is giving opioid rescue kits to businesses in an effort to save lives.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 11:51 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Kentucky State Police had been looking for a 37-year-old Laurel County woman since she was last seen on Friday. It was suspected she was in the company of her husband, Ronnie L. Martin.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
A southern Kentucky community is mourning the loss of one of their own over the weekend.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2022 at 11:47 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
It has been 25 years since 14-year-old Lydia Perkins disappeared in Lexington.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 3:57 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Cold weather is not coming at a good time for Eastern Kentucky flood survivors. Many homes damaged by flood waters are not yet ready for heat or to be inhabited again.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 11:57 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Governor Andy Beshear says 45% of women have reported some kind of abuse in a relationship in their lifetime and 35% of men.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 10:59 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
House Bill 563 was narrowly passed by the General Assembly and vetoed by Governor Andy Beshear, but the legislature overrode that veto.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 3:40 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
In the Lost Creek community of Breathitt County, people did whatever they could to survive and salvage whatever they could.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Kentucky received millions of dollars from drug companies and the attorney general charged the commission to oversee how that money will be spent.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2022 at 10:26 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Phil Pendleton
The vehicles collided at the intersection. The impact knocked the ambulance onto its side.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 11:35 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
"Hurricane hunters” fly into the hurricanes to get crucial and important readings to let people know how strong the storms are.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 10:59 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Kentucky Baptist Relief just returned from helping in Eastern Kentucky with the flooding there and received the call to head to Florida Wednesday night.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 12:05 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Clean-up, repair, and rebuilding continue in flood-damaged Eastern Kentucky. Two months after the devastating flood, a lot of progress has been made but there’s still a lot to do.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 4:05 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Phil Pendleton
Former Scott County coroner John Goble has been sentenced in connection with a scheme to steal guns and ammo from Kentucky State Police and then sell them.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Kentucky needs to think of innovative ways to get more teachers into the profession. That’s was what education leaders told lawmakers in an interim committee Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Honor Flight is an organization that started 17 years ago to take war veterans to the memorials built for them before the generation of vets is lost.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 11:45 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
The 2023 Teachers of the Year were honored and recognized in a ceremony in Frankfort. It was the first time in two years that the ceremony was held at the Capitol Rotunda.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 11:02 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Knott County Schools was supposed to open in August month but the flooding delayed that for almost a month.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 10:58 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
It’s back to the drawing back for Kentucky’s unemployment system. Upgrades to the system that were shown to be inadequate to handle tens of thousands of claims during the pandemic will have to wait even longer.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 4:10 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Phil Pendleton
The explosion leveled part of the Indian Camp Mobile Home Park. One woman was killed and six others were injured.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 12:01 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
First responders are taking part in an exercise to prepare for a possible emergency in Madison County.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 7:11 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Phil Pendleton
Kelly Craft launched her campaign website Wednesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 11:51 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
The Mint Gaming Hall opened for the first time Wednesday, a day earlier than expected. It’s located just off Interstate 75 in Whitley County.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:18 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
The Corbin Police Department says two more people have been arrested in connection with a series of ATM thefts across southern Kentucky.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 10:51 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Two people are facing charges in connection with a string of several ATM thefts across southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 10:16 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
The bill includes $213 million for various flood relief infrastructure plans, focusing on repairing roads, bridges, water systems and help for cities, counties and schools in the region.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 12:02 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
A Central Kentucky food pantry, recently devastated by fire, is giving back to help flood victims.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Kentucky lawmakers returned to the state capital Monday.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 11:43 AM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Griffin Baker, an 8th grader at King Middle School, died over the weekend after he was injured in an ATV crash on August 12.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Baptist Health Corbin will no longer require you to get a COVID test before some outpatient procedures.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 3:25 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
FEMA officials are meeting with people in Eastern Kentucky, one-on-one, to help them get flood relief.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
An eastern Kentucky community is getting help from one of its own, along with a bunch of his military friends.
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