Robert Thomas
News Director
WKYT
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Since 2006, Robert has been news director at WKYT in Lexington
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Douglas M. Edmonson is scheduled to be sentenced on January 17th, 2022.
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Cliff Emerson, 67, of Ashland was booked on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and first-degree criminal trespassing on Sept. 12.
Omaha Police arrested an international flight passenger at Eppley Airfield who caused a disturbance when asked to comply with COVID-19 rules.
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The U.S. is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the deadliest terror strike ever on U.S. soil.
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The White House released a taped address late Friday in which President Biden spoke of the “true sense of national unity” that emerged after the attacks.
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Bush, who was president during the attacks, commended the courage of the Flight 93 passengers and crew who are believed to have foiled an attack on the U.S. Capitol by leading the plane to crash in rural Pennsylvania.
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On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, ceremonies are taking place to commemorate those who lost their lives during the attacks.
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The California Parole Board found last month that Sirhan no longer poses a threat to society.
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State fire officials say evacuation orders for the area were reduced to warnings as of 3 p.m. Sunday.
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The fire — which began Aug. 14, was named after the road where it started and raged through densely forested, craggy areas — was still considered a threat to more than 30,000 homes, businesses and other buildings ranging from cabins to ski resorts.
Fire crews are taking advantage of decreasing winds to battle a California wildfire near Lake Tahoe but dry weather and a weekend warming trend mean the battle is far from over.
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She sided with his lawyers in ruling out derogatory terms when he’s tried for the 2018 killings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland.
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Wednesday, the district confirmed 49 new cases, that includes 38 students. More than 2,200 students are in quarantine.
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This is the ninth day in a row that the district has canceled bus routes.
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Douglas and Dedra Simmons were irritated after eight people were no-shows after RSVPing for their destination wedding in Jamaica.
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Newlyweds post an invoice to bill guests who jilted them on their wedding day.
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The streets of the popular vacation haven, normally filled with thousands of summer tourists, were all but deserted after rapid growth of the Caldor Fire forced a mass evacuation on Monday and triggered hours of gridlocked traffic.
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Fire is forcing thousands of people to rush to leave South Lake Tahoe as the entire California tourist city comes under evacuation orders.
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The parole board ruling will be reviewed over the next four months by the board’s staff. Then it will be sent to the governor, who will have 30 days to decide whether to grant it, reverse it or modify it.
The district canceled or delayed routes every day last week.
U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin has been granted parole.
Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was granted parole by a California board after two of RFK’s sons say they support his release.
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The U.S. government on Friday extended a ban on nonessential travel along the borders with Canada and Mexico to slow the spread of COVID-19 despite increasing pressure to lift the restriction.
This is the second time in a week that the district has had to cancel routes.
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Surveillance video shows the school resource officer on his radio but never going in any building during the February 2018 shooting.
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A day after a thrilling victory in the women’s all-around, Lee insisted she’s ready to start her college career at Auburn. Really ready.
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She edged Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an entertaining and hotly contested final while Simone Biles watched from the stands.
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The assault happened in the Jack London Square neighborhood, according to a tweet on Boxer’s verified Twitter account.
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The track and field community came together Saturday to remember Lexington teenager Trinity Gay who tragically lost her life due to gun violence in 2016. Trinity was a sprinter for the Lexington Blazin’ Cats. She was also the daughter of Olympian track and field athlete, and American record holder, Tyson Gay.
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The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area half the size of Rhode Island, was 40% surrounded after burning some 70 homes, mainly cabins, fire officials said.
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An evacuation center was set up at a community center in Gardnerville, Nevada.
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The smoke on the U.S. East Coast was reminiscent of last fall when multiple large fires burning in Oregon in the state’s worst fire season in recent memory choked the local skies with pea-soup smoke but also impacted air quality several thousand miles away.
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One person was fatally shot while helping battle the house fire, and a burned body was recovered from inside the home.
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Morikawa is the first player since Bobby Jones in 1926 to win two majors in eight or fewer starts, and his total of 15-under 265 was a 72-hole record score at the Sandwich links.
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U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said deciding whether to free Douglas Jensen from jail pending trial was a “close case,” but he ultimately agreed to release the Des Moines, Iowa, resident on house arrest with electronic location monitoring.
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Italy won the European Championship for the second time by beating England 3-2 on penalties.
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An estranged brother has reluctantly testified at real estate heir Robert Durst's murder trial that the two never got along and he feared his brother would kill him.
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With the goal to advert catastrophe, Kentucky State Police are on the front lines of keeping drivers safe while inches away from big rigs that could lose control.
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The Boyle County Sheriff's Office says it arrested Douglas Shearer during a traffic stop in Junction City Sunday morning.
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The report was compiled by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security and released Monday.
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The ban is being imposed because of a spike in the number of puppies denied entry because they weren’t old enough to be fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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The finalists also also included a whippet, a French bulldog, an old English sheepdog, a German shorthaired pointer, a Samoyed and a West Highland white terrier.
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Authorities say a man has died from injuries he suffered during a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street, which left more than a dozen other people injured.
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President Joe Biden said on the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando that he will sign a bill naming the site as a national memorial.
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Officials have identified the suspect as 55-year-old Timothy Wall.
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The man who shot and killed five people at a Maryland newspaper told a state psychiatrist he wanted to destroy a building “Timothy McVeigh-style” and that there was “no defense” for the crimes he committed, attorneys said during a court hearing Wednesday.
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The Salyersville DAV Chapter held ceremonies today in honor of fallen veterans who died in battle as well as those who died at home in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky.
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A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says it's too early to know the cause of the crash.
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Harry Burleigh went camping more than two weeks ago but failed to return home when he was expected. His wife reported him missing May 7.
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President Biden on Monday revived the long-standing presidential tradition of releasing his tax filings, in yet another contrast to his predecessor, former President Donald Trump