Garrett Wymer
Anchor/Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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Garrett Wymer is a special projects reporter for WKYT. He also anchors WKYT News at 6:30 on The CW Lexington and fills in on the anchor desk for other newscasts. He anchored WKYT's weekend evening newscasts for three years.
Garrett is part of a team that won a National Edward R. Murrow Award in 2022 for "Bridging the Great Health Divide," a year-long reporting effort that focused on addressing health disparities in Kentucky's Appalachian counties.
Garrett joined the WKYT News team in September 2014 as a multimedia journalist. Before working at WKYT, he had the same role at sister station WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, Va.
Garrett graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2013, where he double majored in journalism and political science.
He lives in Lexington with his wife, Amy, and two dogs, Walter and Oliver.
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Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 3:03 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
No, it's not a UFO.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 4:22 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Residents and business owners fear late-night crowds will fuel more violence.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
State highway engineers are relying on them in more areas to cut down on crashes.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A virtual public hearing scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A recent round-up of suspects in two central Kentucky counties netted nearly two dozen arrests.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 4:52 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Pediatricians do not recommend the practice, but some still do it either by choice or by accident.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 2:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Big changes have allowed the vet to keep 'bridging the great health divide' for animals in Appalachia.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Leaders at the Morgan County Animal Shelter in eastern Kentucky say it’s the worst they’ve seen it.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 2:23 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Planning officials believe its use would run afoul of Lexington’s zoning ordinance.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Complaints obtained through an open records request show they have already seen what the impact could be.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A quarter of the blood supply helps patients undergoing cancer treatments, experts say.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Many retirees last received a COLA in 2011. Is one even possible right now?
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A 2019 report obtained by WKYT Investigates breaks down the factors behind many of the city’s shootings.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 11:23 AM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
New anti-doping rules for horseracing are one step closer.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
WKYT visited several rural counties to see how folks on the frontlines are dealing with an influx of the dangerous drug.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 8:09 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
The bill includes provisions to aid veterans exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Experts said a number of factors make the commonwealth more prone to certain things like that happening.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 4:13 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
An advocacy group has repeatedly called for Lexington to implement GVI. What does the strategy look like?
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:30 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
In a one-on-one interview, HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus said the authority is ready for the initial rollout.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Demand is still largely outpacing supply in Lexington, experts say, even as markets cool nationwide.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 1:13 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Denny Lipscombe says his work is key for future generations. But time could be running out.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 2:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
WKYT has reported at least two arrests of Kentucky men in the past six months stemming from self-described predator hunters.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
State police gathered in Frankfort Wednesday to honor troopers killed in the line of duty.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Rising rent and an affordable housing shortage are among the factors that worry advocates.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer and WKYT News Staff
With the Kentucky primary election a week away, are calls and texts from political campaigns starting to blow up your phone?
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
All four roughly hour-long episodes will be available Friday on Apple TV+.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Kentucky’s Appalachian counties have higher shares of people with medical debt in collections, statistics show.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 12:46 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
As the nation faces a growing pilot shortage, EKU’s Aviation program is growing to meet increasing demand.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 3:04 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Attorneys for Kim Davis, the embattled former Rowan County clerk, are officially appealing the judge’s latest ruling.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Jaime Morales hopes his personal battle with PTSD will encourage others to seek help.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 3:06 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A double crossover diamond was originally supposed to be built on Leestown Road years ago. Drivers are still waiting.
Federal judge rules Kim Davis violated couples’ constitutional rights; will go to trial over damages
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 1:43 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
The former Rowan County Clerk spent time in jail for contempt of court for refusing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 1:54 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Lexington is set to install 25 license plate reading cameras in April.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
A bill filed in Frankfort would help change that, but it has made little progress.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 5:14 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate, where its future is unclear.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 3:17 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Beds in some facilities are sitting empty - despite the high need for care.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
“They expect us to have the answers that they can’t get from anywhere else,” one CHW said.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Organizers hope a nature immersion program will help first responders deal with mental health issues.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 6:32 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Conversations between police and dispatchers are painting a better picture of what happened, after the shooting of a state trooper.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 10:41 AM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
The new tower’s proposed location is right across the road from the current one.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 1:46 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
It shows how personal health is connected to the community’s health, leaders say.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 2:58 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
One clinic on the frontlines is using technology to increase access.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 4:57 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
We’ve learned a demolition permit has been filed for the Meadowcrest Mansion, which sits off Winchester Road near I-75 and Polo Club Blvd.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Thousands of drivers in multiple locations were stuck for hours. Some didn’t get home until early Friday morning.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 10:42 AM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Dozens have died in Lexington alone over the past few years in alcohol-related crashes.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2021 at 4:40 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Lexington teenager.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 3:46 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Soaring insulin prices have left some people fighting back, if not fighting to survive.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 3:15 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
One family was in a bind over a delinquent property tax bill they thought was paid.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 2:31 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Several neighbors in Pulaski County are pushing back against a second cell tower on their road.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2021 at 4:22 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
WKYT’s Sam Dick has spent his entire career telling the stories of others. However, maybe his biggest impact came from sharing his own.
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