Grason Passmore
Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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Grason joined the WKYT team in August 2020. She's coming to the Commonwealth from Georgia.
A Georgia girl through and through, Grason is originally from Augusta. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2018. And just two days later, she was working as a reporter in Albany, Georgia.
Within just a few months, Grason was out in the field covering Hurricane Michael. Quickly learning how essential news stations are to communities. It's a passion for telling people's stories and reporting the news that brought her all the way to Lexington!
When she's not reporting, Grason loves hanging with her dog, Dexter, horseback riding, and spending time with friends, and family when they make the trip up! She can't wait to explore Kentucky.
A sentiment most Kentuckians can probably agree with. And with the possibility of snow Monday, the Scott County Road department decided to be safe rather than sorry.
The governor's new mandates are affecting many industries, including funeral homes, and some owners say they're losing out on as much as thousands of dollars.
Representing Danville Christian Academy, First Liberty Institute and Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed for a temporary restraining order Friday. The lawsuit seeks to block the Governor’s order prohibiting private schools, including religious schools, from holding in-person classes after Thanksgiving.
The owner of Legacy All Sports is worried about how she’ll afford to reopen eventually and the toll the closure may take on her students.
As cases surge, it’s becoming more difficult for contact tracers to track the spread of the virus. And that has health departments changing their process.
Some parents and students are calling for the removal of a board of education member after they say she made offensive Facebook posts.
As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise daily in the state, Madison and Deangelo Caldwell said their families made the executive decision not to be around high-risk family members this year.
Neighbors on Walnut Street are familiar with the sounds of dogs barking, a little traffic, the occasional train. The sounds Elijah Matthews heard Friday night were anything but normal.
A University of Kentucky internal audit has revealed more than $250,000 in misused funds by two former employees in the College of Education.
Soil erosion, wildfires, trash along the trails. Just some of the problems stemming from an increase of visitors to Red River Gorge.
While game day gatherings have garnered concern from some in Lexington, a spokesperson with the University of Kentucky says the number of active cases on campus have actually been declining.
The game show millions of people watched nightly for more than five decades, hosted by a man with all of the answers.
Downtown Lexington was filled with people celebrating President-elect Joe Biden’s win Saturday.
One Lexington restaurant has come up with a creative way to keep customers comfortable while dining outside.
Adams says they’re seeing their goal for the most part, which was to have a third vote absentee, a third vote early in-person and close to a third vote on Election Day.
Candidates running for the 6th Congressional District seat are making their final stops in Lexington before Election Day.
As we face our first widespread freeze of the season, volunteers are trying to keep people from freezing to death in Lexington.The pandemic creating more issues for the homeless population who won’t be able to hide indoors from the cold temperatures.
Like many of his neighbors Jeffery Mitchell and his family aren’t physically handing out candy this year. Rather, it’s set up on a table for trick-or-treaters to take themselves.
While most people celebrating the holiday today are hoping for treats and not tricks, one group is working to bring awareness to people who don’t want either.
One Lexington organization found a way to pass out candy without making contact with the trick-or-treaters.
State leaders say they're pleading with the community to follow new trick-or-treating recommendations. The city of Georgetown offered a safer alternative to traditional Halloween activities Friday night.
Close to 20,000 fans usually pack into Rupp Arena for University of Kentucky home games, but this year the number may be closer to 3,000.
The Nov. 3 Election Day is quickly approaching, and the Scott County Clerk’s Office is pleased with the amount of early voters they’ve had so far.
Kentucky has set a record for the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a week since the pandemic began.Governor Andy Beshear’s office reporting more than 9,330 cases this week alone.
Described as ‘a place to teach you how to think, not what to think,’ by Somerset Mayor Alan Keck in an announcement video, the University of Somerset is a private, nonprofit liberal arts school.
The oldest bar in Lexington, described as 87 years young by its loyal group of regulars, may become another empty building.
The education budget is being called a major obstacle by state leaders. Senator Max Wise says he believes education has been the hardest hit sector.
Jessamine County has now been designated a ‘red zone’. Health officials say 44 new cases were reported Saturday, bringing the total in the county to 859.
You now have the chance to tell the Lexington Police Department how you think its officers are doing.
Somerset's 2020 Moonlight Festival gave thousands of people a place to go Saturday.
An ICU nurse from Bowling Green is now part of a historical plasma donation in Versailles.After almost dying from COVID-19, Molly Dawson is now donating convalescent plasma that can help patients currently being treated for coronavirus.
Voters in Fayette County have eight polling places where they can cast their ballots in-person.
If you aren’t voting with an absentee ballot in Kentucky this year, early in-person voting starts Tuesday.
Two opposing sides, each with their own opposing messages. Both out Saturday working to be heard across the city.
Some students and fans said they’re worried about the crowds, others said it should be up to them whether they go out or not.
A Lexington ballpark was full of people Friday night, as the Fayette County Republican Party hosted a rally.
Several people are now without a place to stay after a small fire in a Lexington apartment complex earlier this afternoon.
While it may feel like we’ve been in this pandemic for years, Dr. Ryan Stanton reminds us it’s been less than seven months since the first case in Kentucky.
While several students said they don’t think there’s anything wrong with their normal game day activities, U-K officials weren’t taking any chances this week. The University teamed up with LPD to increase patrols across the campus Saturday.
Here in Lexington, an expert familiar with COVID-19 and one familiar with the inner working of the president’s office, share what the next few days or even weeks could like.
Our Grason Passmore spoke with board member Tyler Murphy who shares why he wants a complete proposal for a hybrid method of students' return to school.
In a meeting Monday evening, the Fayette Co. School Board made some decisions on a return to school for students.
The Fayette County School Board is preparing to vote on how to proceed with the school year.
A monument now stands in front of the Capitol Building, telling the community of all of the loved ones that never made it home.
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A rally for Amy McGrath kicking off in Nicholasville Saturday. The dozens in the crowd cheering for the former Marine fighter pilot, now running against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat. The rally starting just minutes after President Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee.
A smaller group than the past few nights, but people still made speeches and held up their signs outside of the courthouse.
While you won’t be able to watch football in the stadium, or at a tailgate, some Lexington restaurants have thought of new ways to seat fans for the games.
More student-athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 following week two of high school football.
Members of the group The Poor People’s Campaign say they rally together to fight social and political wrongdoings. Today, calling the lack of prosecution in Breonna Taylor’s death, so far, one of those injustices.
More than 100 protesters gathered outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Lexington Office.