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.
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“They were defending the community and their county. They were performing their job duties. It takes brave, special people to do what they were doing to start with. I look at each one of them as heroes,” said Rowe.
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Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade, we’ve seen Kentucky women protest in Lexington, Louisville and the State Capitol.
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Business owners said new additions and major investments are drawing more people downtown. But that comes as there’s growing concern over safety.
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The Lexington Sporting Club filed plans to build a 6,000-seat stadium and a youth soccer complex at a site off of Newtown Pike near I-75.
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A now-former corrections officer at the Fayette County Detention Center is accused of a sex crime involving an inmate.
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A scheduled protest is taking place in Lexington Friday night following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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As the Senate works to pass new gun control laws, one organization in Kentucky is discussing school safety.
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One central Kentucky county is taking steps to combat the opioid epidemic. The Woodford County Fiscal Court just launched a new campaign.
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A Clark County business owner is getting a lot of support after he said people berated him for being openly gay.
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The heat is now changing schedules for road crews in one of their busiest seasons.
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High temps can even be extremely costly when it comes to your car. However, there are steps you can take today to save you a lot of money.
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And as of June 12, 2018, 14 states celebrate Women’s Veterans Day, including Kentucky.
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The more than 130 veterans, on the first all-woman Honor Flight Kentucky, were met with hugs, tears, gifts, and most importantly love from people all over the state.
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School districts have less than two months to place a school resource officer in every school.
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Several Georgetown College Athletics programs are being cut for what the college says is for financial reasons.
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Lexington saw its latest homicide over the weekend, and the city is on pace to break its homicide record again.
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Spreitzer said unless they can find people to at least foster right now, shelters will have to euthanize dogs and cats in large numbers.
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Gas prices reached a new record high nationally, in Kentucky, and in Lexington.
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Investigators in Scott County have charged four people with setting a fire at an abandoned schoolhouse.
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The gas stations at the Athens-Boonesboro exit were packed with people heading home after the past few days away.
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AAA of the Bluegrass told us they estimated about 39 million people to travel nationwide this weekend alone, and 500,000 will be Kentuckians.
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“It’s an honor any time someone can make it to 100 years. But we’re talking about an individual who also served his country in World War Two,” said Mayor Al Botts.
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A man is accused of killing his wife and two adult daughters, according to Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn.
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Police said a man was found Tuesday afternoon in a home in the 400 block of Locust Avenue, just off Bryan Avenue near Castlewood Park.
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Police responded to a situation on the Frederick Douglass High School campus Tuesday afternoon.
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Ramsey said they always sort donated food before they send it out anyways. So it’s the 18,000 pounds that have already been sent to organizations, and others in the community, that’s now the main concern.
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Health officials are investigating a multi-state salmonella outbreak. It’s been linked to certain Jif peanut products made at the J.M. Smucker Company facility in Lexington.
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Now the Lexington-Fayette County NAACP Chapter is questioning how Lexington Police responded to a welfare check the day before Deon and Williams were murdered.
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The city’s latest homicides have put a spotlight on efforts to save lives.
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Donald Douglas defeated Andrew Cooperrider for the GOP nomination.
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While families continue to search the shelves for formula, doctors worry some may turn to desperate measures to make what they have last longer.
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Shuck started the Appalachian Pioneer Program in 2020. Since then, he’s used his non-profit to try and erase stigma around the Appalachian region.
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Demonstrations like this one are taking place in cities across the country. Calling them ‘Bans off our Bodies’ events.
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We’re seeing a rise in COVID and flu cases in Kentucky right now.
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Scott County educators are getting a raise this year, and many teachers say it won’t be nearly enough.
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While the Fayette County clerk expects small crowds for the primary, he does have several concerns looking ahead to November.
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To be at Keeneland the next day, an event where the most fun is actually happening off the track.
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It’s more than 48 hours later, and a Lexington community is still trying to wrap their heads around the murders of two children.
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The Fraternal Order of Police Town Branch Lodge #83, the union which represents corrections officers at the Fayette County Detention Center, has issued a vote of no-confidence regarding LFUCG Public Safety Commissioner Kenneth Armstrong and FCDC Director Lisa Farmer.
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With almost 50 years in radio, Karl Shannon has made plenty of friends, from Waylon Jennings to Garth Brooks. But the bond he built with Naomi Judd was something different.
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‘The Judds’ were to be inducted into the County Music Hall of Fame Sunday. They have been hall of famers here in the Commonwealth for 16 years now. Those at the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in Mount Vernon shared the ways Judd inspired generations of musicians.
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A Lexington teacher said he was pulled out of his sixth period class to find his car covered in graffiti, and now a car shop is working to right that wrong, free of charge.
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Frank Langfitt is an international correspondent for NPR, and a former Lexington Herald-Leader reporter. He’s been traveling across Europe the past two months, and is now back in Kyiv.
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Between the nice weather and people getting outdoors, and severe weather events, first responders want to be ready for any situation.
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We’re learning how much money Chris Stapleton’s “A Concert for Kentucky” raised for charity.
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Rabbi Shlomo Litvin’s father and brother built the Louisville synagogue from the ground up.
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Stevens said you can call 911 at any point you’re in an emergency situation. The dispatchers will help the team find you and get you help.
It was the first-ever concert at the football stadium on UK’s campus - and it was for a good cause. The money benefits a non-profit, partnering with different organizations across the state.
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Although the legislative session is over, the fight continues as the governor is planning an announcement on Thursday.
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A little boy in Clark County is in the hospital trying to recover after a serious fall left him unresponsive.