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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A weekend snowstorm brought several inches of snow to much of Kentucky.
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Before he was Coach Hall, Joe B. Hall’s senior class picture from 1947 proudly hangs on the walls. And on the day of his death, Biancke’s is full of dedicated fans, taking pictures, sporting their UK gear and gathering for supper sharing their favorite memories.
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It’s a confusing time for all of us, and now questions are being raised about the differences between N95, surgical, and cloth masks.
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With the topic of a mask mandate on the agenda, the Scott County community showed up in droves Monday night to voice their opinions.
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With the rise in COVID cases, the CAC can house 102 vaccinated people, who are tested multiple times a week. But Ramsey said thankfully places like the Hope Centers emergency shelter and the Salvation Army have been able to expand.
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Less than a week after the tornado, the region was hit by the winter storm. The homes and barns with tarps from tree damage were now facing a new threat: around 9 inches of snow.
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A now-former UK housing contractor, with access to around 860 suites, is accused of theft.
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Districts across the region are teaming up with health departments to make sure every eligible student can get vaccinated, and eventually boosted.
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We’re seeing an overwhelming surge of COVID in Kentucky, setting a new record-high for the positivity rate, which is now at 21.74 percent.
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Five hours later, tables full of home made dishes fill the dining hall. But just 24 hours ago, this same community began cleaning up the mess a confirmed EF-1 tornado left behind.
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At the end of July, the city went through what is considered one of their worst floods in history.
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With the newest rise in cases, first responders in Georgetown and Richmond are making sure they can staff all departments.
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“We’re still in a pandemic. We’re still in a sensitive part of our world right now where we’ve got people around us that are immunocompromised. So if you aren’t feeling so hot, we could still be impacting our neighbors, friends or people at work.”
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After the long year apart, loved ones were finally home for Christmas.
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With UK Healthcare, Justin Muzic and his wife Lindsey virtually walk us through a Mayfield neighborhood where they’ve been volunteering the past few days.
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Several Lexington families are spreading the holiday cheer. They’re making sure others have toys and hot meals when they wake up on Christmas, and they’re doing it all while trying not to get caught.
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Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman got a first-hand look on Tuesday afternoon at some of the tornado damage at the Danville-Boyle County Airport.
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Wild Health testing sites are seeing 2,000 people a day. Last month, these same sites saw about 1,300.
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Operation Secret Santa collecting gifts for kids of all ages. They'll be providing the toys and hot meals to more than 3,000 children this Christmas.
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Lexington crews have been on the ground across Western Kentucky for a week now. They reflect on the hours and days immediately following the storm, and all of the work left to be done.
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The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office building is filling up with donations from Christmas presents for kids, to cleaning and household supplies.
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A Lexington native currently working in Bowling Green described the terrifying moments before a tornado ripped through his apartment building.
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Baptist Disaster Relief teams from all over the country are in Western Kentucky now. Team members are joining in with chainsaws. Others are working on feeding people. As the physical recovery efforts continue, so do the emotional and spiritual ones.
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Joining the response teams in Western Kentucky, 800 Davis H. Elliot employees from Lexington and neighboring states were deployed to restore power where they can, and as quickly as they can.
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We’re seeing people across the Commonwealth rally together in the storm’s aftermath. Some who have already raised more than $100,000 for relief in Western Kentucky.
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Kentucky State Police is looking for the Owsley County sheriff, who is accused of assaulting a female juvenile at a high school basketball game.
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A confirmed EF-1 tornado left 10 families in need of housing.
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Shapaka used to stay in mobile home number five in Parker’s Mobile Home Park. That was until home number six came crashing down on he and his three friends, around 4:30 Monday morning.
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Leaders from Lexington’s Jewish community, like Rabbi Shani Abramowitz, hope the past eight days of celebration have been enough to inspire change across the Commonwealth.
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Last year, the city was only able to put on a drive-thru parade that hosted a few thousand people from afar. This year, the city was able to host their usual celebration.“I just want to say how special it is to have a proper Christmas parade again,” said Mayor Layne Wilkerson.
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Members of Lexington’s Jewish community gathered again Wednesday night. They celebrated the holiday and talked about ways to address antisemitism in Kentucky.
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Two Morehead business owners have found a solution to their employee shortages, all while offering inmates a chance to bank some money.
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State Senator Reggie Thomas has proposed a new bill that would ticket drivers who run red lights.
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“It’s one of those things that makes Lexington feel like a small town. I grew up in a big city, and we didn’t have anything like this,” said another ceremony goer. It’s a way to gather and ring in the holiday season together.
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Family of the man killed in a Thanksgiving shooting spoke out Saturday.
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“It’s a moment for law enforcement or anyone in charge of any special events to take a second look at security, and take extra measures to prevent something like that from occurring again.”
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Richards said his stolen truck kept coming unhooked. So many times, that people were starting to help the thieves re-hitch it to the red Nissan. Thinking they were helping someone out.
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Joining a team of volunteers at Lancaster First Assembly, Luke Pearson said they started putting together these Thanksgiving meals a few years ago.
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Doctors say people with pre-existing health conditions are more likely to have worse symptoms from COVID-19.
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Despite a plateau in cases, we’re still seeing the tragic impact of the pandemic.
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Before you make any plans to get warm and cozy in front of your fireplace, chimney experts are urging you to have them inspected and cleaned to avoid a fire.
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Nyechi Oleka organized ‘Sneaker Ball Lex: A KOTD Affair’ as a way to bring culturally diverse charity events to the city.
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A Corbin woman is recovering after being on a ventilator since August.
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Businesses like Tin Roof really thrive on sports and the traffic from sports fans, so nights like Tuesday mean everything.
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Their annual toy drive was canceled last year, and now they’re even more excited to kick off the holiday season by helping children in need.
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The Catholic Action Center is prepared to help people this holiday season. Even though COVID has changed how they help, they said more people than ever need assistance.
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For the Commonwealth, the federal funding couldn’t have come at a better time, ss the state received a C- on its infrastructure report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Members of the UK comunidad joined outside of Patterson Hall for night two of their Día de los Muertos celebrations.
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Monday night, friends and family remembered 17-year-old Sergio Villarados, a Dunbar High School student who was killed last week in a shooting.
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One group of neighbors in the Glen Eagle subdivision were drawing a crowd of their own Halloween night. There was no shortage of frights, candy and fun Sunday night.