Samantha Valentino
Reporter
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Samantha Valentino joined the WKYT team in April 2022.
She grew up in Connecticut where she fell in love with journalism at a young age. Samantha moved to Lexington in 2018 to study broadcast journalism and criminology at the University of Kentucky.
While at UK, she helped create the University of Kentucky's podcast "Bowman's Friends," hosted WRFL 88.1 F.M.'s news program "Campus Voices," and worked as an anchor, reporter, and producer for the UK Student News Network.
Samantha came to WKYT part-time just before graduating from UK and switched to full-time the day after crossing the graduation stage.
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|By Samantha Valentino
Kentuckians and millions around the country are mourning the loss of country music legend Loretta Lynn.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 4:37 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Stolen campaign signs have taken center stage in a Kentucky state senate race. Two candidates in District 20 are now making accusations against each other.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2022 at 12:06 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Hundreds of Kentucky Basketball fans camped out for tickets to Big Blue Madness.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2022 at 1:02 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Hurricane Ian is the first hurricane Lexington native Mike Davis has experienced.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
A Mount Sterling, Ky. native is assessing the damage to his Florida home in the wake of Hurricane Ian.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 12:35 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff, Jim Stratman and Samantha Valentino
The shooting happened near Deja Vu on New Circle Road after 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 11:53 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
So far, 37 people have been killed this year. The latest was early Sunday morning on Oxford Circle.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Rosemont Baptist Church is continuing services as they work to repair the damage.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2022 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
The 2022 ‘September Sale’ was the highest grossing auction in Keeneland’s history.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron wants fentanyl classified as a weapon of mass destruction.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 11:16 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Fire officials tell us crews were called out shortly after 9:30 a.m. for a report of a structure fire in the Imperial Trailer Park on Queen Avenue.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 10:43 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Samantha Valentino
Tammy Rodriguez pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 12:01 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff, Dave Baker and Samantha Valentino
We obtained a letter to the NCAA from the University of Kentucky, self-reporting a violation of a bylaw.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:49 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Ring-time data obtained through an open records request show many calls are taking more than two minutes to be answered. So, far this year, there have been 19 reports of extended ring times filed at E-911.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:39 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Nearly 60 neighbors have filed a lawsuit against Blackhawk Mining.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 9:10 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Paul Kenneth Sloan was working in the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2022 at 8:16 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Suicide prevention event remembers Somerset girl
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 11:58 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Vanessa Baker and Nancy Cundiff both lived in the Lost Creek community, which was among the hardest hit places in the area. The two were swept away by floodwaters.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 12:33 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
While the shooting didn’t happen on campus, many people who live in the neighborhood where the shooting happened are UK students.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 5:16 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
A group in Lexington is placing teal ribbons throughout downtown Lexington to raise awareness about ovarian cancer.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2022 at 5:35 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
The state’s only daylong celebration of deaf and hard of hearing art, language and culture.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
UK police are making sure they’re prepared to keep everyone safe.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
According to the CDC the state now has 31 confirmed cases, and three of those cases are in Lexington.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Wells is recovering and is stable at UK hospital.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2022 at 6:43 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Community activists respond to Lexington’s gun violence
Updated: Aug. 27, 2022 at 7:41 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
The Burl and Landline Presents: A Concert for EKY Flood Relief
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 5:01 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
We’ve seen home prices skyrocket across the U.S., including here in Kentucky.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Thursday marks four weeks to the day floods began in Eastern Kentucky.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 10:08 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Samantha Valentino
A dog is back with its owner after surveillance video showed the animal being tossed over the fence at the Clark County Animal Shelter.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2022 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Car show honors Lexington radio legend Karl Shannon
Updated: Aug. 20, 2022 at 6:44 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
The Woodland Art Fair has been around for more than 40 years
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Many school districts are coming together to help Knott County Schools.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Move in for K-State is Thursday, but some students said they got an email saying they don’t have a placement in a residence hall.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2022 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Eastern Kentucky artists raising money for flood relief
Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 7:53 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Lane Howard is selling lemonade to help a family that lost everything in the floods.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:08 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Tony Calhoun was from Breathitt County, and a well-known filmmaker in the area.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
In April, the legislature passed House Bill 63 requiring all school campuses to have school resource officers. We know many districts did not meet the August 1 deadline.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 5:04 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Governor Andy Beshear says it will take months, even years, to recover and rebuild from the historic flooding.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 2:51 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
88 year-old Somerset woman gets biggest dream granted
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 7:25 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Close to 200 people are being housed at Jenny Wiley State Park after being displaced by floods
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 5:03 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
A woman and her grandmother had to tread water for over an hour to get to a mountain, and got rescued 16 hours later.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Hundreds of volunteers were at East Perry Elementary School collecting, sorting and delivering donations after the deadly floods in eastern Kentucky.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 4:28 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
People of central Ky. working to help those in EKY
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 7:16 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
“We lost everything but we’re here to help the community now so that’s all I care about.”
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 3:32 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Samantha Valentino
The robbery happened Monday morning at the 5/3 Bank on Walden Drive, in the Tates Creek area.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 11:01 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Samantha Valentino
The robbery happened Monday morning at the 5/3 Bank on Walden Drive, in the Tates Creek area.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 4:47 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Baseball tournament benefitting Winchester boy who fell through skylight
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 7:05 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Protect Kentucky Access is working to defend Constitutional Amendment 2
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 12:26 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Many outdoor school athletic programs are making sure their athletes stay safe during the heatwave.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 2:22 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Samantha Valentino
Players accused Head Coach Jane Worthington of mental and verbal abuse.
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