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Investigation
Updated: Jul. 6, 2020 at 1:30 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A UK professor is at the center of an effort to establish more consistency among racing surfaces.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 4:55 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Lexington protesters want changes to the city's police contract. What would that mean?
Updated: Mar. 12, 2020 at 9:28 AM EDT
|By Kristen Kennedy
Tired of getting those telemarketing calls? Does it seem like the robocalls never stop?
Updated: Mar. 8, 2020 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Electric cars are praised for being good for the environment, but some say they're not helping Kentucky roads. Is there an answer?
Updated: Mar. 2, 2020 at 10:40 AM EST
Once doctors write a prescription, there's a high expectation on the pharmacists to get it right, every time.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2020 at 5:28 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
"Tax season, unfortunately, is scam season," an IRS spokesman says.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2020 at 12:48 PM EST
|By Kristen Kennedy
A lawmaker in Frankfort proposed a bill this session to make dangerous police chases safer.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2020 at 5:32 PM EST
|By Kristen Kennedy
Research is showing younger women are more likely to be victims, and technology could be making the problem worse.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2020 at 8:33 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Group homes are commonly used for people with health needs or disabilities, or for people in recovery.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2020 at 5:49 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Through an open records request, WKYT obtained data for each of the 13,000 speeding tickets written by Lexington police in 2019.
Radar
Updated: Jan. 2, 2020 at 4:04 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
Doctor Sam Tyagi's procedure has proved to be a safe option for patients with carotid artery disease.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2019 at 1:40 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
Lexington police detectives say more property crimes are being solved because of home security cameras.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2019 at 5:36 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
From the year 2000 to 2017, CHFS reports the amount of adults with diabetes or pre-diabetes has more than doubled.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2019 at 5:55 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
"The fear is that people are opting not to be transferred because of the higher cost when really what they need is to be flown," explained Air Methods Spokesperson Brian Johnson.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2019 at 5:51 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
“There’s not a question in my mind [e-cigarette businesses have] targeted young people,” said Ben Chandler, who runs Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2019 at 5:41 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
WKYT's investigative team began looking into the issue after a couple of police chases gone wrong, even deadly, in Central Kentucky.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2019 at 4:44 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
"We're the lowest in the country. No one pays their lab analysts lower than we do. It's a starting salary of $32,000," said State Senator Whitney Westerfield.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2019 at 5:39 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
"If we keep people alive, we can treat people," Mayor Linda Gorton told WKYT's Miranda Combs.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2019 at 6:18 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
From the outside, Marshall County High School hasn't changed, but the inside is different now.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2019 at 5:43 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
A spokesperson for Fayette County Public Schools tells WKYT some teachers are now a part of that club.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2019 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
A Lexington provider for children with autism is facing an uphill battle with major health insurance provider Anthem, and it's the parents that are really paying the price.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2019 at 7:48 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
At the Fayette County Detention Center, understaffing has little to do with pay and fatigue, but a lot to do with a lack of respect.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2019 at 7:17 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
A central Kentucky surgeon who failed a drug test on a day he was operating on patients has a new practice, and former patients are outraged.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2019 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
There is a 21 percent vacancy rate for correctional officers across the state.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2019 at 9:53 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
A recently released report said there were 76 billion dosage units of opioid painkillers prescribed in the United States between 2006 and 2012.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2019 at 6:03 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
Leaders in McCreary County believe a state statute is doing more harm than good, following the shooting of one of their deputies.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2019 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
Kratom supporters believe federal action may be a death sentence for Kratom in the United States.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2019 at 8:11 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
Nursing homes from big cities like Louisville to small towns like Stanford are having problems getting ambulances to return patients to the nursing home after they've been examined by an emergency room doctor.
Updated: May. 29, 2019 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
A new program in Lexington called the Community Paramedicine Program has helped connect the homeless and the people who regularly visit Lexington's emergency rooms with resources in the community to keep them off the streets and out of the ER.
Updated: May. 8, 2019 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
Google and Facebook have your digital footprint, and it is how the companies make as much money they do.
Updated: May. 6, 2019 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) -
Behind most beautiful neighborhood entrances is another community that many times isn't as pretty as the neighborhood streets.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2019 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
A survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians claims most doctors believe emergency room violence is increasing.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2019 at 3:49 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
The FDA and CDC have recommended not feeding dogs and cats a raw diet, meaning meat that is not cooked to a proper temperature. However, it's a trend that's growing.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2019 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
A Kentucky child who was killed as a pedestrian outside Kroger Field in 2018 has inspired hospital workers to start a tradition thanking organ donors.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2019 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
The illnesses you thought were only big during your grandparents' younger days are coming back.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2019 at 5:49 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
St. Joseph Health London wants to become the second hospital in Southern and Eastern Kentucky to have a neonatal intensive care unit. But they need a lot of donations to pull off the expensive unit.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2019 at 12:22 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
The number of women dying from a complication related to childbirth in the United States is the highest of any developed country.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2019 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
The Urban Services Boundary in Fayette County is causing headaches for brokers and realtors in the area, as buyers are looking for more options to call home.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2019 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear wants to know if any Kentucky ITT Technical Institute students haven't had their federal loans cleared out by now.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2019 at 4:50 PM EDT
|By Miranda Combs
Morehead State University is shutting down an oral health clinic that's been a staple on campus for five years.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2019 at 6:36 PM EDT
|By Victor Puente
With Governor Matt Bevin signing Senate Bill 150 Monday, Kentuckians will soon be able to conceal carry a firearm without a permit.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2019 at 8:15 AM EST
|By WKYT News Staff
An investigation is underway after a suspect was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting in Carter County.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2019 at 6:01 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
The number of college and high school students who take a stimulant that treats ADHD is hitting alarming levels for some medical experts.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2019 at 5:51 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
Doctors say a treatment strategy is a proven success in battling the opioid epidemic among new mothers even though it still has some opponents.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2019 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
There is a spike in suicides among some younger age groups, and experts are asking parents to take preventative actions to help stop the growing problem.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2019 at 5:51 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
Attorney General Andy Beshear tells WKYT a Fayette County judge has ruled a former Nicholasville auto dealership violated the law, and the company has to pay 1,400 overcharged customers.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2019 at 10:30 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
The number of high school athletic officials is at an alarming low in Kentucky.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2019 at 5:54 PM EST
|By WKYT News Staff
Methamphetamine submissions are now making up a majority of the cases sent to the Kentucky State Police for forensic lab tests.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2019 at 6:21 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
State Health officials report the number of babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) has dropped slightly over the last year.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2019 at 6:45 PM EST
|By Miranda Combs
911 directors are signaling the alarm over a growing trend involving elderly residents.