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Updated: 8 hours ago
|By WKYT News Staff
The loan is for businesses in Fayette County with no more than 50 employees and restaurants with no more than 100 employees. The $2.5 million program was unanimously passed Tuesday during a council work session. City council is expected to take a final vote on May 6.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By WKYT News Staff
For the first time since the pandemic started, more passengers traveled through Blue Grass Airport than the year before.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Jim Stratman
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit all of us in different ways. Many restaurants have been devastated and are still working to recover.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Chelsea Jones
Lexington has had at least 15 homicides this year, all involving guns. Police are still looking for suspects in 10 cases. Most of the victims have been African American men.
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Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Jim Stratman and Victor Puente
Fayette County Public Schools plan to finish the semester in person, despite a spike in COVID-19 cases and quarantines.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By WKYT News Staff
Health officials are still suggesting that everyone gets tested for COVID-19, especially if they’ve been around people who contracted it or are experiencing any symptoms.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 9:50 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Many elective procedures like cancer screenings were canceled during the pandemic, but now doctors are encouraging patients to make those appointments a priority again.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Prosecutors will no longer seek the death penalty for three men charged in the murder of a UK student.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By Chelsea Jones
At Wednesday’s clinic, the health department offered first and second doses of the Moderna vaccine.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 10:03 AM EDT
|By Jim Stratman
As quickly as the snow came, it began to melt away.
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Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 9:43 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
No new deaths were reported.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021 at 4:15 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
Under new guidelines, venue and event spaces can now hold 50 to 60 percent of their normal capacities, but for some, that doesn’t make a huge difference.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:59 AM EDT
|By Jim Stratman
Officials said health problems medically vulnerable people have often intersected with social factors like poor education, poverty, and housing.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:44 AM EDT
|By Chelsea Jones
The organization partnered with the Grassroots Law Project and the Institute for Compassion in Justice to file an open records request.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021 at 11:27 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
It happened Tuesday morning, around 10, in the 7000 block of Old Richmond Rd., near South Cleveland Rd.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021 at 9:47 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Three new deaths were reported Tuesday.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2021 at 10:28 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
That annual Peace Walk that Anita Franklin helped lead every year will be held in Duncan Park Saturday, April 24 at 2-4 p.m.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2021 at 4:47 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Lexington officials say they have reached an agreement in principle to a settlement that would reduce a rate increase proposed by Kentucky Utilities
Updated: Apr. 19, 2021 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Students and staff are mourning the loss of a professor who died suddenly.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2021 at 2:23 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
The USS Woodland has been at the pool for over 30 years, but city officials say it’s “no longer seaworthy.”
Updated: Apr. 19, 2021 at 10:58 AM EDT
The victim was shot in an apartment complex and died at the scene.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2021 at 11:57 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
This makes two deadly shootings in Lexington on Sunday alone.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2021 at 3:02 PM EDT
|By Chelsea Jones
Compassionate Lexington, Inc. is kicking off its LexGiveBack week. The mission is to help others through acts of kindness.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Friday is National Healthcare Decision Day and the staff at Bluegrass Care Navigators want to guide us through what can be a difficult discussion. This is a topic that has, unfortunately, become high-priority due to deaths and scares from COVID-19.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 2:51 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Registration is open for the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department’s next vaccine clinic.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 12:05 PM EDT
|By Jim Stratman
A few downtown small businesses are banding together after vandals began breaking their windows.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By Amber Philpott
We here at WKYT are honoring someone who, for 36 years, has been on the other side of the camera making all of us look better.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 11:12 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
One of the annual programs that fell victim to the coronavirus in Lexington last year is making a comeback.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2021 at 9:14 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Health officials are still suggesting that everyone gets tested for COVID-19, especially if they’ve been around people who contracted it or are experiencing any symptoms.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 9:39 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
After multiple surgeries, Officer Dawn Miller is still on the road to recovery. Her friends, family, and fellow church members at Crossroads Lexington are relying on prayer to help see her through the journey.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 9:56 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
The CDC is shelving the Johnson and Johnson vaccine until health experts can dig deeper into reports of blood clots linked to the shot.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 9:08 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
No new deaths were reported.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 10:08 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Wednesday night, the group live streamed performances and testimonies from people who won their fight against drug addiction. And in another room, people were waiting by the phones to answer calls from anyone in need.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 3:06 PM EDT
|By Chelsea Jones
The pandemic has left some families struggling to make ends meet. Churches in Lexington are coming together to help those in need.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 1:01 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Starting on Wednesday, April 14, the office will be available between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 11:13 AM EDT
|By Jim Stratman
The man accused of vandalizing several businesses, including our building here at the WKYT, went before a judge Wednesday morning.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 9:15 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
No new deaths were reported.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 2:25 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
In partnership with Wild Health, the YMCA of Central Kentucky will host a second COVID-19 vaccine pop-up site for the community on Thursday, April 15 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the North Lexington Family YMCA, located 381 W. Loudon Avenue.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
The Herald-Leader reports Clubhouse, a new nightclub, will be opening in the old Pazzos location.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 10:18 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Victor Puente
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department is pausing appointments for their vaccination clinic.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 10:03 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
You can help raise money for Lexington Habitat for Humanity. The organization is raffling off a rare collection of Pappy Van Winkle.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 9:48 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Chelsea Jones
Lexington has already seen 13 homicides this year, compared to nine at this time in 2020.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 9:13 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
No new deaths were reported.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 10:35 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
William Wells Brown Community Center reopened its doors Monday for the first time since March 2020.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 3:51 PM EDT
|By Adam Burniston
As things return to a new normal and slowly open back up many restaurants and businesses are trying to hire new employees but they’re finding that is harder than it seems.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 11:20 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Starting on Wednesday, April 14, the office will be available between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 9:25 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
No new deaths were reported.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 4:34 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Police responded to reports of a crash on New Circle near Nicholasville Road around 1:40 a.m. Monday.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 9:11 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
Multiple restaurants are changing their hours of operation to adjust to customer crowd size and staffing shortages.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 1:03 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
No new deaths were reported.