Headlines for Jan 16, 2026
22 stories
WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 2:23 PM ET
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Drivers are being urged to avoid part of West Main Street in Lexington following a crash involving a fire truck and a car. According to the @lexwrecks account on X, the injury collision happened at Clyde S…
FOX56
Jan 16, 2026 2:11 PM ET
Lawmakers in Frankfort filed Logan's Law to protect families from the pain and heartbreak of violent crimes by expanding and clarifying the definition of a "violent offender" and increasing the minimum time for parole.
LEX18
Jan 16, 2026 2:09 PM ET
Former Lexington police chief, Larry Walsh, died at 79 years old on Thursday, Jan. 15, the Lexington Police Department announced on a Facebook post.
FOX56
Jan 16, 2026 2:07 PM ET
Two inmates at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) have been indicted by a Morgan County grand jury in connection with investigations into two separate deaths of jail inmates in August and September of 2025.
LEX18
Jan 16, 2026 1:45 PM ET
A nurse practitioner from Corbin, Kentucky, was arrested on drug trafficking charges after police said she used her prescription authority to unlawfully distribute controlled substances.
LEX18
Jan 16, 2026 1:26 PM ET
Kentucky lawmakers filed legislation aimed at strengthening the state's sentencing and parole laws for violent crimes, naming the bill after a child who was killed in his home nearly a decade ago.
WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 1:11 PM ET
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FOX56
Jan 16, 2026 12:29 PM ET
A Lexington Fire Department engine overturned in an accident with a passenger car on Friday.
LEX18
Jan 16, 2026 12:10 PM ET
LEX 18 is reporting that Lexington fire crews are on the scene of an overturned fire truck near Leestown Road Friday.
KYWEATHERCENTER
Jan 16, 2026 11:44 AM ET
Good afternoon, everyone. Snow, rain and a wintry mix are about to develop and roll across the state with the greatest winter hit across the central and east. This is ahead of bitterly cold wind chills arriving late this weekend with more…
WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 11:44 AM ET
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The Fayette County Coroner’s Office has identified the woman killed in a Lexington homicide Thursday. The coroner says the victim is 29-year-old Anisleys Font Lantaron. Her death has been ruled a homicide.…
LEX18
Jan 16, 2026 9:35 AM ET
A Fayette County jury convicted Scott J. Lawless on a lesser count of second-degree manslaughter for the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Kevin Reel in downtown Lexington in 2023.
FOX56
Jan 16, 2026 9:34 AM ET
A man known for illustrating some of Lexington's most unique memories through his photography passed away on Thursday.
FOX56
Jan 16, 2026 8:35 AM ET
An arrest citation for the man accused of killing a woman at the Surfside & Larkin Apartments on Thursday reveals potentially disturbing new details in the homicide investigation.
WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 8:07 AM ET
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Drivers in Lexington’s East End should plan for lane closures on East Fourth Street as crews begin sewer line work. According to the City of Lexington, one lane of East Fourth Street will be closed between…
WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 8:07 AM ET
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WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 8:07 AM ET
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WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 8:06 AM ET
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — The Lexington Fire Department is marking the 10th anniversary of the Bluegrass Stockyards fire, the largest fire in Lexington in more than three decades. The massive fire broke out on January 30, 2016, at…
WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 8:06 AM ET
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WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 8:05 AM ET
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Lexington’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration is set for next week, with events planned in downtown Lexington. According to organizers, the day will begin with the annual Freedom March on Monday af…
WTVQ
Jan 16, 2026 8:05 AM ET
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KYWEATHERCENTER
Jan 16, 2026 1:50 AM ET
Good Friday, everyone. A little light snow is impacting parts of Kentucky this morning with a bigger system moving in by the evening. That one drops a widespread light snowfall ahead of another surge of arctic temps as winter starts to go…