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Updated Sep 19, 2025 11:00 AM ET

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This morning in Lexington: Lexington police arrest suspect in Winburn Drive shooting, Injury collision blocks lanes on Oliver Lewis Way at West Main Street, Muhammad Ali's unsigned draft card, a piece of Vietnam-era history, will be auctioned. Coverage via WTVQ, LEX18.
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Festival Latino de Lexington kicks off this weekend

WTVQSep 19, 2025 9:46 AM ET

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – The annual Festival Latino de Lexington is set to bring music, dance, and culture to downtown this weekend as part of Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. According to organizers, the festival begins a…

Lexington family displaced after overnight house fire

WTVQSep 19, 2025 9:23 AM ET

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – An overnight fire forced a Lexington family out of their home early Friday morning. According to the Lexington Fire Department, crews responded around 1:45 a.m. to a house fire on Bold Bidder Drive, not…

Lexington police arrest suspect in Winburn Drive shooting

WTVQ4 articlesSep 19, 2025 9:12 AM ET

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — One person has been arrested in connection with a Thursday shooting on Winburn Drive, according to a release from the Lexington Police Department. Police said the shooting happened just after 11 a.m. in…

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Much-Needed Rains on the Way

KYWEATHERCENTERSep 19, 2025 12:51 AM ET

Good Friday to one and all. Changes are slowly showing up out there today as the threat for scattered storms returns to western Kentucky. This kicks off a slow transition into a much wetter pattern for later this weekend and, especially,…

Laurel County deputies searching for missing 23-year-old

WTVQ2 articlesSep 18, 2025 3:52 PM ET

LONDON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a man reported missing north of London. According to Sheriff John Root, 23-year-old Kaci Hicks was last seen Friday, September 18,…

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Saint Joseph Health hosting Cancer Survivorship Day in Lexington

WTVQ2 articlesSep 18, 2025 11:25 AM ET

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Saint Joseph Health is inviting the community to come together for its annual Cancer Survivorship Day celebration. The free event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Saint Joseph Cancer Center on Blaze…

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A Wetter Look Tries to Show Up Soon

KYWEATHERCENTERSep 18, 2025 1:18 AM ET

Good Thursday, everyone. It’s another much warmer than normal day with dry skies across Kentucky. The dry weather has been the theme of the past few months, but a much-needed pattern change is about to take place with beneficia…

Bluegrass Crime Stoppers revisits 1998 Lexington homicide

WTVQSep 17, 2025 4:10 PM ET

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Bluegrass Crime Stoppers is highlighting a decades-old case as its Crime of the Week. On Saturday, Nov. 7, 1998, Lexington police responded to 121 Malibu Drive to assist firefighters at a structure fire.…

Judge sentences men convicted in Crystal Rogers murder case

WTVQSep 17, 2025 4:01 PM ET

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – A Nelson County judge has formally sentenced two men convicted in the death of Bardstown mother of five, Crystal Rogers. According to ABC Affiliate WHAS 11, Judge Charles Simms sentenced Brooks Houck to…

Laurel County deputies search for robbery suspect

WTVQSep 17, 2025 2:18 PM ET

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect connected to a late-night robbery. Deputies say the suspect was caught on camera before allegedly stealing…

Manhunt underway for escaped Ohio inmate in Kentucky

WTVQSep 17, 2025 11:19 AM ET

MASON COUNTY, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – The search continues today for Jerry Cooper, one of two inmates who escaped from the Brown County Detention Center in Ohio. Authorities say Roy Butler, the second escapee, was captured in Mason Count…

Prestonsburg High placed on brief lockdown after reported threat

WTVQ2 articlesSep 17, 2025 11:18 AM ET

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Prestonsburg High School was briefly placed on lockdown Tuesday after a student allegedly made threats about having a gun on campus. According to police, a school resource officer was alerted that a …

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