Gunshot victim shows up to Lexington hospital, police investigating
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Police are investigating after a gunshot victim showed up to a Lexington hospital. Officers were dispatched at 7:07 a.m. to a report of a male victim with a possible gunshot wound, according to Lexington police, and the injuries were not life threatening. The incident was believed...
Roads hazardous in Midway park following storms
MIDWAY, Ky. (WKYT) - Downed trees are making roads unsafe in Midway. According to the Mayor of Midway Grayson Vandegrift, there is substantial damage in Walter Bradley Park’s wooded area. He says that all bridges in the area have downed trees laying on or over them, and most paths are blocked with trees leaning hazardously over them.
Ruptured gas line shuts down part of Leestown Road
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A ruptured gas line has shut down an area of Leestown Road. According to officials with the Lexington Fire Department, crews were dispatched at 12:55 p.m. for a large supply line leak. Columbia Gas and police are on scene. inbound Leestown Road is closed at Greendale...
Four arrested after officers seize around $2 million worth of cocaine
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Four people were arrested after a multi-agency drug bust. Marion Pinder, Edgar Hernandez-Duron, Jesus Rodriguez and Santiago Rodriguez were arrested as a result of the joint operation after investigators seized around 47 kilograms of cocaine worth around $2 million. According to an affidavit from a Drug...
Pat Kelsey easily sidestepped the obvious Tyran Stokes trap Mark Pope led Kentucky into
Tyran Stokes to Kansas was obvious for months, yet Mark Pope continued his pursuit and he's paying the price in the portal.
57-year-old accused of killing 1, assaulting another in Lexington enters guilty plea
A 57-year-old Lexington man accused of beating another to death signed a guilty plea on Friday, per court documents.
Traffic Advisory issued in Lexington for street sweeping operations
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has issued a traffic advisory for New Circle Road. Road work will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 30. Street sweeping has been scheduled at this time to remove debris from road shoulders. The KTYC says work will...
New push for answers in 2020 shooting that left 20-year-old UK student dead
Bluegrass Crime Stoppers is asking for information in a 2020 shooting that left one person dead and two others critically injured in Lexington.
Lexington police searching for missing man last seen leaving UK hospital
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Lexington Police Department is looking for a missing man who was last seen Monday, April 27. James “Jamie” Paul Meece was last seen around 3 p.m. leaving UK Chandler Hospital. Police said he was wearing a white cut-off t-shirt, light colored jeans and gray Nike tennis shoes, according to police.
New traffic light will be activated Thursday at this Lexington intersection
A new traffic light will be activated Thursday morning at an intersection on Winchester Road in Lexington, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The traffic light will be at Winchester Road and Commerce Avenue/realigned Hume Road , just west of Interstate 75. The transportation cabinet said the traffic light is currently in flash mode and will be fully activated at 9 a.m. Thursday, April...
