Lexington KY

UK HealthCare Trauma Program is offering free "Stop the Bleed" workshops to equip community members with the skills necessary to save lives, as severe bleeding can result in death within minutes.

A Lexington eighth grader has been crowned the champion of the 2026 Big Blue Bee hosted by the University of Kentucky's College of Education.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Cup of Commonwealth coffee shop removed the board covering its front window after completing repairs following a Jan. 14 rock-throwing incident. A woman police identified as Devona Mitchell is accused of throwing the rock through the window. It was the third time the shop’s window had been...

UPDATE – MAR 1, 2026: The Golden Alert for Sandra Lyttle has been canceled. She has been located and is safe. LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Lexington Police Department has issued a Golden Alert for a missing woman. Police say 44-year-old Sandra Lyttle was last seen...

The smell of sourdough stops pedestrians on National Avenue. Inside the red brick storefront, Wild Lab Bakery’s Chapi McGraw shapes a loaf with practiced hands while her husband Andrew, pulls another batch from the oven. It’s the same bread they started making in their dining room four years ago....

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council has taken the first steps to approve a zone change for a development that will add 491 beds between Prall and Montmullin streets in the city’s historic Pralltown neighborhood. The initial vote approved a plan by developer Subtext, down from...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Much milder winds are kicking in for the final two days of February. Once into early March, a messy system brings rain and snow to the region Sunday night and Monday before an active spring pattern takes control. Before we focus on all that, let’s start...

Officers with the Lexington Police Department (LPD) were gathered early Friday morning following reports of gunfire on the east side of town.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A group of Lexington residents is helping make long-term decisions for policymaking in their city. In the fall, Kit Anderson, deputy director of CivicLex, a nonprofit focused on community engagement, announced the group’s initiative, and several months later, their vision for the city’s inaugural...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WAVE) - An arrest has been made in connection with Thursday night’s break-in at Congressman Andy Barr’s campaign headquarters. According to a statement from Barr’s campaign, Madison County Sheriff Mike Coyle confirmed that the man accused of breaking into the congressman’s office in Lexington was...