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Hold onto your hats, and remember your heavy coat when you leave this morning. High winds are expected from now through tonight in the Bluegrass. A strong low pressure system is moving through. A trailing cold front will race across eastern Kentucky this morning. Strong and potentially damaging winds are possible as this front passes through the area, and then for several hours behind the ... Full Story »

It was not a good day for the Kentucky Democratic party. State Rep. Jodie Haydon lost a bid to wrest the 14th District Senate seat away from the GOP, losing handily to former state Rep. Jimmy Higdon. At stake was a possible one-seat margin in the state Senate, controlled by Republicans for the past decade. And in eastern Kentucky, Republican Jill York beat Dem Barry Webb in the special election ... Full Story »

37-year-old Tiffani Jones was arrested and charged Tuesday morning for allegedly giving drugs and alcohol to minors over the weekend. Jones has since been put on paid suspension as police investigate. An Estill County School resource officer arrested Jones at her home Tuesday. The deputy says Jones gave two minors marijuana and alcohol at her home Friday night. “I think the first our ... Full Story »

Downtown Lexington takes “going green” to the next level. Tuesday morning, officials announced the expansion of the city’s recycling program. 120 new cans will be installed throughout the central part of the city. These cans will take both garbage and recyclables. Mayor Jim Newberry says people have an opportunity to be green, even when they’re walking around downtown. The city will extend the ... Full Story »

The Salvation Army makes an extra effort at Christmastime to put gifts under trees. One way they do this is through the Angel Tree program. This year’s need is great, and the Salvation Army is struggling to meet some of its goals. The program ends Sunday and there are still 1,200 children that need to be sponsored this Christmas. Angel Tree cards can be picked up at the Fayette Mall and Whitaker ... Full Story »

A trooper who likes to bust drunk drivers got an award for it today. Trooper Jason Clark was recognized as being the trooper with the highest number of DUI arrests for Kentucky State Police, Post One. From October 2008 through September 2009, Trooper Clark arrested 98 impaired drivers—almost 20% of the total DUI arrests made throughout the state during that time. Trooper Clark also has the third ... Full Story »

A convicted killer in Ohio became the first person in US history to die by a single-drug protocol. Kenneth Brios was pronounced dead just before noon Tuesday. Ohio changed from three drugs, to a one drug method of execution after a failed attempt of putting a former inmate to death in September. The one drug cocktail is supposedly less painful than the three drug cocktail. Other states ... Full Story »

A former local radio personality has been indicted on four counts of possession of child pornography. Police say Roy Daniel Baldridge, once known as Dusty Dan on country station 98.1 The Bull, had more than 500 images of child pornography and erotica at his home in the 200 block of Malabu Drive. Baldridge was arrested back in October on firearms and stolen property charges, after two men ... Full Story »

State Police say a doctor was shot and killed at a medical clinic in Eastern Kentucky. Dr. Dennis Sandlin was shot around noon at Leatherwood-Blackey Medical Clinic in Perry County. Police say the suspect, John Combs, was there for an appointment. Police are not releasing any more information at this time. No one else was hurt in the shooting. Combs is now in custody in Perry County. ***Photo ... Full Story »

Emergency crews were summoned to Tiger Woods' Orlando-area mansion for the second time in less than two weeks Tuesday, this time because his mother-in-law was having stomach pains. Barbro Holmberg was taken by ambulance to Health Central Hospital after someone called 911 about 2:35 a.m., hospital spokesman Dan Yates said. She was in stable condition later Tuesday and her condition was not ... Full Story »

Police are searching for a suspect, after a woman is shot and killed in Harlan County overnight. Investigators are looking for this man: Christopher Smith, 37. Investigators say Smith was arguing with his girlfriend at a home on Kentucky 522 last night, when he shot and killed another woman, Kimberly Ealy, 32. Smith's girlfriend and another child were able to escape the home unharmed. Police say ... Full Story »

One man is dead after a late night crash in Montgomery County. It happened just before 11 p.m. Monday on the I-64 on-ramp in Mount Sterling. Police say Stacy Bratton lost control on the ramp, and hit a utility pole, ejecting him from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say alcohol may have played a factor in the crash. Full Story »

Fire rips through a Bath County building overnight, damaging a business. It broke out around 11:30 at a building on North Court Street in downtown Owingsville. Firefighters say when they got to the scene, the fire was in the basement of a consignment shop. Before long, it had spread all the way up to the second floor. Flames engulfed Owingsville Outlet, a consignment store in downtown ... Full Story »

It is one of the most dangerous things you can do behind the wheel, texting while driving. Now, state senator Denise Harper-Angel of Louisville has pre-filed a bill that would ban it in Kentucky. The legislation would prohibit reading or sending texts, emails or instand messages for drivers of all ages. In a survey done earlier this year, 60% of teens admitted to sending or reading texts while ... Full Story »

The family of a Flight 5191 crash victim wins a multi-million dollar lawsuit. The family of Bryan Keith Woodward sued Comair after the August 2006 crash, which killed 49 people. On Monday, a federal jury ruled in favor of Woodward's family, and awarded them seven-point-one million dollars. The family's attorney, David Rappoport, says the family plans a separate suit seeking punitive damages ... Full Story »

Drivers and pedestrians on outbound Harrodsburg Road a half-mile outside Man O' War Blvd. saw a previously blank road sign come to life with a disturbing message: "Zombies Ahead." Steve Barkley was walking his dog. "I didn't know what to think," he told ABC 36 News. Doug Durbin was driving home with his son, Joseph. "It was a very bright day and very visible but I didn't know what it meant," he ... Full Story »

A Pulaski County teen was killed after a crash just a quarter of a mile from her home. Police say 16 year old Bailey Haynes was driving a Pontiac Grand Prix when she collided head on with a pick-up truck. The crash happened Sunday night on Highway 27 in the Daniel Boone National Forest, near the McCreary County Line. Haynes was pronounced dead at the scene. Her passenger and the driver of the ... Full Story »

Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky says, "Tough decisions are ahead as the state deals with a lack of money." Beshear, at the midway point of his four year term, sat down to talk with ABC 36 News Monday and the state's shortfall dominated the interview. "We're close to the bone," Beshear said of the budget cuts. "We've probably hit the bone in some areas." The Beshear administration has already ... Full Story »

A federal judge has turned down a request to move a highway bid-rigging trial from Lexington to northern Kentucky. Attorneys for the defendants had asked U.S. District Judge Karl S. Forester to move the trial to Covington because the case has received so much publicity. Forester ruled on Monday that any pretrial publicity issues in the case of highway contractor Leonard Lawson, former ... Full Story »

Governor Steve Beshear is considering the possibility of government layoffs, as Kentucky tries to work through a lingering budget crisis caused by the faltering economy. Beshear told reporters on Monday that developing a balanced budget is the biggest issue that he and lawmakers will face in the upcoming legislative session. He painted a bleak financial picture for a state that already has cut ... Full Story »

Kentucky plans to stick with its three-drug cocktail as it seeks to legally readopt its execution method and resume giving lethal injections to condemned inmates. Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet spokeswoman Jennifer Brislin told The Associated Press on Monday that the current protocol will be put through public hearings as the state seeks to comply with a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling ... Full Story »

Kentucky State Police say a 14-year-old Lawrenceburg girl has been found safe Chelsey Lane Deshazer was reported missing Sunday afternoon. State police say she was found Monday afternoon at a Bourbon County gas station. Investigators say social networking sites may have played a part in her disappearance, but they're not elaborating. Full Story »

Highway crews treated roads in 23 Kentucky counties today that have been impacted by light snow and ice. A statement from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says crews treated roads in the Elizabethtown, Louisville and Covington highway districts. State routes in the Lexington were also treated this morning. The light snow is reminding all of us how we need to be prepared for winter weather now ... Full Story »

Be careful on local roadways this morning. A wintry mix has moved into the Bluegrass that could cause problems with your morning commute. The sleet is expected to last until mid-morning. Full Story »

One teenager is dead and two others injured after an overnight crash in Pulaski County. The crash occurred around 11 p.m. Sunday on Highway 27 in the Daniel Boone National Forest near the McCreary County line. Police say Bailey Haynes, 16, was driving a Gran Prix when she collided head on with pickup truck. Haynes was pronounced dead at the scene. Her passenger and the other driver were both ... Full Story »