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Attorney General asks court to compel Beshear to sign death warrant for Ralph Baze
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is asking a court to intervene after Governor Andy Beshear declined to sign…
Police investigate shooting on Centre Parkway in Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Lexington Police are investigating a shooting that left one person critically injured Friday afternoon. According to police, officers were dispatched around 2:50 p.m. to the 1100 block of Centre Parkway for reports of a…
Rowan County deputies searching for a missing man
MOREHEAD, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating a missing man who hasn’t been seen in three months. Deputies say…
Deer season begins Saturday
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky’s largest hunting season of the year kicks off this weekend. Modern gun deer season opens Saturday, November 8, and runs through November 23. Hunters across…
False threat reported at Bath County High
OWINGSVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Bath County High School is reassuring parents and students after a threat reported Thursday was determined to be false. According to school officials,…
Fifth Annual Glow Ride happening Friday night in Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The city’s fifth annual Glow Ride is set to light up Coolavin Park Friday night with a celebration of community, cycling, and…
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were…
Person hospitalized after being hit by train in Georgetown
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – An investigation is underway in Scott County after a person was hit by a train earlier this week in Georgetown. According to police, the…
We're in for a windy and stormy Friday afternoon
Today - Tonight Temperatures this morning are in the 40s and 50s with high temps in the 60s. Winds are already gusting up to 20 mph.…
Outback Steakhouse closes 21 locations, plans more shutdowns in coming years
(ABC36 NEWS NOW) - Outback Steakhouse is scaling back its footprint nationwide after a series of closures last month. The restaurant chain’s parent company…
UPS identifies pilots killed in Louisville Flight 2976 crash
LOUISVILLE, KY. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - UPS has released a statement following the tragic crash of Flight 2976 near Louisville’s airport earlier this week, identifying the three pilots who lost their lives in the accident. According to Nando Cesarone, UPS…
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave President Donald Trump's administration until Friday to…
Covington officer suspended after protest arrest video shows excessive force
COVINGTON, KY. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - A Covington police officer has been suspended following an internal investigation into a protest arrest on the Roebling Suspension…
Whitley County man arrested for impersonating officer in Corbin
CORBIN, KY. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - A Whitley County man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer in Corbin. According to the Whitley…
Woman pleads not guilty in Lexington summer murder case
LEXINGTON, KY. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - A woman indicted on murder charges in connection to a deadly summer shooting pleaded not guilty during her arraignment. Court…
Senate leaders work toward deal as government shutdown hits fifth week
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - As the government shutdown enters its fifth week, sources say momentum is building toward a potential resolution. Senate…
Teamsters Local 89 holds candlelight vigil for UPS Flight 2976 victims in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - Teamsters Local 89 is honoring the lives lost and those impacted by the tragic crash of…
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received…
Lawsuit filed against UPS, GE, and Boeing after deadly Louisville plane crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A lawsuit has been filed against UPS, General Electric, and Boeing just three days after the deadly cargo plane crash in Louisville. According to ABC affiliate WHAS 11 News, the lawsuit was filed on…
Louisville recycling worker describes moment UPS cargo plane crashed nearby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – New video and witness accounts are shedding light on the moments after the deadly UPS cargo plane crash in…
Investigation continues into deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville; 13 confirmed dead
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC NEWS) – Federal investigators continue searching for answers after a deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville earlier this week that killed more than a…
Attorney General asks court to compel Beshear to sign death warrant for Ralph Baze
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is asking a court to intervene after Governor Andy Beshear declined to sign…
Police investigate shooting on Centre Parkway in Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Lexington Police are investigating a shooting that left one person critically injured Friday afternoon. According to police, officers were dispatched around 2:50 p.m. to the 1100 block of Centre Parkway for reports of a…
Rowan County deputies searching for a missing man
MOREHEAD, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating a missing man who hasn’t been seen in three months. Deputies say…
Deer season begins Saturday
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky’s largest hunting season of the year kicks off this weekend. Modern gun deer season opens Saturday, November 8, and runs through November 23. Hunters across…
False threat reported at Bath County High
OWINGSVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Bath County High School is reassuring parents and students after a threat reported Thursday was determined to be false. According to school officials,…
Fifth Annual Glow Ride happening Friday night in Lexington
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The city’s fifth annual Glow Ride is set to light up Coolavin Park Friday night with a celebration of community, cycling, and…
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were…
Person hospitalized after being hit by train in Georgetown
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – An investigation is underway in Scott County after a person was hit by a train earlier this week in Georgetown. According to police, the…
UPS identifies pilots killed in Louisville Flight 2976 crash
LOUISVILLE, KY. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - UPS has released a statement following the tragic crash of Flight 2976 near Louisville’s airport earlier this week, identifying the three pilots who lost their lives in the accident. According to Nando Cesarone, UPS…
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave President Donald Trump's administration until Friday to…
Whitley County man arrested for impersonating officer in Corbin
CORBIN, KY. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - A Whitley County man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer in Corbin. According to the Whitley…
Woman pleads not guilty in Lexington summer murder case
LEXINGTON, KY. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - A woman indicted on murder charges in connection to a deadly summer shooting pleaded not guilty during her arraignment. Court…
Teamsters Local 89 holds candlelight vigil for UPS Flight 2976 victims in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - Teamsters Local 89 is honoring the lives lost and those impacted by the tragic crash of…
Police search for two missing women
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - The Williamsburg Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding two missing women who haven’t been seen since mid-October. Police say 43-year-old Shyrone…
KSP warns parents about dangers of AI-generated images online
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - Kentucky State Police are warning families to be cautious about AI-generated images circulating online, saying the technology can be used in harmful…
Lawsuit filed against UPS, GE, and Boeing after deadly Louisville plane crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – A lawsuit has been filed against UPS, General Electric, and Boeing just three days after the deadly cargo plane crash in Louisville. According to ABC affiliate WHAS 11 News, the lawsuit was filed on…
Louisville recycling worker describes moment UPS cargo plane crashed nearby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – New video and witness accounts are shedding light on the moments after the deadly UPS cargo plane crash in…
Investigation continues into deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville; 13 confirmed dead
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABC NEWS) – Federal investigators continue searching for answers after a deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville earlier this week that killed more than a…
Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave President Donald Trump's administration until Friday to…
Officials scour charred site of Louisville UPS plane crash for victims; 12 confirmed dead
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed a UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, entered a third day Thursday as investigators gathered information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and…
An engine fell off a UPS plane before a deadly crash and explosion in Kentucky, the NTSB says
UPDATE 4: LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an…
Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi in South Korea
By JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China,…
Glasgow police investigating death of 4-year-old after being found unresponsive at home
GLASGOW, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Glasgow Police Department is investigating the death of a four-year-old child who was found unresponsive at a home last week, according to a media release from the department. Police said officers responded to…
Several injured after railing collapse at Kentucky high school
Author: Cody Swinney Published: 10:52 PM EDT October 16, 2025 Updated: 10:55 AM EDT October 17, 2025 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS 11) — Several high school students were injured Thursday night when a railing collapsed in the bleachers during a Catholic…
Senator Mitch McConnell falls in Capitol's basement
WASHINGTON (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell slipped and fell Thursday in the basement hallway of the U.S. Capitol while walking toward the Senate floor, according to…
KU and LG&E propose rate increases for Kentucky customers
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Rising prices can be seen everywhere — from the gas pump to the grocery store — and now, some Kentuckians could…
Beshear to speak alongside Biden at fundraiser
ChatGPT said: OMAHA, NE. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is set to appear alongside former President Joe Biden at the Nebraska Democratic Party’s largest annual fundraiser…
State Representative speaks on Ronald Exantus' release
FRANKFORT, KY. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) - A Kentucky lawmaker is speaking out following the release of a man convicted in a deadly 2015 stabbing case. State Representative T.J. Roberts…
Kentucky Secretary of State gets recognition
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams is receiving national recognition for his efforts to modernize elections. Adams has been named “Public Official of the…
Kentucky teacher wins national teaching award
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — A Georgetown high school teacher is getting national recognition for his impact in the classroom — and a major award to go with it.…
Pennsylvania fugitive captured in Kentucky after multi-state search
MAYSVILLE, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — A multi-state investigation has ended in Kentucky after police tracked down a Pennsylvania man wanted hundreds of miles from home. According to Scottdale Borough Police…
New app gives Kentucky hunters a high-tech edge this season
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Kentucky hunters have a new digital tool just in time for deer and elk season. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife has launched a…
Kentucky issues health alert as Lexington reports 4th West Nile case
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) has issued a statewide Health Alert after a rise in mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile…
The Latest: Trump putting a positive spin on the economy after voters rebuked his performance
President Donald Trump is heading to Miami on the anniversary of his reelection to a second term to speak to a forum of business leaders and global athletes about what he sees as his economic achievements. His speech comes after…
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday night…
Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi in South Korea
By JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China,…
Trump urges Israel to seize chance for peace ahead of Egypt summit and presses for Netanyahu pardon
JERUSALEM (AP) — President Donald Trump told Israeli lawmakers on Monday that their country had no more to achieve on the battlefield and must work toward peace in the Middle East after two years of war against Hamas and skirmishes…
Trump says China’s Xi has approved of proposed deal putting TikTok under US ownership
By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States in a way that meets national security concerns laid out by the law.…
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation's labor market.…
Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
By DON BABWIN CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois,…
Apple to invest $2.5 billion in Kentucky plant for iPhone, Apple Watch glass production
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Apple is making a major investment in Kentucky, announcing a $2.5 billion expansion of the Corning manufacturing facility in Mercer County. Apple CEO…
Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after a U.S. strike and was not “completely…
Trump says Israel-Iran ceasefire 'is in effect' and Israeli planes won't attack anymore
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran violated ceasefire terms by carrying out attacks against each other after an early Tuesday deadline to stop hostilities but Israel was going to “turn around” its jets and stop…
Trump announces ceasefire between Iran and Israel after Iran’s missile attack on US base in Qatar
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire" soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating…
Iran launched a missile attack on US forces at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base, Trump speaks out
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites but indicating it was prepared to step back from escalating…
US signals a willingness to renew talks with Iran and avoid a prolonged war
By JOSH BOAK and MIKE PESOLI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Sunday signaled a willingness to renew talks with Iran and avoid a prolonged war in the aftermath of a surprise attack on three of…
US has struck 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign
By SAM MEDNICK, AAMER MADHANI and DAVID RISING Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the country's nuclear…
Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers is in custody after surrendering to police
BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly…
At least 240 people, including those on the ground, killed in the Air India crash; one person survived, official says
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — An Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed into a medical college in Ahmedabad after takeoff Thursday, killing at least 240 people in one of India's worst airline disasters in decades, officials said. Vidhi…
Fr. Jim Sichko: Pope Leo XIV will allow people to "walk through the door" Francis opened
RICHMOND, Ky. (ABC 36 News Now) -- Loud cheers from thousands of faithful bellowed below as Pope Leo XIV made his first appearance on the balcony of St.…
Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday, he ascended…
Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost,…
Conclave to elect a new pope will start on May 7 as cardinals get to know one another
By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they can…
