Leigh Searcy
Reporter at WLEX-TV (Lexington, KY)
3x Regional Edward R Murrow & Emmy Winner & KY AP Winner
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1 week ago |
lex18.com | Leigh Searcy
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — In less than 24 hours following an interview with former employee Necee Anderson on what she called "deplorable" conditions at a local emergency youth shelter, additional voices have come forward, painting an alarming picture of the facility meant to serve at-risk youth. The shelter, operated by Arbor Youth Services, has come under scrutiny as several past and present dependents of the facility spoke anonymously about their experiences.
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1 week ago |
lex18.com | Leigh Searcy
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — If it wasn't for emergency shelters, many young people in Lexington would be living on the street. One woman knows that first-hand after working at a shelter on West Third Street, operated by Arbor Youth Services.
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lex18.com | Leigh Searcy
CLIFTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — In April, the rising waters of the Kentucky River swallowed David and Krissy Fraser's beloved log cabin, leaving it submerged up to the roof for days. Nearly two months later, the couple is determined to return home, albeit to a house that's a shell of what it was. "There was 12 feet of mud in there it even got in our furnace and our attic," Davis Fraser said as he took customer orders at the couple's busy downtown Lexington restaurant, The Courtyard Deli.
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2 weeks ago |
lex18.com | Leigh Searcy
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Marjorie Gonzalez walked into Fayette Circuit Court Friday hoping for a 're-do.' Her attorney filed a motion to withdraw her guilty plea on lesser charges after Judge Lucy VanMeter sentenced her to eight years in prison, a stark departure from the five years of probation recommended by a special prosecutor. Kyra Elzy, the former University of Kentucky women's basketball coach and victim of Gonzalez's theft, voiced her objections during the proceedings.
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2 weeks ago |
lex18.com | Leigh Searcy
(LEX 18) — For the first time, Larry "Guss" Curtis is talking publicly about his behavior caught on police bodycam when he was a Frankfort police detective. He then moved onto the Boyle County Sheriff's Office where he was fired while on probation. "I was never under a criminal investigation by Boyle County," Curtis said.
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Shake up at UK College of Nursing - big questions we plan to answer. Dean of Nursing is out so what impact does this have on students in the program? https://t.co/LK8KweNRTL
Meet Edison- he’s a 9mo healer-mix and hearing impaired. Don’t let that fool you - he’s a very social dog who is learning fast. Adoptable through Harrison Co Animal Shelter. Please share https://t.co/nrH3taL2eb
So what does this mean for Brooks Houck? The phone records are telling and he’s all over them with Steve and Joseph Lawson around July 3 & 4 of 2015.
GUILTY on both counts - conspiracy to commit murder and tampering w evidence
