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1 week ago | 
wave3.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - In early April, University of Kentucky President Dr. Eli Capilouto said a small number of international graduate students’ F-1 visas were revoked, and he offered students the university’s support. Lexington Immigration Attorney Heather Hadi says she does not represent any of these students, but understands the uncertainty international students might feel. “They’re in the middle of a program, whether it’s a four-year program, whether it’s a Master’s program.
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1 week ago | 
wave3.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
BURGIN, Ky. (WKYT) - People in Burgin are still waiting for the water to go down. Jami Rosenberg lived in her home for five years and says this is the worst she’s ever seen it. “I’m heartbroken our house will be paid off in October. So people are like, ‘Why don’t you move?’ Well, because now I have a property that I will never be able to sell,” Rosenberg said. She says that when it rains, she has not seen the water actually come into her home until now.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbko.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Jeanna Fint and Nicholas Abner bought their home off the Kentucky River in 2019. The couple said the last time they saw their home, they needed a boat to enter on the second-floor balcony. “We tried to get everything on higher ground on Sunday because that’s when we realized it’s coming in the house,” Fint said. Fint says that when the area flooded in 2021, the water did not make it inside their home.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Jeanna Fint and Nicholas Abner bought their home off the Kentucky River in 2019. The couple said the last time they saw their home, they needed a boat to enter on the second-floor balcony. “We tried to get everything on higher ground on Sunday because that’s when we realized it’s coming in the house,” Fint said. Fint says that when the area flooded in 2021, the water did not make it inside their home.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - People in Franklin County are enjoying the sunshine after days of rain. Days of rain that caused the Kentucky River to crest at it’s second highest record of 48.3. “So where we go from here is first of all making sure people are still safe. I think the issue is the sun is shining and everyone thinks the flood is over but as you can see behind us it’s not it’s far from over,” Franklin County Judge Executive Michael Mueller.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
HARRISON CO., Ky. (WKYT) - Some residents in Harrison County are comparing this week’s forecast to the days before the deadly flooding of 1997. Now many are just preparing for the worst. “People have told me that this is part of the Kentucky experience, so bring it on,” said Jai Pal Sachdev. Jai Pal Sachdev moved to Cynthiana from the United Kingdom one week ago. He said avoiding flooded roadways like on New Lair Road adds an extra challenge.
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3 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Scott County Emergency Management Director Michael Hennigan says high water safety is the county’s top priority. The county’s particular caution comes after one person died in February’s flooding. “The fatality that we had during the last storm was actually an older model F-250. It was a big truck, on big tires and it got washed away and that person was unfortunately a fatality,” Hennigan said.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
SCIENCE HILL, Ky. (WYMT) - Kentucky State Police, Post 11, was called out at approximately 11:45 p.m. to a crash on US 27 near Old Norwood Road in Pulaski County, on Saturday. Off-duty officer with the Lancaster Police Department, Derrick A. Glover, 31, of Nancy, was involved in the two-vehicle crash. His SUV crashed into an off-road motorcycle being driven by a child, who was not wearing a helmet. The child was pronounced dead on the scene by the Pulaski County Coroner’s Office.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
wsaz.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
SCIENCE HILL, Ky. (WYMT) - Kentucky State Police, Post 11, was called out at approximately 11:45 p.m. to a crash on US 27 near Old Norwood Road in Pulaski County, on Saturday. Off-duty officer with the Lancaster Police Department, Derrick A. Glover, 31, of Nancy, was involved in the two-vehicle crash. His SUV crashed into an off-road motorcycle being driven by a child, who was not wearing a helmet. The child was pronounced dead on the scene by the Pulaski County Coroner’s Office.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
wymt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
WAYNE COUNTY, W. Va. (WYMT) - On Wednesday, a man was sentenced for pointing an underwater camera at young children at a public pool. Ronald Thompson was sentenced to one year in jail. Thompson pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor, possession of child erotica. The incident happened in June at Dreamland Pool in Kenova after people noticed Thompson had a small camera. The Kenova Police Department arrested him. Copyright 2024 WYMT. All rights reserved.
