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6 days ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
PARIS, Ky. (WKYT) - The City of Paris is welcoming storytellers for the annual Paris Story Fest. For nearly ten years, organizers have searched for talented storytellers to expose community members and visitors to people from different walks of life. “It is a year-long process.
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1 week ago | 
wbko.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
(WKYT) - A Franklin County couple is able to take a deep breath after falling victim to a phone scam. Mary Branham and her husband, Wayne Dominic, say their phone numbers were switched to another provider without their knowledge in a matter of minutes. They say it was through something called porting. “Bang, there it was, someone else had our numbers,” said Mary Branham. The pair says that in April, they learned what porting out a phone number meant the hard way.
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1 week ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
(WKYT) - A Franklin County couple is able to take a deep breath after falling victim to a phone scam. Mary Branham and her husband, Wayne Dominic, say their phone numbers were switched to another provider without their knowledge in a matter of minutes. They say it was through something called porting. “Bang, there it was, someone else had our numbers,” said Mary Branham. The pair says that in April, they learned what porting out a phone number meant the hard way.
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1 week ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - While many University of Kentucky graduates are saving their excitement for the weekend, many got a taste of the praise Wednesday evening. “The Lyric Theater has historically been a place where African-Americans have been welcome to come and enjoy the arts, enjoy movies and everything when we were excluded from all corners of the community,” One organizer, Khristopher Washington, said.
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1 week ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct-Action (BUILD) is a coalition of more than 25 congregations working toward building a better Lexington. Each year they focus on specific community problems and present potential fixes at the annual Nehemiah action.
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1 week ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Kentucky Oaks are in books, but now all eyes are on Kentucky Derby 151. Wkyt’s Madison Carmouche stopped by the poor man’s Harlan County Derby Eve party for a look at the celebration in central Kentucky. The poor man’s Harlan County Derby Eve party organizer, Bill Morgan, says the event began as a way to make sure everyone could celebrate Derby weekend.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Many parents in Madison County are on high alert searching for a reliable and safe day care. WKYT reached out to several Madison County day cares, following the closure of A Step Ahead Daycare and The Kids Club. Day cares told WKYT they were receiving an increase of parent inquiring about child care but they are already at capacity.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky Tenants hosted Housing for the Holler to inform renters on their rights. “It’s not landlords, it’s not developers, it’s not the real estate people, that are profiting most off of our poverty that are the solution, it’s tenants,” said Kentucky Tenant Executive Director Adrian Williams. Williams says Wednesday night’s meeting was a chance for the organization to inform renters on the importance of advocating for the city to perform Proactive Rental Inspections.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - On Saturday, two families’ worlds changed after a crash on Bryan Station Road that killed 17-year-old Matthew Perrine. The Chaney family was in the other car. Samantha Hamm was driving her son Austin, his girlfriend, and her twin daughters Shayla and Layla Chaney from their home in Bourbon County to Lexington. Hamm’s husband, William Chaney, says he got a call he never wanted or expected after the crash.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkyt.com | Madison Carmouche-Soward
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - On Saturday, Lexington Blue announced they are closing after more than 10 years in operation. The closure comes after an investigation was issued by the Kentucky Attorney General’s office on March 25, 2025. Many current and former customers of Lexington Blue took to social media to talk about their negative experiences with the business. One of those customers is Kierstin Hartley. She says that after months of back and forth, she had to choose a different company.
