WTVQ-TV (Lexington, KY)

WTVQ-DT is the ABC-affiliated TV station serving Lexington, Kentucky. The station offers a variety of news programs throughout the day, airing from 5am to 7am, 9am to 10am, 12pm to 1pm, 5pm to 6:30pm, 10pm to 10:30pm, and 11pm to 11:30pm.

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Baker resigns as Dunbar's head boy's basketball coach

1 day ago | wtvq.com | Forrest Tucker

He spent one season at the helm of the Bulldogs LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Paul Laurence Dunbar is searching for a new head boy’s basketball coach after George Baker resigned from his post, the school announced on Tuesday. Baker spent one season as the head coach of the Bulldogs leading his alma mater to 3-27 record and a first round exit in the 43rd District Tournament.
All-Pro pass rusher Trey Hendrickson shows up at Bengals' practice frustrated over contract

1 day ago | wtvq.com | Forrest Tucker

CINCINNATI (AP) — A text from head coach Zac Taylor led Bengals All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson to head to Cincinnati, attend Tuesday’s optional team practice as a spectator and speak to reporters. Hendrickson, entering the final year of his contract, has been seeking a new deal and also requested a trade. The Bengals’ front office hasn’t matched what he’s looking for. On Monday, Taylor texted Hendrickson that he’d be fined if he didn’t report to mandatory minicamp next month.
Physicality is what Mark Pope thinks makes Otega Oweh an NBA caliber talent

1 day ago | wtvq.com | Forrest Tucker

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Mark Pope probably wouldn’t mind having Otega Oweh back in Blue and White next season. But, if he’s not, the head Wildcat has full confidence that becoming a professional player is the right choice for the star guard. “He has so much room to grow. I think his ceiling as a playmaker he hasn’t even begun to tap into,” said Pope with the NBA Draft just over a month away.
Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team

1 day ago | wtvq.com | Forrest Tucker

The team represents the best college football players in the Commonwealth. LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Football players from 17 college and universities from across Kentucky have been named to the 2025 Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team. The team is an annual recognition from the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame and the honorees will take part in a ceremony on Friday, June 27, in Frankfort.
UK Football's Kattus wins Judge's Champion Award at 2025 Dancing with the Lexington Stars

2 days ago | wtvq.com | Forrest Tucker

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Kentucky Football’s Josh Kattus is the winner of Dancing with the Lexington Stars’ Mirror Ball Trophy for the second year in a row. The Wildcat tight-end partnered with Allison Fliehman, who leads Clark’s Pump-N-Shop’s marketing and community engagement efforts, to raise over $11,000 for charity in the process of tying Whittney Allen for the award over the weekend at The Carrick House.
UK Softball locking in ahead of NCAA Tournament on Friday

2 days ago | wtvq.com | Forrest Tucker

Wildcats set to face Northwestern at 2 p.m. on May 16 LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Only one team of Wildcats will remain after the first weekend of the NCAA Softball Tournament in Clemson, South Carolina. Kentucky and Northwestern are preparing to face-off in a battle of at-large contenders. Hosts Clemson and four-seeded USC Upstate are the others in the quartet of teams. “When we get into the postseason it’s gloves off, claws out,” said Head Coach Rachel Lawson.
Life since winning the Kentucky Oaks and Derby at Jonabell Farm

2 days ago | wtvq.com | Forrest Tucker

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW)- Michael Banahan had four two-year-old colts on Jonabell Farm who had a chance to become household names in their next year of racing. Now, one of them has his name written in history forever as the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner. On May 3, Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado finished a job that started on the outskirts of Lexington in 2022, but dated back decades.
Baptist Health celebrates nurses during Nurse Appreciation Week

5 days ago | wtvq.com | Sydney St. Claire

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – It is National Nurse Appreciation Week, with many businesses participating in the event by offering deals and discounts. Nurse Appreciation Week runs from May 6th through the 12th. Baptist Health Lexington held a celebration in honor of its nurses and show its appreciation. There was food, massage therapists, aroma therapy, therapy dogs, activities and prizes.
Lexington's 'Peacekeepers' working to keep young people safe

5 days ago | wtvq.com | Jane Davenport

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — For the past couple of years, One Lexington has been deploying adults around the community to places where kids and teenagers are known to hang out. “We got a bunch of trained individuals, crisis response advocates, community members to come together and occupy downtown and engage some of the young people to kind of step on some of these conflicts while they were small before it escalated to gun violence,” One Lexington’s Devine Carama said.
Fr. Jim Sichko: Pope Leo XIV will allow people to "walk through the door" Francis opened

6 days ago | wtvq.com | Paxton Boyd

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. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. The 69-year-old — formerly know as Robert Francis Prevost — wearing his papal vestments, addressing the crowd for the first time as Pope Leo XIV, delivering his first blessing and saying ‘Peace be with you.'”Lexington priest Father Jim Sichko believes Leo will continue to represent Pope Francis’ values.