Man who died in McAtee Lane shooting identified

IRVINE, Ky. (WTVQ) — A man was shot and killed after allegedly breaking into another man’s home on Sunday in Estill County. According to Kentucky State Police, troopers responded to a home on Richmond Road in Estill County where they found Jeffrey Johnson fatally shot. Police believe through...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint for his keys Monday afternoon, according to Lexington police. Around 12:20 p.m., the mail carrier was in the 800 block of Spring Meadow Drive when the robbery suspect came up to him from behind, revealed a gun and demanded a key, he told police. The mail carrier handed the key over and the suspect ran off with it and the mailbag.

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- The Lexington Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured a man early Saturday morning. Police say they responded to the 1900 block of Stanton Way around 6:42 a.m. for a shooting. When officers responded, they found a man who had been shot. He was taken to the hospital with reported non-life threatening injuries.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Houston woman was indicted Monday for allegedly attempting to defraud the Lexington-Fayette Urban County government out of millions of dollars. According to a press release, Shimea McDonald conspired with others to defraud businesses or municipal entities with an email compromise scam. She, along with others, impersonated vendors in emails and requested wire payments to a new bank account.

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- Protests continue across the nation following the release of graphic videos that show the beating of 29-year old Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers on January 7th. Nichols died three days after the incident. For one local activist, it’s events like this that she’s is trying to...

RICHMOND, Ky. (WTVQ) — Madison Central High School’s wrestling coach was arrested Sunday morning and is accused of assaulting and threatening his wife. According to an arrest citation from the Richmond Police Department, an officer responded to Chad and Christian Fyffe’s home around 3 a.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, the officer saw Chad, who is Madison Central’s wrestling coach, standing by the front door with his arms raised holding a gun in the air.

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- The legacy of a black horse jockey is being honored in Lexington through a major arts project. On Saturday, LexArts partnered with Lexington artist LaVon Williams and University of Kentucky students to finish up three cast iron sculptures honoring thoroughbred jockey Isaac Murphy. “We’re just super excited...

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- Dawn Runyon understands domestic violence situations better than most people. “While my mother was doing everything she could to protect me from the individuals she was dealing with, what she didn’t know is that i was being sexually abused by an older family member starting at the age of three,” says Runyon.

LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- Hundreds of people were in line today at Pivot Brewing Company, not only for their brews, but for their books. The brewery held a “Grown Up Book Fair” Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. The event included tons of books, as well as vinyls, cd’s...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — Deb Schoenberg owns a boutique style farm in Lexington, where she raises merino sheep and alpaca, later using their wool to produce other good. “I not only sell raw fleeces, I put them into manufacturing at fiber mills, and I pay for the actual processing myself. So I have finished products to sell if I needed to or wanted to, as part of my business model, I also sell it to a co-op, but they’re based upon the quality of the of the raw material. So I spend a lot of money on, on quality feed,” said Schoenberg.

Lexington, Kentucky: Good Sunday evening everyone, its been a very rainy and dreary Sunday across central and eastern Kentucky. The rains have pulled out but we are still left with some drizzle. After a few showers and temperatures in the 40s on Monday, we kick off a very active few day stretch with waves of wintry precipitation. Here is our weather headlines.

FRANKFORT, Ky (WTVQ)- In the capitol city Saturday, Frankfortcon returned for it’s 6th year to the Capitol Plaza Hotel in downtown. The one-day only, pop culture event brings dozens of cosplay characters and families from around the commonwealth in. As a comic con, it features more than a hundred...

It turned out to be an interesting start to Friday across the Northern Bluegrass Region including north Lexington and up into Scott County as a narrow band of early morning snow followed by clearing skies and temperatures in the 20s created a proverbial skating rink with icy roads during the morning commute. Parts of I-75/I-64 in Lexington was closed for a period of time before sunshine coupled with a strong south wind pushed afternoon highs into the mid-40s to close out the week.