Jeremy Tombs
Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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Jeremy joined the WKYT News team in July 2021 following graduation from the Broadcast Journalism program at the University of Maryland.
Prior to WKYT, he reported and anchored for Capital News Service Maryland.
Jeremy was born and raised on the Jersey Shore, growing up in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. When he's not working, Jeremy loves to get outdoors to hike or fish, and he is also an avid sports fan.
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“One of the things that abusers will do is take away a victim’s phone, it’s a common tactic,” said Diane Fleet with Greenhouse 17.
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Appalshop in Letcher County is reshaping its view of a typical work week.
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The work between the Clays Ferry and Man O' War exits will now go on until November 15.
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New Vista call takers are on pace to pick up the phone more than 5,000 times this year.
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A community in southern Kentucky is making a new push in the fight against crime.
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Former Governor Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane tell us he will be remembered as a futuristic thinker focused on making a difference for Kentuckians.
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Several Morgan County officials are facing a lawsuit, including the county’s former coroner, Raymond Vancleave.
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A new non-profit organization named in honor of a fallen Kentucky deputy went live on Tuesday.
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The Pulaski County community honored the memory of Andrew Dodson at Senior night.
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A young boy in Kentucky is dead after authorities say he was shot by another child.
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FDA approval in March allowed the life-saving drug to be bought without any type of prescription.
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The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed reports of a flamingo at Cave Run Lake in Rowan County.
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“It burned down what looked like more than half the house...almost everything was gone,” said UK senior Antonio Jones.
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Just last week, Ford union workers at the Kentucky truck plant in Louisville gathered for a practice picket.
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16 Kentuckians are still serving in Hawaii, three weeks after Maui fell victim to one of the deadliest wildfires in American history.
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In the first weeks of the academic year, multiple Kentucky school districts are already feeling the impacts of COVID-19.
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Seven members of the Kentucky Region of the American Red Cross are serving in Maui.
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Bath County community members have discovered their high school in what some described as an “awful condition.”
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According to the jail website, 49-year-old Kevin Daniel Lentz was arrested and booked into jail Tuesday morning.
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Two eighteen-year-olds were taken by tragic accidents along I-75 just weeks apart.
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Memorial service remembers Eastern Kentucky flood victims
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More than 400 students are taking flight with the EKU Center for Aviation this fall - a record-setting enrollment.
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The FAA says flight 485 left Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, but after 30 minutes, it somehow ended up on a collision course with another jet.
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Nearly one year has passed since the devastating floods in eastern Kentucky, but one Letcher County native has spent that year grappling with what happened.
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The YMCA of Central Kentucky is getting ready to gear up more than 5,000 children for the new academic year.
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EKU president, Dr. David McFaddin, says they have seen significant growth in the number of new and returning students coming to Richmond.
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The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Commission held a public hearing Monday morning on research money.
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They say they’ve seen a significant increase in vehicle thefts from 2021 to 2022 and not just not nationally but in the Lexington metro area as well.
Workers for UPS, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, are gearing up for a strike.
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Many Madison County residents are dealing with the aftermath of the powerful storms that rolled through Sunday evening into Monday morning.
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The Lexington Stryders track club will host the sixth annual Trinity Gay Memorial Classic this weekend.
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Lexington’s leaders are looking into what resources they currently have and ways the city can improve mental health.
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State health leaders came before legislators on Friday to discuss the end of the federal COVID-19 emergency.
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She and her neighbors said they think this young bear could be one of the cubs that were spotted with its mother in this same area exactly one year ago.
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An unusual sight Tuesday morning in Lexington.
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On July 1st, 1948, Governor Earle Clements signed off on an act that established the Kentucky State Police.
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Lexington is also set to use some of that budget to combat domestic violence. A new job is opening to connect children who deal with the issue to vital resources.
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State leaders and advocates for Kentucky’s seniors were at the Capitol Thursday morning to commemorate World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
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A Scott County woman has been sentenced for killing her ex-husband.
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the Lexington Fire Department announced they had bought more than 3,600 doses of Narcan.
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The nurse accused of killing a patient by ‘intentional medical maltreatment’ has entered a guilty plea in the case.
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It has taken years, but officials with the Blue Grass Agent Chemical-Destruction Pilot Plant, or BGCAPP, say they are nearing completion of the project to destroy chemical weapons.
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The suspected intoxicated driver involved in the crash is expected to recover.
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A procession from Frankfort to Cynthiana was held Tuesday morning to honor the life of fallen Scott County sheriff’s deputy Caleb Conley. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday on I-75.
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The Lexington Fire Department is sounding the alarm about an increase in fires across the city.
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A Powell County family is asking for help after the place they called home for more than 60 years was lost to a fire.
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Kentucky’s Office of the Attorney General declared the month of May ‘Missing Child Awareness Month’ on Wednesday.
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Ezekiel Byrd, the Berea man who had been fighting for his life after a crash, has died.
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According to a letter sent to parents, Lynette Laine was the school nurse for Rise STEM Academy for Girls for the past two years.
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Blowen says the goal of this day and their farm as a whole is not to ignore the problems with horse racing but to shine a light on these animals and the positives of the sport.
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