Garrett Wymer
Anchor/Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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Garrett Wymer is a special projects reporter for WKYT. He also anchors WKYT News at 6:30 on The CW Lexington and fills in on the anchor desk for other newscasts. He anchored WKYT's weekend evening newscasts for three years.
Garrett is part of a team that won a National Edward R. Murrow Award in 2022 for "Bridging the Great Health Divide," a year-long reporting effort that focused on addressing health disparities in Kentucky's Appalachian counties.
Garrett joined the WKYT News team in September 2014 as a multimedia journalist. Before working at WKYT, he had the same role at sister station WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, Va.
Garrett graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2013, where he double majored in journalism and political science.
He lives in Lexington with his wife, Amy, and two dogs, Walter and Oliver.
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Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Online court records show Sheangshang has a lengthy criminal history with multiple charges going back 25 years.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 4:21 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A number of factors are to blame, experts say, for the rate of pedestrian-involved crashes across Kentucky.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 10:18 AM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
The initial date had to be rescheduled.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Fixes are now rolling out in a phased approach.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 2:28 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
The tiny technology can be helpful in many different situations for monitoring one’s heart health, doctors say.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Some advocates disagree on the best way to address the problem.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Reports show the NCAA Tournament can be a drain on productivity in the workplace.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 4:58 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
The Office of the Attorney General has issued a consumer alert to warn Kentucky homeowners about the potential for construction- and repair-related scams in the aftermath of last week’s storms.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 4:57 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Many Kentuckians have been wondering what’s taking so long to get the power back on and how do power crews prioritize which repairs to make first.
Heightened interest in ‘Cocaine Bear’ punctuates unanswered questions tied to ‘Bluegrass Conspiracy’
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 3:37 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Melanie Flynn disappeared in 1977. Her body has never been found.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 4:20 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Don’t worry, no spoilers here.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 4:23 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
The process took a Louisville reporter on a journey through Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 3:27 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
In the early- to mid-1980s, WKYT reported extensively on what would become known as the ‘Bluegrass Conspiracy.’
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 4:47 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
The film is loosely based on fact, stemming from a story with Bluegrass connections.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 1:55 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
More first responders and service members with PTSD are falling through the cracks in Kentucky state law, veterans’ advocates said.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 2:10 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer and Alexis Martin
The licensing board’s director says the process is working, but some upcoming changes will improve its efficiency.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 12:02 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Family members of two officers killed in the line of duty 31 years ago are frustrated that Kentucky’s death penalty has been on hold for years. What’s next?
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 3:25 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
The changes are expected to increase pressure, especially on uninsured Kentuckians.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Successful pre-pandemic efforts provide a blueprint as advocates try to address COVID-era overdose increases.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 11:06 AM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
It is the latest step in a legal battle that has stretched longer than seven years.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Post-conviction attorneys want Frankie Covington’s life sentence vacated.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 3:23 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
What does it mean for revenue in the state’s coffers? And what does it mean for the cash in Kentuckians’ wallets?
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 3:06 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Grassroots support groups are trying to bridge the gap in their absence.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
State highway engineers are relying on them in more areas to cut down on crashes.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A recent round-up of suspects in two central Kentucky counties netted nearly two dozen arrests.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 4:52 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Pediatricians do not recommend the practice, but some still do it either by choice or by accident.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 at 2:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Big changes have allowed the vet to keep 'bridging the great health divide' for animals in Appalachia.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Leaders at the Morgan County Animal Shelter in eastern Kentucky say it’s the worst they’ve seen it.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
A quarter of the blood supply helps patients undergoing cancer treatments, experts say.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Many retirees last received a COLA in 2011. Is one even possible right now?
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
WKYT visited several rural counties to see how folks on the frontlines are dealing with an influx of the dangerous drug.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 8:09 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
The bill includes provisions to aid veterans exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Experts said a number of factors make the commonwealth more prone to certain things like that happening.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:30 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
In a one-on-one interview, HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus said the authority is ready for the initial rollout.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Demand is still largely outpacing supply in Lexington, experts say, even as markets cool nationwide.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 1:13 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Denny Lipscombe says his work is key for future generations. But time could be running out.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 2:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
WKYT has reported at least two arrests of Kentucky men in the past six months stemming from self-described predator hunters.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
State police gathered in Frankfort Wednesday to honor troopers killed in the line of duty.
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Rising rent and an affordable housing shortage are among the factors that worry advocates.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer and WKYT News Staff
With the Kentucky primary election a week away, are calls and texts from political campaigns starting to blow up your phone?
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
All four roughly hour-long episodes will be available Friday on Apple TV+.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Kentucky’s Appalachian counties have higher shares of people with medical debt in collections, statistics show.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 12:46 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
As the nation faces a growing pilot shortage, EKU’s Aviation program is growing to meet increasing demand.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 3:04 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Attorneys for Kim Davis, the embattled former Rowan County clerk, are officially appealing the judge’s latest ruling.
Federal judge rules Kim Davis violated couples’ constitutional rights; will go to trial over damages
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 1:43 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
The former Rowan County Clerk spent time in jail for contempt of court for refusing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 1:54 PM EDT
|By Garrett Wymer
Lexington is set to install 25 license plate reading cameras in April.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
A bill filed in Frankfort would help change that, but it has made little progress.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 3:17 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Beds in some facilities are sitting empty - despite the high need for care.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
“They expect us to have the answers that they can’t get from anywhere else,” one CHW said.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST
|By Garrett Wymer
Organizers hope a nature immersion program will help first responders deal with mental health issues.
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