Samantha Valentino
Reporter
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Samantha Valentino joined the WKYT team in April 2022.
She grew up in Connecticut where she fell in love with journalism at a young age. Samantha moved to Lexington in 2018 to study broadcast journalism and criminology at the University of Kentucky.
While at UK, she helped create the University of Kentucky's podcast "Bowman's Friends," hosted WRFL 88.1 F.M.'s news program "Campus Voices," and worked as an anchor, reporter, and producer for the UK Student News Network.
Samantha came to WKYT part-time just before graduating from UK and switched to full-time the day after crossing the graduation stage.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2022 at 6:20 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
The 2022 ‘September Sale’ was the highest grossing auction in Keeneland’s history.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 12:01 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff, Dave Baker and Samantha Valentino
We obtained a letter to the NCAA from the University of Kentucky, self-reporting a violation of a bylaw.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:39 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Nearly 60 neighbors have filed a lawsuit against Blackhawk Mining.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 9:10 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Paul Kenneth Sloan was working in the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2022 at 8:16 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Suicide prevention event remembers Somerset girl
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 11:58 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Vanessa Baker and Nancy Cundiff both lived in the Lost Creek community, which was among the hardest hit places in the area. The two were swept away by floodwaters.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 12:33 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
While the shooting didn’t happen on campus, many people who live in the neighborhood where the shooting happened are UK students.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 5:16 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
A group in Lexington is placing teal ribbons throughout downtown Lexington to raise awareness about ovarian cancer.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
UK police are making sure they’re prepared to keep everyone safe.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
According to the CDC the state now has 31 confirmed cases, and three of those cases are in Lexington.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Wells is recovering and is stable at UK hospital.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2022 at 7:41 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
The Burl and Landline Presents: A Concert for EKY Flood Relief
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 7:35 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Thursday marks four weeks to the day floods began in Eastern Kentucky.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2022 at 6:26 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Car show honors Lexington radio legend Karl Shannon
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Many school districts are coming together to help Knott County Schools.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Move in for K-State is Thursday, but some students said they got an email saying they don’t have a placement in a residence hall.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2022 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Eastern Kentucky artists raising money for flood relief
Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 7:53 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Lane Howard is selling lemonade to help a family that lost everything in the floods.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:08 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Tony Calhoun was from Breathitt County, and a well-known filmmaker in the area.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
In April, the legislature passed House Bill 63 requiring all school campuses to have school resource officers. We know many districts did not meet the August 1 deadline.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 5:04 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Governor Andy Beshear says it will take months, even years, to recover and rebuild from the historic flooding.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2022 at 2:51 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
88 year-old Somerset woman gets biggest dream granted
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:29 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino and Jordan Gartner
A woman in Kentucky is sharing her harrowing story of how she escaped rising floodwaters last week with her grandmother.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 5:03 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
A woman and her grandmother had to tread water for over an hour to get to a mountain, and got rescued 16 hours later.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 5:34 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Hundreds of volunteers were at East Perry Elementary School collecting, sorting and delivering donations after the deadly floods in eastern Kentucky.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 4:28 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
People of central Ky. working to help those in EKY
Updated: Jul. 30, 2022 at 7:16 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
“We lost everything but we’re here to help the community now so that’s all I care about.”
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 4:47 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Baseball tournament benefitting Winchester boy who fell through skylight
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 7:05 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Protect Kentucky Access is working to defend Constitutional Amendment 2
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 12:26 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Many outdoor school athletic programs are making sure their athletes stay safe during the heatwave.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 2:22 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Samantha Valentino
Players accused Head Coach Jane Worthington of mental and verbal abuse.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
The average price of gas in Kentucky is $4.12 according to AAA.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2022 at 4:54 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
A Kentucky county Republican Party deleted its Facebook page after an ‘antisemitic’ post was shared
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Celebrating 33 years of BreyerFest at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
State leaders continue working to fight the nursing shortage the commonwealth is facing.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 11:53 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Despite the rise, gas prices are trending down. In Lexington, AAA says the average price of gas per gallon is down 50 cents, since hitting an all-time high.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Posts on social media about fake crimes are spreading fake information.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 11:45 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Tony White is accused of attacking and abducting a 75-year-old woman before taping her in his closet.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 3:29 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Through their “It’s Cool to be a Vet” giveaway, they’re giving three veterans brand new cooling systems for their homes.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 12:09 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Samantha Valentino
They felt a reintroduction would be beneficial since they’ve seen a lot of change within their chapter over the past few years.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 5:08 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Ahead of the Barbasol Championship this week in Nicholasville, the Pro-Am golf tournament got underway Monday morning.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 11:43 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Kentucky’s abortion ban law, if upheld, could have a lot of impact on a lot of women, including domestic violence victims.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 12:26 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Fourth of July celebrations aren’t always a one-day affair in many neighborhoods.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 12:33 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
As we enter the early days of summer and the temperatures begin rise, we’re seeing an increased number of people on motorcycles out on the roads.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 11:49 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
A major milestone in the construction of a new Lexington hospital was made Tuesday morning.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 2:44 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
The Lexington community gathered to celebrate Juneteenth
Updated: Jun. 18, 2022 at 3:34 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
First year of Juneteenth celebrations in Frankfort
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 11:43 AM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Students from the Stewart Home and School in Frankfort worked together to create a horse for LexArt’s Horse Mania.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 12:26 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
Kentucky summer camps are having to make some adjustments due to the heat wave.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT
|By Samantha Valentino
It’s a troubling trend - suicide rates among children are rising. Not only nationally, but in Kentucky too.
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