Jeremy Tombs
Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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.
A coroner in Kentucky is accused of leaving a body inside a hot car instead of properly placing it in a freezer.
A young boy in Kentucky is dead after authorities say he was shot by another child.
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed reports of a flamingo at Cave Run Lake in Rowan County.
It happened Friday afternoon at the Taco Bell on Versailles Road.
Betsy Thomas, her husband, and four children had to escape out the back of their home and up the hill to her daughter’s early Friday morning as their property was submerged by a swollen Little Beaver Creek.
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.
A Powell County family is asking for help after the place they called home for more than 60 years was lost to a fire.
According to a letter sent to parents, Lynette Laine was the school nurse for Rise STEM Academy for Girls for the past two years.
An administrator at Paris Independent Schools is being credited with saving a student’s life.
A crossing guard that was working for an elementary school in Kentucky died after he was hit by a car, officials said.
Officials said the child had bruises all over her body.
A new bill filed in the General Assembly aims to hold dog owners accountable if they are involved in attacks.
Around 180 searchers were all looking for Vanessa Baker on Saturday.
A Lexington mother is speaking out after her unit at the Veridian apartment complex was condemned.
Several county's crews have come into support the effort, as they look for 29-year-old Nancy Cundiff and 60-year-old Vanessa Baker.
Police say the man was assaulted near tracks at a railroad overpass Friday morning and was unconscious when a train came through.
While CDC advisers voted unanimously to recommend the vaccine for kids under five today, the vast majority of parents we spoke with at Jacobson Park tell us they are not comfortable with their kids getting it.
The shooting in Uvalde has reignited a nation-wide debate over gun laws. Long-time eastern Kentucky attorney Ned Pillersdorf says the lenient laws here in the commonwealth largely mirror those seen in Texas.
Police are on scene at the home of Jessamine County Sheriff Kevin Corman.
At least 20 horses were killed in a Kentucky barn fire over the weekend.
Strong winds dealt a sudden but devastating blow, ripping wires out of the wall and ripping the roof clean off their home.
Alex Chubaruk of Christian Mission Ebenezer said they loaded four trucks, each carrying up to 25,000 pounds.
The chase started around 8:30 Monday morning near Todds Road.
