Grason Passmore
Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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Grason joined the WKYT team in August 2020. She's coming to the Commonwealth from Georgia.
A Georgia girl through and through, Grason is originally from Augusta. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2018. And just two days later, she was working as a reporter in Albany, Georgia.
Within just a few months, Grason was out in the field covering Hurricane Michael. Quickly learning how essential news stations are to communities. It's a passion for telling people's stories and reporting the news that brought her all the way to Lexington!
When she's not reporting, Grason loves hanging with her dog, Dexter, horseback riding, and spending time with friends, and family when they make the trip up! She can't wait to explore Kentucky.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Grason Passmore
Firefighters battled a large fire at a junkyard in Laurel County.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 9:12 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
Both sides are reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court releasing its ruling on the nation’s access to an abortion medication that’s been in use for more than 20 years.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 10:44 PM EST
|By Grason Passmore
Cat Runner won the first season of the new HBO Max show, ‘The Climb,’ and now he’s coming back to the gym where he trained in hopes of inspiring a new generation of climbers.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 10:35 PM EST
|By Grason Passmore
Sports teams across the country are re-evaluating their safety policies after Bills safety, Damar Hamlin, collapsed on the field on Monday night.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 6:28 PM EST
|By WKYT Staff, Grason Passmore and Jordan Gartner
Kentucky authorities say they have opened an investigation after the remains of a fetus were found on a property.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 10:54 PM EST
|By Grason Passmore
November 17, 1972. It was the day Richmond stood still.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 10:54 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
Two Lexington Firefighters have returned home. They were in Florida, helping in the response to Hurricane Ian. Captains Nick Bodkin and Ryan Hogsten are members of the Ohio Task Force One, helping with rescue and recovery efforts. And they’re not alone in their work.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 10:42 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
As Judge Executive Jeff Noble works with the little money they have, there is some since of relief for the community Thursday.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 10:36 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
The Lexington community gathered on Friday to raise awareness for an important cause, all in memory of a young boy.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 10:04 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
New safety measures are in effect downtown Friday night. City leaders are hopeful these steps will deter violence in Lexington after several shootings over the past few weekends.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
A Lexington woman is warning others after she ended up in the hospital.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 11:15 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
“They were defending the community and their county. They were performing their job duties. It takes brave, special people to do what they were doing to start with. I look at each one of them as heroes,” said Rowe.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 11:49 AM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
As the Senate works to pass new gun control laws, one organization in Kentucky is discussing school safety.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2022 at 11:03 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
The more than 130 veterans, on the first all-woman Honor Flight Kentucky, were met with hugs, tears, gifts, and most importantly love from people all over the state.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 10:03 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
School districts have less than two months to place a school resource officer in every school.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2022 at 9:48 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
Spreitzer said unless they can find people to at least foster right now, shelters will have to euthanize dogs and cats in large numbers.
Updated: May. 28, 2022 at 7:23 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
“It’s an honor any time someone can make it to 100 years. But we’re talking about an individual who also served his country in World War Two,” said Mayor Al Botts.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 10:11 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
We’re seeing a rise in COVID and flu cases in Kentucky right now.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 4:03 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
It’s more than 48 hours later, and a Lexington community is still trying to wrap their heads around the murders of two children.
Updated: May. 1, 2022 at 10:43 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
With almost 50 years in radio, Karl Shannon has made plenty of friends, from Waylon Jennings to Garth Brooks. But the bond he built with Naomi Judd was something different.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2022 at 10:32 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
‘The Judds’ were to be inducted into the County Music Hall of Fame Sunday. They have been hall of famers here in the Commonwealth for 16 years now. Those at the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in Mount Vernon shared the ways Judd inspired generations of musicians.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2022 at 10:28 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
Stevens said you can call 911 at any point you’re in an emergency situation. The dispatchers will help the team find you and get you help.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2022 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
Approaching the one-year anniversary of her death, her family wanted to remember Sophia in a way she would have loved. So they organized an Easter celebration for all of her friends and kids in the community.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 4:59 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
Police are now warning communities about a new social media trend.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 10:27 PM EST
|By Grason Passmore
It’s a confusing time for all of us, and now questions are being raised about the differences between N95, surgical, and cloth masks.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
A portion of a Franklin County parking lot gave way Friday morning, nearly sending a car into the Kentucky River.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 at 10:20 AM EST
|By WKYT News Staff and Grason Passmore
An investigation is underway in Bourbon County after a body was found.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 at 5:14 PM EST
|By Grason Passmore
A five-year-old boy is now permanently blind after someone fired shots into a home early Monday morning.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2020 at 1:46 PM EST
|By Grason Passmore
Representing Danville Christian Academy, First Liberty Institute and Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed for a temporary restraining order Friday. The lawsuit seeks to block the Governor’s order prohibiting private schools, including religious schools, from holding in-person classes after Thanksgiving.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2020 at 4:12 PM EST
|By WKYT News Staff and Grason Passmore
A University of Kentucky internal audit has revealed more than $250,000 in misused funds by two former employees in the College of Education.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2020 at 10:29 AM EDT
|By Grason Passmore
A pregnant woman is now recovering in the hospital after being found with a gunshot wound to her head. Her sister describing the last two days as a complete nightmare.
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