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.
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“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.
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As the Senate works to pass new gun control laws, one organization in Kentucky is discussing school safety.
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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.
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School districts have less than two months to place a school resource officer in every school.
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Spreitzer said unless they can find people to at least foster right now, shelters will have to euthanize dogs and cats in large numbers.
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“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.
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We’re seeing a rise in COVID and flu cases in Kentucky right now.
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It’s more than 48 hours later, and a Lexington community is still trying to wrap their heads around the murders of two children.
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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Police are now warning communities about a new social media trend.
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It’s a confusing time for all of us, and now questions are being raised about the differences between N95, surgical, and cloth masks.
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A portion of a Franklin County parking lot gave way Friday morning, nearly sending a car into the Kentucky River.
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An investigation is underway in Bourbon County after a body was found.
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A five-year-old boy is now permanently blind after someone fired shots into a home early Monday morning.
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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.
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A University of Kentucky internal audit has revealed more than $250,000 in misused funds by two former employees in the College of Education.
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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.