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By: Samantha Valentino
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (WKYT) - Ten children in southeastern Kentucky have been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) since 2024, according to state health officials.
By: Samantha Valentino
Ten children in southeastern Kentucky have been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) since 2024, according to state health officials.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Five shootings over the weekend left six people hurt, marking the second most violent weekend for non-deadly shootings in Lexington since 2021, according to Lexington police crime data.
By: Samantha Valentino
Kentucky health officials working with federal agency as state confirms 10 cases since 2024
By: Samantha Valentino
CINCINNATI (WKYT) - Ten children in Eastern Kentucky have been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) since 2024 — a rare and aggressive pediatric brain cancer that typically produces only two to three cases statewide in an entire year.
A mass shooting at Charles Young Park on Saturday ended Lexington’s streak of more than 150 days without a homicide and marked the city’s fifth mass shooting since 2021 — and the only one of the five to be solved, according to a review of Lexington Police crime data.
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A 10-year-old Laurel County girl is fighting one of the deadliest childhood cancers as Kentucky health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigate whether something is causing a rise in cases across Eastern Kentucky.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Laken Snelling pleaded guilty Friday to charges connected to her baby's death, telling a judge, “Instead of helping him, I ended his life.”
By: Samantha Valentino
Laken Snelling pleaded guilty to charges tied to her baby’s death. A judge will determine her sentence at an Oct. 16 hearing.
By: Samantha Valentino
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - State health officials are investigating why ten Eastern Kentucky children have been diagnosed with the same rare and deadly pediatric brain cancer since 2024.
