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.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2023 at 11:13 PM EST
|By Jeremy Tombs
LaFontaine Preparatory School in Richmond applied to become the state's first charter school. But public-school educators and parents are pushing back against the proposal.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 10:59 PM EST
|By Jeremy Tombs
Republican Michael Adams tallied more votes than any other candidate on the ticket this Election Day.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 11:32 PM EST
|By Jeremy Tombs
A month on from the start of this deadly and devastating war, they want to effect change here in the commonwealth.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 11:12 PM EST
|By Jeremy Tombs
"Study hard, keep challenging yourself, and be kind," read the letter from President Biden.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 11:16 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
When the war in the Middle East began, the FBI warned of a possible rise in antisemitism across the country.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2023 at 11:09 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs and Lucy Bryson
The Kentucky Department of Education has just released its school report card for this past academic year.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2023 at 10:50 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Kentucky's House GOP delegation joined a unanimous vote from their party to elect Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to the speakership.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2023 at 10:36 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The group BUILD held a transportation summit Thursday night in downtown Lexington, where they heard from community members about what troubles they face while using public transit.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2023 at 10:46 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Gene Burch’s birds’ eye view of the capital city is one he’s relished for decades.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 12:03 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
Lexington has been awarded a $1.8 million Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant to expand its recycling program, growing the list of acceptable plastics to include yogurt containers, butter tubs and other similar plastics.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Fryman says the program alters some students’ lives by helping them to further their education.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 12:36 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs and Emily Van de Riet
A coroner in Kentucky is accused of leaving a body inside a hot car instead of properly placing it in a freezer.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 10:53 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Several Morgan County officials are facing a lawsuit, including the county’s former coroner, Raymond Vancleave.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT
|By WKYT staff, Jeremy Tombs and Jordan Gartner
A young boy in Kentucky is dead after authorities say he was shot by another child.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed reports of a flamingo at Cave Run Lake in Rowan County.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 10:55 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The Kentucky Virtual Academy just logged on for its first day on August 9, but Principal Sallie Johnson says their enrollment is already taking off.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2023 at 9:35 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
In the first weeks of the academic year, multiple Kentucky school districts are already feeling the impacts of COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 11:10 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Seven members of the Kentucky Region of the American Red Cross are serving in Maui.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2023 at 10:30 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
“He said that he’s mapping out the Chabad center,” said Rabbi Shlomo Litvin.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 10:30 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Bath County community members have discovered their high school in what some described as an “awful condition.”
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 9:57 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Two eighteen-year-olds were taken by tragic accidents along I-75 just weeks apart.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 10:34 PM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
Memorial service remembers Eastern Kentucky flood victims
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 10:45 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
More than 400 students are taking flight with the EKU Center for Aviation this fall - a record-setting enrollment.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2023 at 10:25 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The FAA says flight 485 left Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, but after 30 minutes, it somehow ended up on a collision course with another jet.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 9:58 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Nearly one year has passed since the devastating floods in eastern Kentucky, but one Letcher County native has spent that year grappling with what happened.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 5:46 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
There are around 25,000 UPS workers across the state of Kentucky. One thousand of those UPS employees work in lexington under the Teamsters banner.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
EKU president, Dr. David McFaddin, says they have seen significant growth in the number of new and returning students coming to Richmond.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2023 at 11:57 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Workers for UPS, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, are gearing up for a strike.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2023 at 11:48 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
A lexington man who admitted to murdering his wife and two daughters has learned his fate in court.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2023 at 11:54 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
State health leaders came before legislators on Friday to discuss the end of the federal COVID-19 emergency.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
An unusual sight Tuesday morning in Lexington.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2023 at 10:14 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
A Scott County woman has been sentenced for killing her ex-husband.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2023 at 11:56 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
The nurse accused of killing a patient by ‘intentional medical maltreatment’ has entered a guilty plea in the case.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2023 at 10:18 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
The man accused of killing Deputy Caleb Conley was back in court Friday morning.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 12:03 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs, Phil Pendleton and Grason Passmore
A procession from Frankfort to Cynthiana was held Tuesday morning to honor the life of fallen Scott County sheriff’s deputy Caleb Conley. He was shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday on I-75.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 12:09 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
A Powell County family is asking for help after the place they called home for more than 60 years was lost to a fire.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 12:12 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Kentucky’s Office of the Attorney General declared the month of May ‘Missing Child Awareness Month’ on Wednesday.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 9:12 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
It happened Monday morning at the construction site of the new high school in Scott County, near the intersection of Long Lick Road and the bypass extension at the roundabout.
Updated: May. 7, 2023 at 8:37 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff, Mariah Congedo and Jeremy Tombs
Lexington Police say the accident happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday night near the intersection of Sandersville Road at Atoma Drive. The vehicle involved fled the scene of the accident.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 11:58 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
He understands that people may be hesitant, but he’s calling on people to take the leap and help fellow Kentuckians.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Kentuckians will head to the polls for the primary election on May 16.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 10:13 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs and WKYT News Staff
A crossing guard hit by a car in Lexington has died.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:04 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
A Winchester man is feeling some frustration after Wednesday’s storms added to his repair list from other recent storms.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 11:23 AM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
A Pike County grand jury looked into Lance Storz’s suicide.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 12:12 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
First responders in Jessamine County are asking the community to help out one of their own after one of the county’s EMT officials had their home destroyed in a fire.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 12:04 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs and Samantha Valentino
They’re now calling it the “Do No Harm Act”, but LGBTQ advocates say that’s exactly what it will do.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 12:09 PM EDT
|By Jeremy Tombs
Bourbon industry leaders and workers will spend their week at the University of Kentucky as the James B. Beam Institute holds its annual conference.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 12:02 PM EST
|By Jeremy Tombs and Julia Sandor
Senate Bill 115 originally would have banned drag performances within a thousand feet of places like parks, schools, and even homes. House Bill 470 would ban healthcare providers from doing anything to help kids transition.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 11:56 AM EST
|By Jeremy Tombs
Four more bills moved out of the House Education Committee in Frankfort Tuesday morning, but not all went without opposition.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 4:02 PM EST
|By WKYT News Staff and Jeremy Tombs
The State Department of Public Health has confirmed a new case of measles in Kentucky, and officials say that person attended part of the 16-day revival at Asbury University.