Temperatures dropping below zero means water meters can freeze, and the Northern Kentucky Water District crew has answered the call.

“We are seeing somewhere in between 10 to 20 patients each day in the Children’s Hospital who need admissions,” Chief Medical Officer for Kentucky Children’s Hospital Dr. Lindsay Ragsdale said. It’s one of many reasons why Kentucky is one of four states ranked high for respiratory illness activity by the CDC.

This week brought the coldest temperatures since 2022. Shane Holinde at Kentucky Mesonet recounts Kentucky's coldest winter extremes.

Kentucky remains in the grip of brutally cold air, with temperatures expected to stay below freezing for a few more days.

Here's what you should know about frostbite, its symptoms, stages, and how to treat it, during Kentucky's freezing weather.

When temperatures plunge to dangerous levels as they have this week, Jessica Lee’s nonprofit in Somerset runs low on space for all the people seeking to come indoors. So she gets on the phone to shelters around the region.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Single digit lows were common across the region this morning with another round of frigid temps likely tonight before we catch a break for a day or two. That break is short-lived as another arctic air mass invades later this weekend into next week. That one brings winter weather opportunities with it.