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Richmond, KY
8:50 pm, Oct 5, 2026
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Sunrise: 7:36 am
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Kentucky Voices in Irma’s Path

Hurricane Irma is officially one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, and the Category 5 hurricane is set to hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands before heading towards the US. Many in the US are scrambling to get supplies and hole up before Irma makes landfall, including these multiple former and current Madison […]

Wind Advisory

Wind advisory Friday- combo of 40-50 mph gusts & soggy ground could lead to downed trees.

EKU Department Quick to Respond for Harvey Victims

Although the rain has stopped falling in Texas after Harvey, donations are still needed for the victims of the record-breaking hurricane. Within twenty four hours, the EKU Environmental Health Sciences department and other local organizations got together to open three donation drop off points across Richmond. Students participated in organizing and helping unload the first […]

Local Churches Working to Help Those in the Path of Harvey

With Hurricane Harvey set to make second landfall tomorrow, those in Texas are in need of donations now more than ever for this record-breaking hurricane and tropical storm. WBON-TV heard that Bethel Baptist Church was teaming up with the Southern Baptist Convention to provide those in need with monetary donations in these beginning stages of […]

WBON TV Highlights From the Astronomy Observation Deck at EKU

After all the excitement and large crowds across the street at the Hummel Planetarium, WBON TV went to the observation deck to witness the eclipse firsthand. The Physics and Astronomy Department was on hand to help with a lineup of specially-filtered telescopes for those that wanted to view the eclipse. The “box-viewers on steroids” were […]

Hummel Planetarium to Host Free Viewing Party on Eclipse Day!

WBON TV went to the Hummel Planetarium on EKU’s campus today to talk all things 2017 Solar Eclipse with Planetarium Educator Aida Bermudez. Bermudez explained how this truly is a once in a lifetime astronomical event, as the last similar solar occurrence happened in 1918, nearly a century ago. She also described the importance of […]