Grason Passmore
Reporter
Lexington, Ky.
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.
Weeks after the accident, the 3-year-old girl remains hospitalized and facing a long road to recovery.
Svoboda learned he’d be needing BBN’s support once again.
This DRC will close after business hours on Monday.
Anyone can get pertussis, though infants are at greatest risk for life-threatening illness.
They gathered at Crossroads Church, hoping to feel a little less alone.
While the White House works to keep elected Democrats in the fold following the rocky debate, the conference has put a national spotlight on Beshear.
It would have shielded the owners of the company from future lawsuits, but it also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic.
“This can have a profound impact in our state. No question about it."
The costly medical expenses can make recovery much more difficult for the survivors and their families.
The dream of a national title might have ended for the Baseball Wildcats, but that didn’t stop a large crowd of fans from welcoming them home Wednesday night.
Experts said they hope it's just the start.
A woman says while her husband was fighting her for his life she was battling the cruise line regarding their trip.
Louisville Metro police have released an abundance of evidence from last month’s arrest of golfer Scottie Scheffler.
The Wildcats defeated Indiana State Sunday in front of a packed house at Kentucky Proud Park.
“In modern times, no president or former president has faced such prosecution. Let alone been convicted of it.”
Second-year students Parisa ShamaeiZadeh and Noor Ali created these free sunscreen dispensers available throughout the University of Kentucky’s medical campus.
At the time of his death, Strong was the oldest living former Kentucky basketball player.
The owners of a Morehead drug rehab facility are both facing child porn charges.
The 17-year-old was going to graduate in just a few short weeks and was set to be the first person in his family to attend college.
Known as ‘Momma Pannell’ on TikTok, Whitney first started out on Facebook in 2007, then continued to grow her following, and Real Estate business, over on Instagram.
Powell County first responders said they’re much more prepared for whatever Mother Nature may have instore Wednesday night.
Health experts now recommend women have mammograms at 40-years-old.
In just three weeks time, they have 11 of the county’s 12 sirens fully operating.
The group Lex4Palestine says they plan to hold what they’re calling a peaceful rally on the lawn outside of the William T Young Library.
Richmond Police Department Chief Rodney Richardson said serving a warrant can actually be one of the most dangerous parts of an officer’s job.
If you don’t know what an app is that your child has installed on their phone, then Google it.
Shannon Tipton’s store, the Crystal Coven Mystic Cottage, started receiving backlash after her business was featured by the Tourism Commission.
Helping people reduce or eliminate the cost of electricity, will allow them to invest their money in other needs their families have.
Mere minutes after Reed Sheppard made his announcement to declare for the NBA draft, those on campus already had plenty to say about the decision.
The turnout of hundreds of people, across Greek Life, Dance Team and campus, who came out to celebrate Kate’s life is a testament to the kindness and love she showed everyone.
These chemicals are called PFAS, and they’ve been linked to deadly cancers, impacts to the liver and heart, and immune and developmental damage to infants and children.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Kentucky also ranks in the top five of all U.S. states with the most ATV-accident related deaths.
After getting her family out of a bad situation, one Corbin mother is now focusing her efforts on helping others.
Since telling her story, other students approached Kotomi, and shared they were also sexually abused by someone they trusted in their school system.
Two Corbin families bonded through grief are finding ways to celebrate their children’s legacies and they did so in a way both children would have loved... through baseball.
"It’s snowballing up to the fact that we’re scared we’re going to have a problem with our citizens and we won’t be able to communicate effectively.”
"This is a hurt I cannot fix for my baby girl. I feel her pain. I feel my own pain.”
Giles said in 1844, Lewis and Harriet Hayden escaped from Lexington to Canada. And even though they were fugitives, they returned to the US to work the Underground Railroad.
Once again sparking hours of debate, as both Senators Whitney Westerfield and John Schickel presented their proposed, and different, changes to the Safer Kentucky Act.
Friends and family prayer for one-year-old KeeKee who is in the ICU after a house fire.
Lexington Comic & Toy Convention is bringing the excitement to town, and it’s not just superhero enthusiasts.
An ordinance to ban landlords from rejecting people based on how they pay rent in Lexington will not be taking effect.
Some people who work in addiction recovery are speaking out against House Bill 5.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he will step down from the leadership position in November.
Josiah Kilman led an exceptional life, one that O'Brien Byrd said will never be forgotten.
As House Bill 6, the house budget plan, sits awaiting it’s fate in the Senate, Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman met with superintendents from across the state.
Back in September, 73 flea and parasite infested malti-poos were rescued from a home in Estill County.
Riddle said they’re now advocating for a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion position within the school system.
For more than a decade, 53 social workers have placed thousands of people with substance abuse and/or mental health disorders in treatment and rehabilitation programs, in lieu of costly and lengthy incarceration.
