Samantha Valentino
Investigative Reporter/Anchor
Samantha Valentino joined the WKYT team in April 2022.
She grew up in Connecticut where she fell in love with journalism at a young age. Samantha moved to Lexington in 2018 to study broadcast journalism and criminology at the University of Kentucky.
While at UK, she helped create the University of Kentucky's podcast "Bowman's Friends," hosted WRFL 88.1 F.M.'s news program "Campus Voices," and worked as an anchor, reporter, and producer for the UK Student News Network.
Samantha came to WKYT part-time just before graduating from UK and switched to full-time the day after crossing the graduation stage.
A nearly 1,000-page case file obtained by WKYT Investigates reveals new details about the search warrant that led to the fatal shooting of Doug Harless.
Laken Snelling, the former UK student indicted in her baby's death, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment hearing Friday.
The family of a man shot and killed by Danville police over the weekend says he was deaf and unable to hear officers’ commands.
Federal grant cuts announced by the Trump administration Tuesday night created confusion for organizations across Kentucky before being reversed less than 48 hours later.
A Lexington man is facing an assault charge after parents say he shoved their child during a soccer game.
For the first time, we’re hearing some of the 911 calls from Friday’s deadly tornado.
A rule change in Laurel County will block some students from being able to play football.
According to Garrard Co. EMS, the crash happened near the Rocky Top Food Market Shell station at the intersection of US 27 and Old US 27.
Employees of a Dairy Queen in Kentucky claim their manager forced them to eat ice cream that was contaminated with cleaning solution.
Professionals have now been called in to help clean-up.
The car theft was caught on Christin Sims' Ring doorbell cam.
Child psychologist weighs in on back to school anxiety
Neighborhoods in Kentucky reported they've received flyers filled with KKK propaganda in their front yards.
Officials said the classmate was injured in the shoulder.
Governor Beshear signed the sports betting bill into law on Friday. It will take effect in June, but it could be longer before sports betting actually begins in the Commonwealth.
They’re now calling it the “Do No Harm Act”, but LGBTQ advocates say that’s exactly what it will do.
In 2020 and 2022, bills legalizing medical marijuana passed the House only to die in the Senate. This session, Senate Bill 47 was filed by Senator Stephen West, R-Paris, and would create a medicinal cannabis program.
Valentine’s Day, a holiday for celebrating love, is especially significant for one Kentucky couple.
Court records obtained by WKYT say a man threatened to blow up Eastern Kentucky University after his son was academically suspended.
The fire happened Thursday morning at a house on Antioch Ave. in Burnside.
We’re learning new details about the arrest of a University of Kentucky student accused of assaulting another student and calling her racial slurs.
A student at the University of Kentucky has been arrested in connection to a physical and verbal assault against another UK student.
As a result of the collision, Officer Medlock suffered life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene by the Laurel County Coroner.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron wants fentanyl classified as a weapon of mass destruction.
A woman in Kentucky is sharing her harrowing story of how she escaped rising floodwaters last week with her grandmother.
