Shelby Lofton
Weekend Anchor/Reporter
Lexington, KY
Shelby Lofton joined the WKYT team in July 2019 as a multimedia reporter. She’s brand new to the Lexington area, having come straight from Columbia, Missouri, where she attended the University of Missouri. She graduated Cum Laude with degrees in Spanish and Broadcast Journalism.
While attending the Missouri School of Journalism, Shelby worked at KOMU-TV, the NBC affiliate in Columbia, Missouri. She started as a production assistant during her freshman year, and worked her way up to anchoring and reporting. Shelby also worked at Newsy, a digital-focused, national news organization, where she was part of the Newsy Briefs team. She was fortunate to try out a lot of jobs behind the camera in college, but reporting is where her heart is.
Shelby was born in raised in Los Angeles, California, where her family and dog, Nutmeg, live. She grew up taking road trips up the west coast to visit extended family in Washington state. She loves traveling and has visited 10 countries and some of the Caribbean islands. She also speaks Spanish, and loves to practice conversation as much as possible!
When she’s not in the newsroom or out reporting in the field, Shelby enjoys catching up on true crime documentaries, listening to podcasts, dining at different hotspots, cheering on Mizzou sports and taking drives around the beautiful Bluegrass.
Don’t hesitate to reach out with story ideas. She’s all ears!
Police departments around the state are coming together in support of law enforcement in Floyd County.
Officers, family and community members have came out to the parking lot at the Georgetown Police Department to honor Lieutenant Gary Crump. He died 1 year ago Thursday.
Dozens of horses and their handlers at the Ashwood Training Center now have less than 24 hours to move off the property.
High winds caused some damage at the Lexington Farmers Market on Wednesday. Several tents were blown away and broken.
Broadband internet access is expanding across the commonwealth. Monday, Governor Andy Beshear announced more than $89 million in grant funding to bring high-speed internet access to unserved communities.
The Georgetown Police Department was awarded six new Guardian Angel Light Devices to help officers while they work in low light conditions.
Dozens of volunteers met up at the Kentucky River to help with clean-up.
UK HealthCare has announced plans to build another hospital in Lexington.
As the heat wave continues, many families are turning to the pool, but unsupervised children can find their way into bodies of water unexpectedly.
A lot of folks are taking every opportunity to stay out of the heat, but some still have to work outside in the hot sun.
A food pantry in Lexington is promoting pride, not just this month, but year-round.
The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging brought the “Health Brain Aging Across the Bluegrass” program to a fair in Frankfort Saturday.
City officials outlines their plans for Juneteenth celebrations in Lexington.
Six cases among children have been confirmed in Kentucky.
What do you think about the New Circle corridor?
In Lexington, a group rallied outside the Fayette County Courthouse, calling for change.
A crowd of protesters gathered in Mt. Sterling Thursday to call on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to act on gun reform.
The Scott Co. Sheriff’s Department confirms to WKYT that an abandoned school building was damaged in a fire early Monday morning.
High gas prices and inflation in general is changing the way people are spending the holiday weekend.
Students at Henry Clay, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Bryan Station High Schools turned their tassels Saturday. Tates Creek, Frederick Douglass and Lafayette High School seniors graduated Friday.
The Lexington community has had a tough month. The city has recorded eleven homicides in May, making it the deadliest single month in the last 14 years.
Steven Wilson, 64, is facing three counts of Murder-Domestic Violence.
The Lexington Center Corporation announced Thursday what kind of development will go in the parking lot across from Rupp Arena.
Lexington’s six city pools will start to open Memorial Day weekend.
Many are reeling after Lexington’s latest homicide.
Hospitals in central Kentucky and worldwide are dealing with another shortage, this time for contrast dye.
We are now less than 24 hours away from primary Election Day.
Stepping Stone Farm is located on the Bourbon/Harrison county line. It had been a tobacco and cattle farm for many years, until recently.
The university had a goal of filling more than 700 jobs. With more than 24,000 employees---it’s one of the largest employers in central Kentucky, and it’s continuing to grow.
A gap in the law— that’s what Fayette County’s commonwealth’s attorney told us after a Lexington mother seeking justice for her daughter reached out to us.
Nurses are calling for change in their field after two long years of hospitals being overwhelmed with COVID patients.
A nonprofit is helping Kentucky families while the nationwide formula shortage continues.
On Oaks Day, we celebrate the ladies, and the African American female members of a syndicate are taking the time to celebrate their accomplishments.
Dozens of horse trainers at Ashwood Training Center received a notice to vacate Wednesday.
New findings have been released in the investigation into a commonwealth’s attorney.
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles announces his run for Governor in 2023.
Ukrainian Pentecostal Church in Jessamine County held a second bake sale to benefit Ukraine on Saturday.
People in Lexington joined others across the country in handing bag fulls of expired pills to volunteers, who will have them properly discarded.
The horses, created for Commonwealth Compassion: Horses of Hope, were created with the help of students in Graves, Hopkins, and Warren Counties, which were affected by the December tornadoes.
The law itself gives rights to the victims of crimes, such as being notified of any hearings for a suspect and the ability to speak at any hearing like a plea, release, or sentencing hearing.
Abedunmola Gbadegesin arrived from Nigeria at Blue Grass Airport on Wednesday. According to the FBI, he’s involved in a scam to defraud a Lexington woman of $200,000 in a romance scam.
April is the Month of the Military Child
Members of the Lexington Fire Department knocked on doors with the goal to save lives Saturday.
Speakers at the grand opening said the more than $300 million project will pay off.
Lexington police are issuing a traffic and parking advisory ahead of the Chris Stapleton at Kroger Field on Saturday.
Officials cut the ribbon Thursday morning on the new $310 million renovations.
Leonard Harris, or Papaw Leonard, is out of the hospital weeks after a medical emergency and got to see his great-granddaughters’ final home game of the season!
The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a “swatting” type incident.
As the war in Ukraine continues to rage on, many Ukrainian-Americans in Kentucky are praying for peace, especially this Easter Weekend.
A Lexington nonprofit is celebrating Easter by giving back.
