Wkyt News at 11 Pm on 3 - 26 - 16

to a long week of waiting... as leaders in brussels confirm that a lexington native and her husband are among those killed in tuesday's terrorist attacks. SOT: our security levels have risen in our country -- KRISTEN: police clear the crime scene at the brussels airport. we're tracking the latest in their invesitgation. Kristen: and.. gunshots in a quiet bourbon county neighborhood.. has police searching for a shooter. what neighbors saw. "Tracking. Alerting. Protecting. WKYT News starts with Breaking News." A TERRIBLE END TO A WEEK OF WAITING. THANKS FOR STAYING UP LATE WITH WKYT. I'M KRISTEN KENNEDY. THE FAMILY OF LEXINGTON NATIVE STEPHANIE SHULTS ... CONFIRMED LATE TODAY ... BOTH STEPHANIE AND HER HUSBAND JUSTIN ... ARE DEAD. THEY DISAPPEARED DURING TUESDAY'S TERROR ATTACKS INSIDE THE BRUSSELS AIRPORT. WKYT'S CAITLIN CENTNER IS AT THE LIVE DESK WITH THE LATEST ON THE FINDINGS ... AND REACTION FROM STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS. GOOD EVENING, KRISTEN. IT'S BEEN A VERY TRYING WEEK FOR FAMILY OF LEXINGTON NATIVE STEPHANIE SHULTS AND HUSBAND JUSTIN. A WEEK OF FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS HAS ENDED TONIGHT... WITH THE WORST. THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA WE LEARNED JUSTIN AND STEPHANIE SHULTS WERE KILLED IN TUESDAY'S HORRIFIC ATTACK ON THE BRUSSELS AIRPORT. STEPHANIE'S EMPLOYER MARS INCORPORATED WROTE IN A FACEBOOK POST 'WE ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND.' THAT JUST HOURS AFTER LEARNING JUSTIN WAS CONFIRMED DEAD. HIS BROTHER, LEVI SUTTON, WROTE ON TWITTER 'THE LAST THING MY BROTHER EVER TOLD ME WAS THAT HE LOVED ME'. HE WENT ON TO SAY 'WE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT COWARDS TOOK MY BROTHER'S LIFE JUST WEEKS AFTER HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY'. THE PAIR HAD BEEN LIVING IN BRUSSELS SINCE 20-14. MANY FROM ALL OVER HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA... EXPRESSING THEIR CONDOLENCES. LEXINGTON'S MAYOR JIM GRAY HAS BEEN SHARING UPDATES ON HIS PAGE, SAYING TONIGHT 'WE JOIN THE MANY OTHERS PRAYING FOR THEIR FAMILIES.' KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING 'WE WILL NEVER FORGET THIS DAUGHTER OF KENTUCKY, THE ANGUISH FELT BY HER FAMILY, NOR THE EVIL THAT TOOK HER FROM US.' THE FAMILY HAD BEEN GETTING UPDATES ONCE A DAY IN BELGIUM... THIS ONE CERTAINLY NOT WHAT WAS HOPED FOR. GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN SENT OUT A TWEET SAYING HE OFFERS HIS DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OF BOTH STEPHANIE AND JUSTIN SHULTS. AT THE LIVE DESK. CAITLIN CENTNER. WKYT. BELGIAN LEADERS SAY MOST OF THE 31 KILLED ... HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED. AND, POLICE MADE MORE ARRESTS TODAY.... IN CONNECTION TO THE ATTACKS. KENNETH CRAIG HAS THE LATEST FROM BRUSSELS. belgian authorities have charged three men with terrorism offenses after series of raids linked to tuesdays bombings in brussels.americans' stephanie and justin shults were among the 31 people killed. morman missionary joseph empey's parents told cbs news that he suffered burns but will make a full recovery. i felt complete gratitude that my son was alive. prosecutors said a man only identified as faycal c was arrested thursday. he's now facing terrorism and *** crimes. belgian media reports claim faycal cheffou seen in this youtube video is also the mystery man in surveillance video with the two airport suicide bombers. standup bridge: there's a heavy security presence here at the brussels airport which has been closed since tuesday's bombings. authorities say they've finished their investigation of the crime scene, and engineers are now accessing the damage. we also have to look at security measures because our security levels have risen in our country a solidarity march scheduled for sunday has now been postponed...following security concerns that the police department is stretched too thin. still, hundreds of people returned to the growing memorial saturday to share their grief and saddness. kenneth craig, cbs news, brussels, belgium. PROSECUTORS HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THE IDENTITY OF THE THIRD AIRPORT ATTACKER . BUT THEY HAVE SAID A POLICE RAID AT HIS HOME ... DID NOT TURN UP ANY EXPLOSIVES OR GUNS. WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT WEATHER KICK OFF THIS EASTER WEEKEND. IF YOU HAVE ANY OUTDOOR PLANS TOMORROW... ENJOY THEM EARLYT IN THE DAY BECAUSE SHOWERS MAY BE HEADED OUR WAY. WKYT METEOROLOGIST JIM CALDWELL IS TRACKING STORMS. Easter weekend is here! You can see a little of everything this time of year and this one will be no different. We might even have some stronger storms late Sunday. After what ended up as a miserable Friday, our Saturday recovered quite nicely. Temperatures jumped into the low, mid and upper 60s! There were even a few spots that touched the 70s in southeastern Kentucky. The problem with all of this is the fact that it is still March and anything goes this month. That means another big swing in temperatures will be possible... again! WE HAVE SOME NEW CAMPAIGN 20-16 NEWS TONIGHT. DEMOCRAT BERNIE SANDERS HAS PICKED UP MORE DELEGATES ... IN THE RACE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. SANDERS WON THE ALASKA AND WASHINGTON CAUCUSES TODAY. HAWAII IS ALSO HOLDING THEIR CAUCUS TONIGHT. HILLARY CLINTON STILL HAS A BIG LEAD OVER SANDERS. HE MUST WIN MORE THAN 67 PERCENT OF REMAINING DELEGATES... AS WELL AS UNCOMMITTED SUPERDELEGATES ... TO CLINCH THE NOMINATION. PARIS POLICE SAY ONE MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL .. AFTER A SHOOTING EARLY THIS EVENING. AROUND 6-30 TONIGHT ... SOMEONE LIVING ON ON GANO STREET SAYS HE HEARD GUN SHOTS ... AND SAW A VICTIM RUNNING TOWARD HIS HOUSE. HE STAYED WITH THE VICTIM ... UNTIL FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED. Dave Robinson / Neighbor:"He had wounds. He had an entrance wound right about here in about the forearm, came about about around the elbow. The gentleman was very fortunate considering the circumstances. He could have taken an head wound." POLICE DON'T YET KNOW WHAT LED UP TO THE SHOOTING. THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE PERSON WHO FIRED THE SHOTS. THE FAMILY OF A PULASKI COUNTY BUSINESSMAN... INJURED IN A SHOOTING... SAYS HE CONTINUES TO RECOVER. WARD CORRELL SUFFERED AN ACCIDENTAL GUNSHOT WOUND AT HIS HOME IN SOMERSET EARLIER THIS MONTH. CORRELL'S SON SAYS HE IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.. BUT HAS MADE 'SIGNIFICANT' IMPROVEMENTS. HIS FAMILY TELLS US... WE HAVE WITNESSED NUMEROUS MIRACLES IN HIS SURVIVAL TO DATE, AND ON THIS EASTER WEEKEND, WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE MIRACLES AND FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRAYERS OF OUR FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY. TONIGHT IN NICHOLASVILLE ... FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF A LOUISVILLE MOTHER GATHERED TO REMEMBER, HER AND HER TWO CHILDREN. THE JESSAMINE COUNTY COMMUNITY HELD A MEMORIAL TO HONOR BILLIE JOE HETTINGER, HER SON, AND DAUGHTER. THE THREE DIED LAST WEEK AT THEIR HOME IN LOUISVILLE. POLICE SAY HER HUSBAND, BRAD HETTINGER, SHOT THE FAMILY ... SET FIRES INSIDE THE HOME ... THEN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. BILLIE JOE IS FROM JESSAMINE COUNTY. SHE AND THE CHILDREN WERE BURIED AT CAMP NELSON YESTERDAY. IT'S BEEN 11 DAYS SINCE A CAR WENT OFF A BRIDGE CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER... AND INTO THE RIVER. TONIGHT, THAT CAR IS FINALLY OUT OF THE WATER. THE CAR WENT OVER THE COMBS-HEHL INTERSTATE 2-75 BRIDGE ... AFTER A CRASH. RESCUERS COULDN'T GET TO THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS ... BECAUSE OF STRONG CURRENTS IN THE RIVER. THEY FOUND ONE BODY IN THE CAR. THEY HAVE NOT YET IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. TWO PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING AFTER A SCARY CRASH IN LAUREL COUNTY. DEPUTIES SAY 36- YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER HOSKINS LOST CONTROL ON KENTUCKY 80.. WENT OFF THE ROAD AND SMASHED INTO A HOUSE! HOSKINS.. AND A PASSENGER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. A BABY IN THE BACKSEAT WAS NOT INJURED. HOSKINS WAS CITED FOR A D-U-I. LEXINGTON POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO MEN WHO BROKE INTO A CONCESSION STAND AT A LEXINGTON BASEBALL FIELD! THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO POPPED UP ON THE SOUTH LEXINGTON YOUTH BASEBALL COMPLEX'S FACEBOOK PAGE. THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE CONCESSION STAND SAY THE TWO MEN BROKE IN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEY DID CAUSE A 'SIGNIFICANT' AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MADISON COUNTY HIT THE COURT TODAY ... TO RAISE MONEY TO HELP HONOR A FALLEN RICHMOND POLICE OFFICER. VARIOUS MADISON COUNTY DEPARTMENTS COMPETED IN THE FIRST EVER 'BATTLE OF THE BADGES.' THE EVENT RAISED MONEY TO SEND OFFICERS TO WASHINGTON D-C ... FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. OFFICER DANIEL ELLIS' NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL THAT WEEK. "For them to be there it will just mean so much more to have so many officers that knew him obviously and so many officers from this county and this jurisdiction and some of the agencies to be up there with us when they call his make for final roll call." ORGANIZERS WANT THE EVENT TO BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT. STILL TO COME ON WKYT NEWS ... FOOTBALL IS TAKING CENTER STAGE IN THE BLUEGRASS. WE HAVE AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE TEAM'S FIRST PUBLIC SCRIMMAGE.. NEXT IN GAME TIME. little of everything this time of year and this one will be no different. We might even have some stronger storms late Sunday. After what ended up as a miserable Friday, our Saturday recovered quite nicely. Temperatures jumped into the low, mid and upper 60s! There were even a few spots that touched the 70s in southeastern Kentucky. The problem with all of this is the fact that it is still March and anything goes this month. That means another big swing in temperatures will be possible... again! Most of your early Easter plans will go untouched. I am talking about the sunrise services and midday egg hunts. Those will likely be fine. Late in the day a potent system will once again move into Kentucky. This will spark rounds of showers and thunderstorms late in the day. Timing for that will be late Sunday and into Monday morning. There's also a chance some of those could be on the stronger side. It is something I'll watch very closely as we move forward. KENTUCKY FOOTBALL WAS ON THE PRACTICE FIELD THIS MORNING... LEE K. HAS THAT AND MUCH MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD IN GAME TIME.. BREAK WITH LOTTERY for the first time this spring... we'll have highlights and reaction from Commonwealth Stadium... on the hardwood, there's only one Kentucky team left playing in the postseason... we'll check in Morehead State... and remember California Chrome...? He was racing again, halfway around the world... seeking the biggest payday of his career. ...all that and more... coming up on WKYT GameTime KENTUCKY'S FOOTBALL SEASON DOESN'T KICK OFF FOR ANOTHER FIVE MONTHS, BUT TODAY THE SOUNDS OF CRACKING PADS COULD BE HEARD INSIDE COMMONWEALTH STADIUM... THE WILDCATS HOLDING THEIR FIRST OPEN PRACTICE OF THE SPRING AND FIFTH PRACTICE OVERALL... DREW BARKER TOOK ALL THE FIRST TEAM REPS AT QUARTERBACK DURING THE TEAM PERIODS AND THEIR WAS A BALANCED LOOK ON OFFENSE... IT WASN'T THE BEST DAY FOR THE DEFENSE TRYING TO STOP THE RUN.. BUT OVERALL MARK STOOPS WAS PLEASED WITH THE FIRST WORKOUT IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA AND FANS. Mark Stoops "It's a beautiful day. It's nice to get out here and I now yall needed to get in and watch a practice and I got nothing to hide. We're going to let you in, but it was good to get the fans out here and get the media out here and have a good day." Denzil Ware "When it's just us, we've got only the coaches to perform for, which is a big deal but when we have an open practice we have everybody out here so we try to really put on a show." Courtney Love "Now we got fans that we got to look good for obviously, but we pretty much. We want to show these fans that Kentucky is going to have a good season this year and we want to keep busting our butts." THE WILDCATS ARE OPERATING UNDER A THIRD OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN AS MANY YEARS... EDDIE GRAN AND HIS OFFENSIVE STAFF HAD GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE OFFENSE, PARTICULARY THE RUNNING BACKS.. HE KNOWS LEARNING THE NEW OFFENSE IS A PROCESS AND HE HAS PATIENCE WITH HIS GUYS THIS SPRING. Eddie Gran "We just wanted to say hey, do what you know right now, let's see what happens. You're in the stadium. You've got some people out here. That was fun, it's tackle and so when the bullets were flying how do you react? That's all I was looking for. So when we watch the film we're going to look for technique. We're going to look for alignment. We're going to look for assignment and then we're going to look for effort. Them we want to see how far we've come from there. The execution part on third down. Did we convert? How was the redzone? All the situations, stuff that we can talk about and learn from." THE UK WOMEN'S QUEST FOR THEIR FIRST FINAL FOUR ENDED AT RUPP ARENA LAST NIGHT... THE WASHINGTON HUSKIES, THE NUMBER SEVEN SEED IN THE REGION, CONTINUED THEIR CINDERELLA RUN WITH THE 85-72 WIN OVER BIG BLUE.MAKAYLA EPPS FINISHED WITH 30... BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH... KENTUCKY FINISHES THE SEASON 25-8. EPPS AND THE CATS NOW SAY GOODBYE TO LONE SENIOR, JANEE THOMPSON. Epps: the disappointment of tonight really hurts for mulitple reasons. The biggest reason is losing Janee. She's been here ever since I've been here. Wanted to get to the Elite Eight for her. It hasn't been done since 2010 so I just wanted to make history again, and losing here is really gonna be hard for me.Thompson: It's meant a lot to me seeing these girls grow and get better every day. It's been very fun. I've become really close with this team and they're like my family. They're like my sisters. I'm really proud of how far we've come and how much better we've gotten. I wouldn't rather be out here with anybody else. It's been a fun ride. SEAN WOODS AND HIS MOREHEAD STATE EAGLES ARE NOW THE LONE KENTUCKY TEAM STILL PLAYING IN POSTSEASON. ON MONDAY, THE EAGLES WILL BEGIN THEIR BEST-OF-THREE SERIES WITH NEVADA IN THE C-B-I CHAMPIONSHIP.WOO DS SAID AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, MOST TEAMS ARE RUNNING ON EMPTY... NOT SO FOR HIS TEAM. Sean Woods: at this point in the game, everybody their tank is heading the other way, towards the "E" mark. Our tank, we're still pumping gas. It's fun for me. It's fun for them. We don't want this to end. They smell blood now. We've gone into two or three places that are hard to play, and it's just us, and we've come out victorious. It says alot about our team and our mentality. A PAIR OF ELITE EIGHT GAMES IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT TODAY... THE FIRST BETWEEN OREGON AND OKLAHOMA.. 2ND HALF, OKLAHOMA UP 15.... BUDDY HIELD GETS THE PASS ON THE WING AND STICKS THE 3... OREGON TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING...ELGIN COOK WITH THE ALLEY-OOP SLAM... 61-46 BUT HIELD WAS UNSTOPPABLE.. 37 POINTS ON 8 OF 13 FROM 3PT RANGE.. THE REST OF THE SOONERS COMBINED FOR 43 POINTS.. AND THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS PUNCH THE FIRST TICKET TO THE FINAL FOUR WITH A 80-68 WIN. THE GAME YOU JUST SAW ON WKYT... TOP RANKED KANSAS AND 2ND SEEDED VILLANOVA.. UNDER FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY... NOVA UP 54- 52... MIKAL BRIDGES TIPS IN THE MISS TO EXTEND THE LEAD TO FOUR.. UNDER 30 SECONDS REMAINING... KANSAS DOWN 4 ... FRANK MASON GETS THE SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE KEY... JAYHAWKS DOWN 1.. 58-57 AFTER VILLANOVA FREE THROWS... KANSAS WITH ONE LAST CHANCE...DOWN 62-59 MASON WITH THE BALL AND HE IS STRIPPED AND MIKEL BRIDGES WOULD GET THE STEAL... THAT WOULD BE IT FOR KANSAS... VILLANOVA WINS 64- 59 AND ADVANCES TO THE FINAL FOUR SEVERAL BIG HORSE RACES TAKING PLACE TODAY INCLUDING ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE.. AND THE BAT CATS WERE SWINGING FOR A WIN OVER TOP RANKED FLORIDA... HIGHLIGHTS ARE NEXT ON GAME TIME MILLION DOLLARS. FOR A SIXTH- STRAIGHT SEASON, KENTUCKY BASEBALL HAS HOSTED THE TOP RANKED TEAM IN THE NATION FOR A WEEKEND SERIES... THIS YEAR THAT TEAM IS THE FLORIDA GATORS.. FLORIDA TOOK GAME ONE FRIDAY... WILDCATS WITH A CHANCE TO TIE THE SERIES THIS AFTERNOON.. TIED AT 1-1 IN THE 4TH.. DORIAN HARISTON CHANGES THAT WITH ONE SWING OF THE BAT... A THREE-RUN SHOT TO THE CLIFF DWELLERS IN RIGHT... 4-1 KENTUCKY. KENTUCKY UP 5-1 IN THE 5TH AND ADDING TO ITS LEAD... GUNNAR MCNEILL DOUBLES DOWN THE LEFT FIELD LINE AND ALL THE WAY TO THE CORNER... THAT WILL SCORE TWO... WILDCATS JUMP OUT TO THE 7-1 LEAD.. AND THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO EVEN UP THE SERIES... KENTUCKY TAKES GAME TWO 7-4.. Gary Henderson "Well I thought it was really important to have Evan run one out of the yard early on and set the tone that we're here and we're ready to go and obviously the backspin line drive that Doc hit out to the deck was a tremendous blast. To be able to put up another three spot up and give our guys some confidence and a little bit of a cushion was really good." KENTUCKY SOFTBALL VISITING THE HOGS IN FAYETTEVILLE... NEEDING A WIN TO TAKE THE SERIES.. SCORELESS IN THE 2ND WITH RUNNERS ON THE CORNERS.. CHRISTIAN STOKES TRIPLES TO CENTER.. JUST OVER THE CENTER FIELDER'S HEAD... TWO RUNS COME INTO SCORE... WILDCATS JUMP OUT TO THE EARLY LEAD.. MOVE TO THE 5TH... NOW 4-1... MAISIE STEED SEES A PITCH SHE LIKES AND SENDS IT OVER THE LEFT FIELD WALL... THE SOLO SHOT GIVES KENTUCKY A 5-1 ADVANTAGE... KENTUCKY WINS A SIXTH STRAIGHT... 7-1.. THEY'LL PLAY FOR THE SWEEP TOMORROW. ELEVEN KENTUCKY DERBY CONTENDERS GO TO THE POST FOR 100 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS IN TODAYS' LOUISIANA DERBY.. DAZZLING GEM ENTERS TWO FOR TWO... BUT GUN RUNNER WON ON THE SAME TRACK HERE IN THE RISEN STAR STAKES... CAN HE GO BACK-TO-BACK AT FAIR GROUNDS? SO GUN RUNNER WINS THE GRADE TWO LOUISIANA DERBY... BECOMING JUST THE 12TH HORSE TO EVER WIN THE RISEN STAR AND LOUISIANA DERBY...HE'S NOW 4-0 IN HIS CAREER... TOM'S READY AND DAZZLING GEM ALSO HIT THE BOARD. IN DUBAI... SOME EIGHT HOURS AHEAD OF US HERE IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONE... THE WORLD'S RICHEST HORSE RACE, THE DUBAI WORLD CUP.CALIFORNIA CHROME, WINNER OF THE 2014 KENTUCKY DERBY, FINISHED SECOND IN THIS RACE LAST YEAR AND WAS ONE OF THE REASONS CHROME CAME BACK FOR HIS FIVE-YEAR- OLD CAMPAIGN. HE'S BACK AGAIN... AND SITTING JUST OFF THE PACE AS THEY HEAD TO THE FINISH. SO CALIFORNIA CHROME WINS THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR DUBAI WORLD CUP... AND NOW WITH MORE THAN 12 MILLION IN CAREER EARNINGS, TOPS CURLIN FOR MOST EVER IN A CAREER... JOHN CALIPARI WAS ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL TONIGHT... BUT YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO SEE WHO HE WAS SPOTTED WITH... THAT'S NEXT ON GAME TIME THE NCAA TOURNAMENT... CHECK THIS OUT, TONIGHT CAL WAS IN INDIANAPOLIS, SHARING A SUITE WITH NONE OTHER THAN IU'S TOM CREAN... BOTH THERE TO WATCH ROMEO LANGFORD, A 2018 PROSPECT... IN THE INDIANA 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP... AND I'M SURE THEY HAD A LOT TO CATCH UP ON... AND THAT DOES IT FOR THIS EDITION OF GAMETIME, GOODNIGHT KENTUCKY