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Hours Reduced at I-24 Welcome Center Near Kentucky-Tennessee Line
KYTC hopes to resume normal operations on Monday MADISONVILLE, Ky. (Oct. 18, 2024) – Out of concern for the safety of motorists, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be reducing the hours of the Christian County Welcome Center on I-24 near the Kentucky-Tennessee line nightly...
Gilbertsville Man Killed in I-24 Collision After Vehicle Overturns
PADUCAH, Ky. (News First) — A 64-year-old man from Gilbertsville was killed Monday in a crash on Interstate 24, the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office said. Eric Jackson was driving westbound near the 11-mile marker when his 2005 Mercury Mariner collided with a 2021 Volvo tractor-trailer driven by...
WEST KENTUCKY NEWS
Two Adults, Three Juveniles Arrested for Vehicle Theft Spree in Paducah
Date: July 18, 2024 Location: Various Locations in Paducah Suspect(s): Samuel L. Wring, 19, of Ohio Street, arrested on charges of Engaging In Organized Crime, Five Counts of Theft By Unlawful...
A widespread technology outage is disrupting flights around the globe on a busy summer travel day
Developing story WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A global technology outagegrounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive...
Louis Carl Dobbs, Longtime Conservative Commentator and TV Host, Dies at 78
Louis Carl Dobbs (Sept. 24, 1945 – July 18, 2024) was an American conservative political commentator, author, and television host. He presented "Lou Dobbs Tonight" from 2003 to 2009 and from 2011 to...
Work Zone Restriction for Brush Cutting along I-24 Westbound near 20mm Starts Monday, July 22
Work to take about a week to complete PADUCAH, Ky. (July 18, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans a daytime work zone lane restriction along the westbound lanes of...
KY 126 (Cobb Rd) Blocked Due to Sinkhole in Northeastern Trigg County near Trigg-Caldwell County Line
Closure is until further notice PADUCAH, Ky. (July 17, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has closed a section of KY 126 in northeastern Trigg County due to a sinkhole in...
Work Zone Restrictions Planned along I-24 at 56mm Starting Today
Work zones for removal of construction median crossovers PADUCAH, Ky. (July 16, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is establishing work zone lane restrictions along...
Trump picks Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his GOP running mate
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former President Donald Trump chose Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, picking a one-time critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a...
Extended Closure of U.S. 60 at 8mm in Crittenden County for Culvert Replacement Starting August 2
Project to take about three days to complete PADUCAH, Ky. (July 15, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans an extended closure of U.S. 60 West in Crittenden County...
BREAKING: Graves County Plane Crash Kills One
Graves County, Ky (News First) - A pilot is dead after a plane crashed in Graves County Saturday afternoon. According to the Graves County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 3:30 PM Saturday, 911...
Paducah Police Department Welcomes Three New Officers
PADUCAH, Ky. — The Paducah Police Department invites the community to join in welcoming its three new officers. Isabella Liefer, Matthew Chrisman, and Matthew Wentworth were officially sworn in...
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Gov. Beshear Joins Community To Celebrate New Homes at Wayland High-Ground Site
11 families expected to move in this June WAYLAND, Ky. (April 9, 2024) – As part of ongoing efforts to rebuild from flooding in Eastern Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear today joined Appalachia Service Project (ASP) volunteers for a celebration of the progress being...
Commonwealth Celebrates Deaf History Month in April
FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 9, 2024) — In recognition of April as Deaf History Month, Team Kentucky and the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing are honoring the contributions of people in the deaf and hard of hearing community and raising awareness...
Attorney General Coleman Marks 100 Days Protecting Kentucky Families and Fulfilling Promises
FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 9, 2024) – Attorney General Russell Coleman marked 100 days since taking office as Kentucky's 52nd Attorney General. General Coleman promised the people of Kentucky that he would protect their families and uphold the rule of law. His first...
Sunday, April 7, 2024 Thunderstorms likely today. A few could be severe.
Posted by Chief Meteorologist Beau Dodson Want to receive more weather information? I provide a service through www.weathertalk.com Subscribe at www.weathertalk.com and then download the Beau Dodson Weather app from the app stores! Check out our live...
Attorney General Coleman Stalls the Biden Administration’s Radical Green Agenda for a Second Time This Week
Biden Administration Drops Enforcement of Climate Mandate on Businesses FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 5, 2024) – Attorney General Russell Coleman announced a second major victory this week against the Biden Administration's radical green agenda. Kentucky joined a...
Gov. Beshear Orders Flags to Half-Staff Saturday in Honor of Pulaski County EMT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 5, 2024) – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Saturday, April 6, in honor of a Somerset-Pulaski County EMT who died in the line of duty. Chastian Tyler McWhorter, age...
Monitoring Sunday’s Severe Weather Chances
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Earthquake centered near New York City rattles the Northeast
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the Northeast. The agency reported a quake...
EF1 Tornado Strikes McCracken County, Kentucky
McCracken County, Kentucky (NewsFirst) -- An EF1 tornado struck the Woodville area of McCracken County. The NWS confirmed this through a storm survey. Here is the storm survey information. Public Information StatementNational Weather Service Paducah, KY628 PM CDT Wed...
NATIONAL NEWS
More schools making digital maps of facilities to aid emergency responders
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press When emergencies happen, the sooner police, firefighters and paramedics can arrive, the more likely it is that lives can be saved. That's the maxim underlying a growing movement to make digital maps of schools across the U.S. Though...
Biden visiting battleground states and expanding staff as his campaign tries to seize the offensive
By JOSH BOAK, SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ROSE VALLEY, Pennsylvania (AP) — Fresh off his defiant State of the Union address, President Joe Biden on Friday laced into former President Donald Trump — by name this time — as he and his...
AMBER ALERT
KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE (NewsFirst) -- AMBER ALERT: Based on additional information developed during the search for 7-year-old Iris Crum, growing concern about her well-being, and a charge of Felony Child Abduction placed today by authorities in California, we are...
Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just...
Arizona’s health department has named the first statewide heat officer to address extreme heat
AP NEWS -- PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's health department has named a physician to address ways to lessen the effects of extreme heat in the arid Southwestern state as the first statewide heat officer in the nation. Dr. Eugene Livar was appointed to the role under Gov....
Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just...
Massachusetts debates how long homeless people can stay in shelters
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A proposal that would limit how long homeless people can stay in emergency state shelters was approved by Massachusetts House lawmakers Wednesday as the system strains under an influx of migrants. Under the bill,...
Chicago’s top cop says police are getting training to manage protests during the DNC
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are undergoing fresh training on handling large-scale protests and First Amendment rights ahead of anticipated demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention this summer,...
Evidence of traumatic brain injury in shooter who killed 18 in deadliest shooting in Maine history
By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Robert Card, an Army reservist who shot and killed 18 people in Maine last year, had significant evidence of traumatic brain injuries. That's according to a brain tissue analysis by researchers...
More schools making digital maps of facilities to aid emergency responders
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press When emergencies happen, the sooner police, firefighters and paramedics can arrive, the more likely it is that lives can be saved. That's the maxim underlying a growing movement to make digital maps of schools across the U.S. Though...
Biden visiting battleground states and expanding staff as his campaign tries to seize the offensive
By JOSH BOAK, SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ROSE VALLEY, Pennsylvania (AP) — Fresh off his defiant State of the Union address, President Joe Biden on Friday laced into former President Donald Trump — by name this time — as he and his...
AMBER ALERT
KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE (NewsFirst) -- AMBER ALERT: Based on additional information developed during the search for 7-year-old Iris Crum, growing concern about her well-being, and a charge of Felony Child Abduction placed today by authorities in California, we are...
Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just...
Arizona’s health department has named the first statewide heat officer to address extreme heat
AP NEWS -- PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's health department has named a physician to address ways to lessen the effects of extreme heat in the arid Southwestern state as the first statewide heat officer in the nation. Dr. Eugene Livar was appointed to the role under Gov....
Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just...
Massachusetts debates how long homeless people can stay in shelters
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A proposal that would limit how long homeless people can stay in emergency state shelters was approved by Massachusetts House lawmakers Wednesday as the system strains under an influx of migrants. Under the bill,...
Chicago’s top cop says police are getting training to manage protests during the DNC
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are undergoing fresh training on handling large-scale protests and First Amendment rights ahead of anticipated demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention this summer,...
Evidence of traumatic brain injury in shooter who killed 18 in deadliest shooting in Maine history
By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Robert Card, an Army reservist who shot and killed 18 people in Maine last year, had significant evidence of traumatic brain injuries. That's according to a brain tissue analysis by researchers...