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KYTC D-2 Road Report
Road project schedule for the week of October 6-12 MADISONVILLE, Ky. (Oct. 4, 2024) –The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet anticipates work zone construction and maintenance activities at the following locations in District 2 that could impact traffic during the week of October 6-12. Caldwell...
Dorena-Hickman Ferry is Open
The Dorena-Hickman Ferry is returned to operating on it's normal schedule.
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McCracken County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Information on Wanted Man
PADUCAH, Ky. — The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Seth A. Springer, 21, a white male, who is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds,...
Tuesday’s primaries include presidential races and the prosecutor in Trump’s Georgia election case
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press FRANKFORT, KY (News First) -The presidential primaries that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched will move closer to their end Tuesday.Voters in...
Lane Restrictions along I-24 at 29 to 33mm in Livingston County Coming Down Early for Memorial Day Travel Period
Traffic to run on base courses of asphalt through holiday PADUCAH, Ky. (May 19, 2024) – A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to temporarily remove lane...
Seize the Grey wins the Preakness for D. Wayne Lukas and ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — D. Wayne Lukas worked his way to Seize the Grey after his horse won the Preakness Stakes and kept getting interrupted by well-wishers offering...
McCracken County Man Arrested on Drug, Gun Charges Following Traffic Stop
PADUCAH, Ky. – The McCracken County Sheriff's Office arrested a local man on drug and gun charges after a traffic stop Thursday evening. At approximately 5:30 p.m. on May 16, detectives stopped a...
Kentuckians Reminded To ‘Click It or Ticket’ Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
National seat belt enforcement runs May 20 to June 2 FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 13, 2024) – Kentuckians are reminded to buckle up and properly secure children in car seats or boosters during the...
New Traffic Signal on U.S. 45/Lone Oak Rd at 7.141mm in McCracken County to Activate Wednesday Night, May 15
Old signal to be removed once new signal is in service PADUCAH, Ky. (May 10, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to activate a new traffic signal along U.S. 45/Lone Oak Road...
Attorney General Coleman Protects Kentuckians’ Eye Health
FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 10, 2024) – Attorney General Russell Coleman announced the settlement of an investigation into Warby Parker, a prescription glasses, contact lens and sunglasses...
Lane Restrictions on US 60 Bridge at Henderson-Union line on Monday
Flaggers will be in place from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. MADISONVILLE, Ky. (May 10, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will have scheduled lane restrictions on the US 60 Highland...
Milling & Paving along I-24 at 29 to 33mm in Livingston County Moves to Nights
Night work expected to reduce daytime traffic congestion PADUCAH, Ky. (May 10, 2024) – A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to move milling, paving, and roadway...
Recent News
District 1 Roadshow: Traffic Impact Report for Nov, 17 – 23
State Highway Crews Install Emergency Detour Route on I-24 at Paducah to Mitigate Traffic Backups
Former MSHP trooper indicted for illegally searching women’s cell phones
St Francois County man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
Two more flood deaths confirmed
news from around KENTUCKY
Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books, seek new state laws in fight with publishers
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Whenever bestselling author Robin Cook releases a new medical thriller, the head of the public library in West Haven, Connecticut knows demand for digital copies will be high. So will the price. Like many...
Kentucky House approves bill to reduce emergency-trained workers in small coal mines
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House voted Monday to allow the state's smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training assigned for each underground shift. In a...
McCracken County Scam Alert
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- SCAMMERS are claiming now to be Deputy Latta from the McCracken County Sheriff's Office. Big surprise, they are telling residents to buy prepaid gift cards to make a non-existent warrant go away. No, no, no. Not now, not ever...
Hopkinsville Police Department Searching For Allison Hunter
HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Allison Hunter is our Fugitive of the Week! She has four warrants for Probation Violation (For Felony Offenses), one warrant for Failure to Appear-Child Support and one warrant for Failure to Appear for Violation of Conditions of...
Daviess County Sheriff’s Department Is Asking The Public For Help
DAVIESS COUNTY, KENTUCKY(NewsFirst) -- Case #24-3698 - The Daviess County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance in investigating several cases that may involve this person in the photos below. Occurred between 01-15-24 through 03-01-24 at multiple...
Christian County Sheriff’s Office Executes Warrant in Burglary and Criminal Mischief Case.
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Christian County Sheriff's Office Executes Warrant in Burglary and Criminal Mischief Case On March 9th, 2024, the Christian County Sheriff's Office executed a complaint warrant on Isom Rd. in relation to a burglary and...
Kentucky House passes bill meant to crack down on electronic cigarette sales to minors
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at cracking down on the illegal sale of electronic cigarettes to young people and keeping unauthorized vaping products out of stores won passage in the Kentucky House on Monday.Republican...
Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard is freshman of the year, and Kentucky’s Rob Dillingham as top sixth man.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (NEWS FIRST) — Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht has been chosen by Southeastern Conference coaches as player of the year after averaging a league-best 21.4-points per game.South Carolina's Lamont Paris was picked as SEC coach of the year in voting by the...
GOP lawmakers resist calls to tweak abortion bans. Some say they’ll clarify the laws’ few exceptions
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear,...
NATIONAL NEWS
From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Underneath his umbrella, NFL legend Dan Marino stood nearly drenched on the sideline watching Prince’s epic “Purple Rain” Super Bowl halftime performance in 2007 during a torrential...
A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart’s final flight
By JAMES POLLARD and BEN FINLEY Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished...
Camp Lejeune water contamination tied to a range of cancers, CDC study says
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about...
Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children's...
Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: ‘What happens when no one believes anything anymore?’
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Maui's wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the Hawaiian island was set...
Ex-NBA star Rajon Rondo arrested in Indiana on misdemeanor gun, drug charges, police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Indiana State Police arrested two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo on Sunday in southern Indiana on misdemeanor gun and drug charges, police said.The 37-year-old former guard was initially stopped for a traffic violation in Jackson County, police...
Mostly calm weather through Saturday.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson It has been a busy three weeks of weather. Arctic outbreaks of cold air, snow, ice, heavy rain, flooding, and even some thunderstorms! Today will deliver calm weather. No weather concerns. There will be a wide range of temperatures....
Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules
By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by Chancellor Kathaleen...
Trump stays on Illinois’ ballot as the election board says it lacks power to remove him over Jan. 6
By SOPHIA TAREEN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether his role in the...
From marching bands to megastars: How the Super Bowl halftime show became a global spectacle
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Underneath his umbrella, NFL legend Dan Marino stood nearly drenched on the sideline watching Prince’s epic “Purple Rain” Super Bowl halftime performance in 2007 during a torrential...
A grainy sonar image reignites excitement and skepticism over Earhart’s final flight
By JAMES POLLARD and BEN FINLEY Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished...
Camp Lejeune water contamination tied to a range of cancers, CDC study says
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about...
Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children's...
Grave peril of digital conspiracy theories: ‘What happens when no one believes anything anymore?’
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Maui's wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the Hawaiian island was set...
Ex-NBA star Rajon Rondo arrested in Indiana on misdemeanor gun, drug charges, police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Indiana State Police arrested two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo on Sunday in southern Indiana on misdemeanor gun and drug charges, police said.The 37-year-old former guard was initially stopped for a traffic violation in Jackson County, police...
Mostly calm weather through Saturday.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson It has been a busy three weeks of weather. Arctic outbreaks of cold air, snow, ice, heavy rain, flooding, and even some thunderstorms! Today will deliver calm weather. No weather concerns. There will be a wide range of temperatures....
Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules
By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by Chancellor Kathaleen...
Trump stays on Illinois’ ballot as the election board says it lacks power to remove him over Jan. 6
By SOPHIA TAREEN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether his role in the...