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Gov. Beshear: Kentucky State Police Honors Troopers and Officers at Annual Awards Ceremony
2023 trooper, detective, officer of the year announced MAYFIELD, Ky. (Sept. 28, 2024) – The Kentucky State Police honored 55 troopers and officers at the 2023 Sworn Awards for their exceptional service, protecting Kentucky’s 120 counties. The awards recognized heroic acts from 2023, a year in...
Livingston County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Activity
Man Arrested in Grand Rivers for Theft, Meth Possession GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Sept. 25, 2024) — A Grand Rivers man was arrested Wednesday after a search warrant was executed at his residence on Macon Lane in connection with a lengthy investigation, authorities said. Michael J. Enoch, 40, was taken...
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Kentucky GOP lawmakers remove Democratic governor’s role in filling US Senate vacancies
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Friday removed the Democratic governor from any role filling future U.S. Senate vacancies — a move...
KY 1485/Bellville Road Closed at Terrapin Creek Bridge near 2 Mile Marker in Graves County
Closure due to deterioration of bridge substructure PADUCAH, Ky. (April 12, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has closed a section of KY 1485/Bellville Road in...
Mark Pope introduced as Kentucky’s coach, affirms expectation that ‘We are here to win banners’
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — One of the last players to exit a bus full of Kentucky greats on the Rupp Arena floor, Mark Pope held the 1996 NCAA championship trophy aloft...
High-Traction Surface Installation to Require Work Zones at Various Locations starting April 18
Work planned in McCracken County over several weeks PADUCAH, Ky. (April 12, 2024) – A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans to install high-traction pavement...
Mayfield Police Activity Report
On April 11, 2024, the Mayfield Police Department arrested 40-year-old Jorge Medina of Mayfield on a warrant out of Graves County. Medina was charged with Failure to Appear for the underlying...
Work Zone along U.S. 641 in Downtown Benton at Court Square on Tuesday, April 16
Addition of yellow turn arrows to enhance pedestrian crossings PADUCAH, Ky. (News First) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans a work zone with a temporary ALL-WAY STOP along the...
Attorney General Coleman Calls for Resignation of Perry County Commonwealth’s Attorney Arrested by FBI
FRANKFORT, Ky. (News First) -- Attorney General Russell Coleman released the following statement after the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky Carlton S. Shier, IV, announced the...
Calloway County Sheriff’s Department Makes DUI Arrest
Calloway County, Kentucky (NewsFirst) -- On April 11, 2024, at approximately 7:30pm deputies were called in reference to a possible intoxicated subject operating a motor vehicle on Red Bud Road. He...
Hopkinsville Police Department Searching For Missing Person
Hopkinsville, Kentucky (NewsFirst) -- The Hopkinsville Police Department needs your help finding two juveniles who went missing during the overnight hours. The first juvenile is Ashley Schimp. She...
Marshall County Rescue Squad Rescues Stranded Boater
Marshall County, Kentucky (NewsFirst) -- At approximately 12:48 Saturday April 13 2024 Marshall County Rescue Squad was paged out for a boat that was believed to be taking on water next to the spill...
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Murray Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Arrests
MURRAY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Monday, February 26th, 2023, an officer with the Murray Police Department stopped a vehicle on Elm Street for an equipment violation. During the traffic stop, evidence of criminal activity was discovered....
Bill filed in Kentucky House would ease near-total abortion ban by adding rape and incest exceptions
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation aimed at easing Kentucky's near-total abortion ban by creating limited exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest was introduced Monday in the GOP-dominated House, as lawmakers wrangle with...
McCracken County Missing Juvenile
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing Juvenile. Xsavion Cleary was last seen in the area of Noble Park on Monday, February 26, 2024, at approximately 1100am. Cleary...
Henderson Police Department Report Robbery
HENDERSON KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- The Henderson Police Department has released the following information concerning a smash and grab incident at a vape shop.
Public Is Warned About A Bank Text Scam
TEXT SCAM (NewsFirst) -- A bank text scam often looks like a legitimate text message from a financial institution. Criminals may send you a text that looks like a bank warning or fraud alert. It might claim that an unauthorized charge has been made on your account or...
Paducah Police Hiring; Records Manager Postion
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Records Manager to join our team. As a Records Manager, you will be responsible for the management, maintenance, collection, and dissemination of documents, records, and items of an evidentiary nature. You will be the...
Bree Hall scores 18, No. 1 South Carolina women have 6 in double figures to rout Kentucky 103-55
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — South Carolina locked up its latest league title with the kind of performance Dawn Staley wants to see even in practice. Bree Hall scored 18 points, MiLaysia Fulwiley added 17 off the bench and top-ranked South...
Deputies Rescue Suspect in High-Speed Chase Ending in Swamp
GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (AP) — Graves County deputies discovered that a suspect was engaged in a high-speed chase exceeding 100 mph over an alleged road rage incident, according to a press release from the Carlisle County Sheriff’s office. The pursuit, which originated in...
Webster County Methamphetamine Drug Arrest
WEBSTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- On February 19th, 2024 at approximately 12:36 p.m., Deputy Aaron Elder was on routine patrol in the city limits of Sebree, when he observed Patrick Richmond walking near the intersection of US 41 and KY 370 E. Deputy A. Elder...
NATIONAL NEWS
NATO holds its biggest exercises in decades next week, involving around 90,000 personnel
By The Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO will launch its biggest military exercises in decades next week with around 90,000 personnel set to take part in months of drills aimed at showing the alliance can defend all of its territory up to its border with Russia,...
North Korea says it tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone in response to rivals’ naval drills
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise by South Korea, the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its...
Japan’s first moon lander is aiming for a very small target
BY MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — As Japan's space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it's aiming to hit a very small target. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, a lightweight spacecraft about the size of a passenger vehicle,...
Rifts emerge among top Israeli officials over how to handle the war against Hamas in Gaza
By JULIA FRANKEL, NAJIB JOBAIN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Rifts are emerging among top Israeli officials over the handling of the war against Hamas in Gaza. A member of the country's War Cabinet cast doubt over the strategy for releasing...
Icy winter blast gripping US blamed for deaths from coast to coast
By JONATHAN MATTISE, ADRIAN SAINZ and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new layer of ice formed over parts of Tennessee on Thursday after a deadly storm blanketed the state in snow and sent temperatures plummeting earlier this week — part of a...
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear rips into spending plan offered by House Republicans in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday tore into a state spending plan unveiled by House Republicans, saying it falls far short of what's needed for Kentucky schools, juvenile justice, health care and other...
An Oregon teen saw 3 people die after they slid on ice into a power line. Then she went to help
By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Majiah Washington noticed a flash outside her home this week in Portland, where a dangerous storm had coated the city with ice. Opening her blinds, she saw a red SUV with a downed power line on it...
East and West coasts prepare for new rounds of snow and ice as deadly storms pound US
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and even sent a plane skidding off a taxiway were expected to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos...
Live updates | US bombs Yemen a fifth time, as Netanyahu rejects any postwar Palestinian state
By The Associated Press undefined The United States conducted a fifth strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen on Thursday, even as President Joe Biden acknowledged that bombing the Iran-backed militants has yet to stop their attacks on shipping in the crucial Red Sea...
NATO holds its biggest exercises in decades next week, involving around 90,000 personnel
By The Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO will launch its biggest military exercises in decades next week with around 90,000 personnel set to take part in months of drills aimed at showing the alliance can defend all of its territory up to its border with Russia,...
North Korea says it tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone in response to rivals’ naval drills
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise by South Korea, the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its...
Japan’s first moon lander is aiming for a very small target
BY MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — As Japan's space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it's aiming to hit a very small target. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, a lightweight spacecraft about the size of a passenger vehicle,...
Rifts emerge among top Israeli officials over how to handle the war against Hamas in Gaza
By JULIA FRANKEL, NAJIB JOBAIN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Rifts are emerging among top Israeli officials over the handling of the war against Hamas in Gaza. A member of the country's War Cabinet cast doubt over the strategy for releasing...
Icy winter blast gripping US blamed for deaths from coast to coast
By JONATHAN MATTISE, ADRIAN SAINZ and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new layer of ice formed over parts of Tennessee on Thursday after a deadly storm blanketed the state in snow and sent temperatures plummeting earlier this week — part of a...
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear rips into spending plan offered by House Republicans in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday tore into a state spending plan unveiled by House Republicans, saying it falls far short of what's needed for Kentucky schools, juvenile justice, health care and other...
An Oregon teen saw 3 people die after they slid on ice into a power line. Then she went to help
By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Majiah Washington noticed a flash outside her home this week in Portland, where a dangerous storm had coated the city with ice. Opening her blinds, she saw a red SUV with a downed power line on it...
East and West coasts prepare for new rounds of snow and ice as deadly storms pound US
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and even sent a plane skidding off a taxiway were expected to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos...
Live updates | US bombs Yemen a fifth time, as Netanyahu rejects any postwar Palestinian state
By The Associated Press undefined The United States conducted a fifth strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen on Thursday, even as President Joe Biden acknowledged that bombing the Iran-backed militants has yet to stop their attacks on shipping in the crucial Red Sea...