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McCracken County Sheriff’s Department Seeks Help
The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 52-year-old Carl D. Morton of McCracken County. Morton is wanted on a Parole Violation warrant stemming from several felony warrants including - Burglary, Theft, Fleeing or Evading Police, Criminal Mischief,...
McCracken County Man Wanted
The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 66-year-old Howard Rushing of McCracken County. Rushing is wanted on two outstanding McCracken County warrants charging him with Trafficking in Methamphetamine. Rushing is a white male approximately 6’1”,175...
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Williamson County Car Multiple Vehicle Accident
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Multiple Vehicle Accident Williamson County, Illinois - On March 19, 2024, at 1653 hours, Williamson County Sheriff's Office Deputies responded to the...
McCracken County Makes Drug Trafficking Arrest On Man Who Was Out Of Bond For Alleged Rape.
MCCRAKCEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- The McCracken County Sheriff's Office arrested a Berea, KY man, who was out on bond for an alleged rape that occurred in Lexington, KY, on drug trafficking...
Additional Information On The Graves County Theft Arrests
GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Update from previous posted theft investigation. Late Monday night around 9PM, two more additional items stolen in the Ricky Cook and Teri Bush investigation,...
Graves County Stolen Exotic Car Theft Investigation
GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Stolen Exotic Car Theft Investigation The Graves County Sheriff's Office has been investigating the theft of multiple items and vehicles from a location within...
Christian County Sheriff’s Department Makes Reckless Driving Arrest
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Christian County Sheriff's Office, March 17th, Oak Grove, KY: On March 17th, at approximately 5:16 am, a high-speed chase occurred in the Oak Grove area,...
McCracken County Sheriff’s Office Makes Robbery 2nd Degree Arrest.
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- On Thursday, March 14, 2024, at approximately 2:21PM, deputies and detectives responded to Hank Brother’s Tru-Value, located at 3101 Lone Oak Road, for a...
We are waking up to a hard freeze area-wide.
Posted by Chief Meteorologist Beau Dodson -- Welcome to spring 2024. This is the earlier spring equinox since 1896. We are waking up to cold temperatures. A widespread hard freeze is impacting the...
April’s total solar eclipse is a month away. Here’s why it’s worth the watch and how to stay safe
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. The peak spectacle on...
Another chilly night ahead of us! Frost and freeze conditions likely.
Posted By Chief Meteorologist Beau Dodson We are waking up to cold temperatures. Temperatures will fall a few more degrees before sunrise. Widespread 20s in the region. Some 30s. The NWS has freeze...
Frost and freeze alert. Cold weather tonight and tomorrow night.
Sunday, March 17, 2024 As a reminder, it is still winter for a few more days. This cold shot is not unusual. By now you are well aware of the potential for frost/freeze conditions tonight and...
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UDATE: AMBER ALERT- Abducted Princeton Kentucky Girl; Mother Murdered; Father Is Suspect in custody
KSP Post 2 in Madisonville reports Lela Black has been located and Byron Black is in police custody. PRINCETON, Ky. (NewsFirst) — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) responded to a call on Friday, January 26, 2024, and investigated the death of Kelly Black, a resident of...
Attorney General Coleman Supports Texas’s Right to Self Defense on the Southern Border
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 29, 2024) – Attorney General Russell Coleman and a multistate coalition stood with Texas Governor Greg Abbott as he secures the state's southern border following the failure of the Biden Administration to protect the country. ...
Calloway County Traffic Stop Leads To Drug Arrest
CALLOWAY COUNTY, KENTUCKY(NewsFirst) -- On Jan 26, 2024 at approximately 7:30pm deputies conducted a traffic stop on Hwy 641N and Hwy 80. The passenger was found to be in possession of illicit drugs and lodged at the Calloway County Detention Facility on the below...
Numerous Arrests In Graves County, Kentucky
GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Arrests from Januray 26, 2024 The Sheriff’s Office responded to three separate calls on Friday, January 26, 2024, which resulted in the arrest of seven individuals. On Friday, at approximately 8:30 AM, deputies responded to a...
McCracken County Sheriff’s Department Arrests Arkansas Woman On Drug Charges.
MCCRAKCEN COUNTY (NewsFirst) -- The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Arkansas woman on drug charges following a traffic stop Friday morning. On 01/26/2024 just before 11am, Deputy Zach Kimbler conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for traffic infractions...
Calmer weather ahead of us.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson Well, it rained! A bit of an overachiever for portions of the region. Rain totals across portions of southeast Missouri and southern Illinois were higher than expected. Many counties saw more than an inch of rain. We are still in...
Rain, rain, rain.
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Southern Indiana man gets 55 years in woman’s decapitation slaying
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana man who pleaded guilty to killing a woman whose decapitated, mutilated body was found inside her burning apartment was sentenced Friday to the maximum 55 years in prison. Brian Montez Williams of Clarksville,...
2 children were among 4 people found dead in a central Kentucky house fire
LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) — Two children were among four people found dead in a house fire in central Kentucky, officials said. The blaze was reported Thursday afternoon in the Bethelridge community of Casey County, Kentucky State Police said in a statement Friday. Ariel...
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Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding pandemic gear can proceed, appeals panel says
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding masks and other protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic can move forward, federal judges ruled Wednesday. A panel of the U.S. Eighth District Court of...
Trial is postponed for an Illinois man charged with killing 7 at a Fourth of July parade in 2022
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A judge postponed the trial of a man accused of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 after his lawyer on Wednesday asked for more time to review evidence....
Lawmaker resumes push to end odd-year elections for governor and other statewide offices in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker resumed his long-running effort to shift elections for governor and other statewide offices to coincide with presidential elections, winning approval from a Senate panel on Wednesday....
Holiday gatherings and a new variant have driven up COVID cases globally, the UN health agency says
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly...
Federal judge says Alabama can conduct nation’s 1st execution with nitrogen gas; appeal planned
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution using a new method the...
Bills fan killed near Dolphins’ stadium after last weekend’s game, police say
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida say a man fatally shot a 30-year-old Buffalo Bills fan during an altercation near Hard Rock Stadium after the Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins in the final regular season game. As...
A one-on-one debate between Haley and DeSantis could help decide the Republican alternative to Trump
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — After spending much of the Republican presidential primary flanked by lower-polling rivals, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will be alone on the debate stage Wednesday for the first time as they wage an increasingly...
UN Security Council to vote on a resolution demanding Houthi rebels stop attacks on Red Sea shipping
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea area....
Christie will announce at New Hampshire town hall that he’s ending presidential bid, AP source says
By STEVE PEOPLES, JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is planning to announce he's dropping his Republican presidential bid at his New Hampshire town hall on Wednesday night, according to a person...
Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding pandemic gear can proceed, appeals panel says
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawsuit accusing China of hoarding masks and other protective gear during the COVID-19 pandemic can move forward, federal judges ruled Wednesday. A panel of the U.S. Eighth District Court of...
Trial is postponed for an Illinois man charged with killing 7 at a Fourth of July parade in 2022
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A judge postponed the trial of a man accused of killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 after his lawyer on Wednesday asked for more time to review evidence....
Lawmaker resumes push to end odd-year elections for governor and other statewide offices in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker resumed his long-running effort to shift elections for governor and other statewide offices to coincide with presidential elections, winning approval from a Senate panel on Wednesday....
Holiday gatherings and a new variant have driven up COVID cases globally, the UN health agency says
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly...
Federal judge says Alabama can conduct nation’s 1st execution with nitrogen gas; appeal planned
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution using a new method the...
Bills fan killed near Dolphins’ stadium after last weekend’s game, police say
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida say a man fatally shot a 30-year-old Buffalo Bills fan during an altercation near Hard Rock Stadium after the Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins in the final regular season game. As...
A one-on-one debate between Haley and DeSantis could help decide the Republican alternative to Trump
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WAUKEE, Iowa (AP) — After spending much of the Republican presidential primary flanked by lower-polling rivals, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will be alone on the debate stage Wednesday for the first time as they wage an increasingly...
UN Security Council to vote on a resolution demanding Houthi rebels stop attacks on Red Sea shipping
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea area....
Christie will announce at New Hampshire town hall that he’s ending presidential bid, AP source says
By STEVE PEOPLES, JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is planning to announce he's dropping his Republican presidential bid at his New Hampshire town hall on Wednesday night, according to a person...