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Trump is safe after shots were reported in his vicinity in Florida, Secret Service and campaign say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was safe after gunshots were reported in his vicinity Sunday afternoon in Florida, his campaign and the Secret Service said. It was not immediately clear whether the reported shots were targeted at the Republican presidential nominee. The U.S. Secret Service said it...
Rain is winding down.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau DodsonSunday, September 15, 2024 The remnants of Francine are slowly weakening and winding down across our region. Here is what the 8 am radar looked like. Most of the rain was over our southwestern counties. It was moving northwest and west (see the live radar links...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Graves County Car Accident. Collision on KY 131.
GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Collision on KY 131 On March 10, 2024, at approximately 8:10 AM, the Graves County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a two vehicle, injury collision on KY 131...
Four Vehicle Collision In Graves County
GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Four Vehicle Collision On March 9, 2024 at approximately 6:22 PM, deputies from the Graves County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a non-injury collision at...
Murray Water System Commences Project on North 14th Street
MURRAY, Ky. (NEW FIRST) — The Murray Water System is set to embark on a project along North 14th Street, commencing today, Monday, March 11th. The endeavor will necessitate the closure of the...
Temporary Closure of Section of North 21st Street for Paducah Water Watermain Project
PADUCAH, KY (NEWS FIRST) - Paducah Water will be closing a section of North 21st Street between Madison Street and Jefferson Street beginning Tuesday, March 12 at 7 a.m. This temporary closure may...
Paducah Parks & Recreation Begins Keiler Park Playground Renovation
PADUCAH, Ky. (NEWS FIRST) — Crews from the Paducah Parks & Recreation Department will commence the removal of the existing playground at Keiler Park on Monday, March 11, to make way for a new,...
Concord Fire Department Reminds People To Get A Smoke Detector.
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Hickman County Man Attempts Escape From Sheriff’s Officers
HICKMAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Christopher Snow of Clinton was in Hickman County Circuit Court today for violation of his bond. The judge revoked his bond and put him back in jail. The jailer was taking Snow from a holding cell to his vehicle for transport to...
Bill seeking to end early voting in Kentucky exposes divisions within Republican ranks
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has forcefully pushed back against an effort to eliminate three days of early voting in the Bluegrass State, exposing fissures within Republican ranks in a state that...
Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump...
Brutally cold weather expected to hit storm-battered South and Northeast US this weekend
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis residents were urged to boil water and New Yorkers have been warned that roads could be covered with dangerous black ice this weekend as brutal cold and inclement weather continue to sweep across parts of...
Pipe busting cold into tomorrow. Then, some relief.
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Eastbound Work Zone Traffic Shift on I-24 Tennessee River Bridge at 29mm Set for Monday, Jan. 22
Traffic configuration change to take about 4 hours starting at 10 a.m., CST PADUCAH, Ky. (January 19, 2024) – A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans an eastbound work zone traffic shift on the Interstate 24 Tennessee River Bridge...
KYTC District 1 Roadshow: Traffic ImpactReport for Week of Jan 21-27
PADUCAH, KY (January 19, 2024) -- The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet anticipates ongoing work zone construction and long-term maintenance activities at the following locations will impact traffic during the week of January 21-27. More detailed information on these...
Kentucky State Police Charge Carlisle County Man with Murder
ARLINGTON, Ky. (January 19, 2024) – A Carlisle County man has been indicted for Murder after an investigation by Kentucky State Police (KSP), Post 1. On Wednesday, January 10, Tyler Prince called 9-1-1 to request an ambulance for his mother, Jessica...
Bitterly Cold Air Returns Today Into The Weekend! Pipe busting cold. Frost bite weather.
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Purdue remains No. 1 in AP Top 25, Gonzaga falls to No. 24 but runs poll streak to 142 weeks
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Purdue remained atop the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the third straight week Monday, while Gonzaga dropped to No. 24 after a loss to San Diego State but kept alive its streak of 142 consecutive weeks in the poll.The...
Winter storms dump snow on both US coasts as icy roads make for hazardous travel
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A major winter storm bringing heavy snow and freezing rain to some communities spread across New England on Sunday, sending residents scurrying for their shovels and snowblowers to clear sidewalks and driveways. Winter...
First US lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward moon with commercial deliveries
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers. Astrobotic Technology's...
Boeing jetliner that suffered inflight blowout was restricted because of concern over warning light
By CLAIRE RUSH and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit up on three...
A heavy wave of Russian missile attacks pounds areas across Ukraine, killing at least 4 civilians
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched its latest barrage of hypersonic and cruise missiles against Ukrainian targets early Monday, striking near the front lines of fighting in the east as well as in central and western parts of the...
With each strike, fears grow that Israel, the US and Iran’s allies are inching closer to all-out war
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired barrages of rockets into Israel, the U.S. has killed a militia commander in Baghdad and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have...
Blinken brings US push on post-war Gaza planning and stopping conflict to UAE and Saudi Arabia
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third day of meetings on an urgent Mideast diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from exploding into a broader...
A chaotic Golden Globes night had a bit of everything: The silly, the serious, and Taylor Swift, too
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer They may not have had lukewarm chardonnay on the tables, as nominee Jennifer Lawrence had predicted. But the 81st Golden Globes had a bit of everything else: Some silliness, some seriousness, a bit of history, a few good jokes and...
Explainer: Now-found door ‘plug’ may hold vital clues to how a gaping hole blew open on a jetliner
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Investigators said Sunday they had found the piece of fuselage that blew off a Boeing airliner over Oregon on Friday, and hoped it would provide physical evidence of what went wrong. The gaping hole in the side of the Alaska Airlines...
Purdue remains No. 1 in AP Top 25, Gonzaga falls to No. 24 but runs poll streak to 142 weeks
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Purdue remained atop the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the third straight week Monday, while Gonzaga dropped to No. 24 after a loss to San Diego State but kept alive its streak of 142 consecutive weeks in the poll.The...
Winter storms dump snow on both US coasts as icy roads make for hazardous travel
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A major winter storm bringing heavy snow and freezing rain to some communities spread across New England on Sunday, sending residents scurrying for their shovels and snowblowers to clear sidewalks and driveways. Winter...
First US lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward moon with commercial deliveries
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers. Astrobotic Technology's...
Boeing jetliner that suffered inflight blowout was restricted because of concern over warning light
By CLAIRE RUSH and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit up on three...
A heavy wave of Russian missile attacks pounds areas across Ukraine, killing at least 4 civilians
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched its latest barrage of hypersonic and cruise missiles against Ukrainian targets early Monday, striking near the front lines of fighting in the east as well as in central and western parts of the...
With each strike, fears grow that Israel, the US and Iran’s allies are inching closer to all-out war
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired barrages of rockets into Israel, the U.S. has killed a militia commander in Baghdad and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have...
Blinken brings US push on post-war Gaza planning and stopping conflict to UAE and Saudi Arabia
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third day of meetings on an urgent Mideast diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from exploding into a broader...
A chaotic Golden Globes night had a bit of everything: The silly, the serious, and Taylor Swift, too
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer They may not have had lukewarm chardonnay on the tables, as nominee Jennifer Lawrence had predicted. But the 81st Golden Globes had a bit of everything else: Some silliness, some seriousness, a bit of history, a few good jokes and...
Explainer: Now-found door ‘plug’ may hold vital clues to how a gaping hole blew open on a jetliner
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Investigators said Sunday they had found the piece of fuselage that blew off a Boeing airliner over Oregon on Friday, and hoped it would provide physical evidence of what went wrong. The gaping hole in the side of the Alaska Airlines...