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Scattered showers and thunderstorms into the weekend.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson So far, the forecast is on track. The forecast was for one to three inches of rain over a four-day period of time. That was yesterday through Sunday night. Rain moved into the region yesterday afternoon and last night. It continues into the weekend. We will need...
Mayfield Sheriff’s Office, Lions Club Partner for Cram the Cruiser Event
The Mayfield Sheriff's Office and the Mayfield Lions Club are teaming up for a Cram the Cruiser event on Sept. 28, 2024, to benefit the Mayfield/Graves County Animal Shelter. The event will be held at the Mayfield Walmart from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A flyer detailing requested items for the animal...
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Graves County Accident. Single Vehicle Collision on KY 384.
GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Single Vehicle Collision on KY 384 At approximately 10:40 AM on March 10, 2024, Deputy Larry Jones and Detective Sgt. Snapper Seaton were dispatched to a...
Paducah Police Hiring Deflection Specialist
PADDUCAH, KENTUCKY(NewsFrist) -- We are excited to announce that the Paducah Police Department is currently accepting applications for a Deflection Specialist. This full-time role has been created...
Calloway County Police Chase Leads To Arrest
CALLOWAY COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- On March 8, 2024, at approximately 4:00pm deputies were dispatched to a vehicle that had reportedly ran off the road in the 9800 block of Hwy 94E. Upon their...
Sex abuse survivors dispute Southern Baptist leadership and say federal investigation is ongoing
By PETER SMITH Associated Press - The status of a federal investigation into a leading Southern Baptist agency’s handling of sexual abuse is unclear. But this much is clear — survivors of abuse and...
Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds...
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...
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...
Daviess County Sheriff’s Office Makes Meth Arrests
DAVIESS COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- The following information was released to the public.
Christian County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Woman for Possession of Methamphetamine
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Christian County Sheriff's Office Arrests Woman for Possession of Methamphetamine On March 7th, Deputy Colon was traveling eastbound on Eagle Way near...
Toy Gun Leads To Concern In Calloway County
CALLOWAY COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- On March 6, 2024, it was discovered that a picture was posted to the internet depicting what appeared to be a restroom at Calloway County High School. Two...
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Anti-crime bill featuring three-strikes provision wins approval from GOP-led House panel in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sweeping legislation that would keep felons locked up after a third violent offense won approval Thursday from a Kentucky House committee that heard mixed reviews about its potential to combat crime. The...
Wastewater tests can find mpox, study finds. Expect more bugs to be tracked that way
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections, U.S. health officials said in a report Thursday that bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
A first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure
By The Associated Press Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. The University of Pennsylvania announced the novel...
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...
Anti-crime bill featuring three-strikes provision wins approval from GOP-led House panel in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sweeping legislation that would keep felons locked up after a third violent offense won approval Thursday from a Kentucky House committee that heard mixed reviews about its potential to combat crime.The measure...
Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early March
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March.The House approved the...
Beyer Lane Shooting Suspect Arrested in Ballard County
PADUCAH, KY - Since this incident, the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office has been actively searching for William Philip Neihoff. At approximately 1:17 PM on January 18, 2024, McCracken County Sheriff’s detectives observed Neihoff in a vehicle in the Kevil area of...
Thursday night weather update.
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Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear forms PAC to support candidates across the country
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who defeated Donald Trump-backed rivals twice in Republican-leaning Kentucky, announced the formation of a federal political action committee on Monday to support candidates across...
New Mexico justices hear challenge to public health ban on guns in public parks and playgrounds
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates for gun rights are urging the New Mexico Supreme Court to block emergency orders by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham restricting people from carrying guns at public parks and playgrounds in the state's largest...
Barack Obama, John Mulaney and Carol Burnett are among the winners at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama won his second Emmy, John Mulaney won his third, and Carol Burnett took her seventh Sunday on night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Obama won the Emmy for best narrator for his Netflix...
Tyre Nichols’ family gathers for vigil 1 year after police brutally beat him
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One year ago, Tyre Nichols was driving home to have dinner with his family when he was pulled over by Memphis police who claimed the Black man was driving recklessly and yanked him out of his car. Officers hit him...
Widespread rain is on the way! More rain Thursday and Friday. Watching a snowstorm next week.
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Methamphetamine Delivery Suspects Wander Into Law Enforcement Undercover Operation – Three Arrested
Williamson County, Illinois - On January 4, 2024, at 0048 hours, Williamson County Sheriff's Office Deputies conducting undercover operations observed a suspicious vehicle at the fuel pump of an area truck stop. The vehicle relocated to a parking stall on the north...
Saints players defy their own coaches and score from kneel-down formation, angering the Falcons
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Reserve quarterback Jameis Winston and New Orleans' offense capped off a convincing victory with an aggressive play call that defied the orders of their own coaches and upset the rival Atlanta Falcons.Leading 41-17...
Bill Belichick loses in possible finale as Patriots coach. Jets snap 15-game skid vs New England
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick says he put everything he had into this season and still enjoys coaching.But following the end to his most tenuous season as an NFL coach, it remained very much unclear whether he'll ever do it...
Defense secretary remains hospitalized as details emerge about delays in notification, even to Biden
By TARA COPP, COLLEEN LONG and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remained in the hospital Sunday as more details emerged about key decision-makers, even President Joe Biden, being kept in the dark for days that the...
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear forms PAC to support candidates across the country
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who defeated Donald Trump-backed rivals twice in Republican-leaning Kentucky, announced the formation of a federal political action committee on Monday to support candidates across...
New Mexico justices hear challenge to public health ban on guns in public parks and playgrounds
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates for gun rights are urging the New Mexico Supreme Court to block emergency orders by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham restricting people from carrying guns at public parks and playgrounds in the state's largest...
Barack Obama, John Mulaney and Carol Burnett are among the winners at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barack Obama won his second Emmy, John Mulaney won his third, and Carol Burnett took her seventh Sunday on night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Obama won the Emmy for best narrator for his Netflix...
Tyre Nichols’ family gathers for vigil 1 year after police brutally beat him
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One year ago, Tyre Nichols was driving home to have dinner with his family when he was pulled over by Memphis police who claimed the Black man was driving recklessly and yanked him out of his car. Officers hit him...
Widespread rain is on the way! More rain Thursday and Friday. Watching a snowstorm next week.
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Methamphetamine Delivery Suspects Wander Into Law Enforcement Undercover Operation – Three Arrested
Williamson County, Illinois - On January 4, 2024, at 0048 hours, Williamson County Sheriff's Office Deputies conducting undercover operations observed a suspicious vehicle at the fuel pump of an area truck stop. The vehicle relocated to a parking stall on the north...
Saints players defy their own coaches and score from kneel-down formation, angering the Falcons
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Reserve quarterback Jameis Winston and New Orleans' offense capped off a convincing victory with an aggressive play call that defied the orders of their own coaches and upset the rival Atlanta Falcons.Leading 41-17...
Bill Belichick loses in possible finale as Patriots coach. Jets snap 15-game skid vs New England
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick says he put everything he had into this season and still enjoys coaching.But following the end to his most tenuous season as an NFL coach, it remained very much unclear whether he'll ever do it...
Defense secretary remains hospitalized as details emerge about delays in notification, even to Biden
By TARA COPP, COLLEEN LONG and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin remained in the hospital Sunday as more details emerged about key decision-makers, even President Joe Biden, being kept in the dark for days that the...