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TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Changes Coming to Queensway Drive in McCracken County
Entrance to roadway will be closed as of Monday as part of U.S. 60 improvement project PADUCAH, Ky. – The advancement of the U.S. 60 improvement project in Ballard and McCracken counties will necessitate the closure of the entrance of Queensway Drive off of U.S. 60 in western McCracken County...
Cross Drain Replacement on KY 1270 in Calloway County on Thursday
Road will be blocked from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. PADUCAH, Ky. (September 10, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to block a section of KY 1270 (Edgehill Trail) in south western Calloway County on Thursday, Sept. 12 to replace a cross drain that is failing. The blockage will be...
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Missing Marshall County Man Has Been Located
MARSHALL COUNTY, KENTUCKY(NewsFirst) -- Marshall County Rescue Squad was paged out today at approximately 11:18 AM to search for a 73 year old male that was last seen Thursday night around 6:00 PM....
Marshall County Kentucky Sheriff’s Office Searching For Missing Man
UPDATED: Eddie L BuffordDOB: 9-26-502875 Olive Creek Rd73 YO W/M5’9”170 lbs.Gray hair.Brown eyes.Light facial hair. Black slip on sketcher shoes.Old Eagle tattoo on upper arm (unsure which one).LSW:...
Puckett scores 22, Lady Vols pull away in second half to top Kentucky 76-62 in SEC second round
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Sara Puckett scored 22 points, Tess Darby had her first double-double and fifth-seeded Tennessee pulled away from 12th-seeded Kentucky in the second half for a 76-62 win in...
McCracken County Sheriffs Department Asks For Help In Identifying Shoplifting Suspects
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a shoplifting suspect. On March 2, 2024, at approximately 5:30...
Christian County Sheriff’s Department Reports Drug Raid
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- *CCSO Press Release-For Immediate Release-03/06/2024 Christian County Sheriff's Office Conducts Successful Drug Bust On March 6th, the Christian County...
Christian County Sheriff’s Department Reports Arrest For Public Intoxication
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- CCSO Press Release-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-03/06/2024 Christian County Sheriff's Office Arrests Suspect for Criminal Trespass and Public Intoxication On March...
McCracken County Storage Units Burglarized. Leads to Arrest.
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- On 01/08/2024 the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office responded to 3542 Lovelaceville Road, Paducah KY for a report of a storage unit that had been...
Christian County Crime-Watch
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Our colleagues at the Central City Police Department are looking for this individual. From Central City: "On 03/06/2024 the Central City Police Department...
Hickman County Semi-Truck Wreck
HICKMAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- A semitruck ran off of the parkway at the 3-mile marker South bound on Parkway. No one was injured.
Democrats walk out of Kentucky hearing on legislation dealing with support for nonviable pregnancies
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers walked out of a Kentucky committee hearing Thursday when the GOP-led panel took up a bill to expand access to prebirth...
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Kentucky Big Night – Cal reaches 400th win
LEXINGTON, KY - Antonio Reeves netted 27 points as No. 8 Kentucky secured a 90-77 victory over Mississippi State on Wednesday night. This win marked coach John Calipari's 400th triumph with the Wildcats. Kentucky, with a 13-3 record (3-1 in the Southeastern...
Apple to disable blood-oxygen feature on premium watches sold in US as part of patent dispute
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple says it will disable a blood-oxygen monitoring feature on its two most popular watches in the U.S. beginning Thursday to comply with a court-ordered revival of a sales ban stemming from a patent dispute. The decision to...
States expand low-interest loan programs for farms, businesses and new housing
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the first business day of the new year, Missouri Treasurer Vivek Malek began accepting applications for about $120 million of state-subsidized, low-interest loans to small businesses, farmers and...
Power line falls on car during Oregon ice storm, killing 3 and hurting a baby, authorities say
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A power line fell on a car in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest.Rick Graves,...
Freezing rain will spread into the region Thursday morning and afternoon. Bitterly cold air to follow.
Posted by meteorologist Beau Dodson Our deadliest winter storm events are light freezing drizzle and freezing rain events. What looks wet could be pure ice. Be careful. The NWS will have a Facebook live at 7 PM tonight (Wednesday night)Link https://wtalk.co/RE6EAM6X...
Freezing rain, sleet, and snow likely Thursday into Friday morning. Light accumulation, but it could cause hazardous driving conditions.
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Kentucky State Police Charges Hopkins Co. Man With Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (January 16, 2024) — On January 12, 2024, the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crime Branch arrested Henry Winston Strader, 46, on charges related to child sexual abuse material. Mr. Strader was arrested as the result of an undercover Internet...
Kentucky House GOP budget differs with Democratic governor over how to award teacher pay raises
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled spending bills aimed at boosting education funding and tapping into budget reserves to pump more money into public pensions and infrastructure projects.The...
TVA Asks Customers to Conserve Power Amid High Demand
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. — Heavy snow and bitter cold temperatures are creating record high demand for electricity across the Southeast region. As a result, the Tennessee Valley Authority is asking customers to be aware of their power consumption, specifically between 6...
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Explainer: Missing door ‘plug’ may hold vital clues to how a gaping hole blew open on a jetliner
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Investigators were searching Sunday for the piece of fuselage that blew off a Boeing airliner over Oregon on Friday, hoping to gain physical evidence of what went wrong. The gaping hole in the side of the Alaska Airlines jet opened...
Israel says Hezbollah struck sensitive air traffic base in the north and warns of ‘another war’
By JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and NAJIB JOBAINH Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military said Sunday, and warned of “another war” with the Iran-backed militant group The increase in...
Congressional leaders announce an agreement on spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. The agreement largely hews to spending caps...
Officers in Colorado are investigating an apparent altercation between Rep. Boebert and ex-husband
The Associated Press SILT, Colorado (AP) — An investigation is being conducted into an apparent altercation between U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert at a restaurant, police in Silt, Colorado, confirmed Sunday. It’s unclear what happened on...
Here comes the rain!
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson Want to receive more weather information? I provide a service through www.weathertalk.com Subscribe at www.weathertalk.com and then download the Beau Dodson Weather app from the app stores! Apple users: Beau Dodson...
What to know about the 2024 Golden Globes
By Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards are back on Sunday, with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback effort. The show is known for its boozy celebration of film and television and as an...
Judith Light and ‘Last of Us’ actors are first-time winners at Creative Arts Emmy Awards
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judith Light from “Poker Face” and Nick Offerman and Storm Reid from “The Last of Us” were winners at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards on a night when the theme was first-time Emmys for actors of...
How to deal with same-sex unions? It’s a question fracturing major Christian denominations
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples. Supporters of LGBTQ inclusion welcome the move; some conservative bishops assail the new...
A California law banning the carrying of firearms in most public places is blocked again
AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places was once again blocked from taking effect Saturday as a court case challenging it continues. A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel dissolved...
Explainer: Missing door ‘plug’ may hold vital clues to how a gaping hole blew open on a jetliner
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Investigators were searching Sunday for the piece of fuselage that blew off a Boeing airliner over Oregon on Friday, hoping to gain physical evidence of what went wrong. The gaping hole in the side of the Alaska Airlines jet opened...
Israel says Hezbollah struck sensitive air traffic base in the north and warns of ‘another war’
By JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and NAJIB JOBAINH Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military said Sunday, and warned of “another war” with the Iran-backed militant group The increase in...
Congressional leaders announce an agreement on spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month. The agreement largely hews to spending caps...
Officers in Colorado are investigating an apparent altercation between Rep. Boebert and ex-husband
The Associated Press SILT, Colorado (AP) — An investigation is being conducted into an apparent altercation between U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert at a restaurant, police in Silt, Colorado, confirmed Sunday. It’s unclear what happened on...
Here comes the rain!
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson Want to receive more weather information? I provide a service through www.weathertalk.com Subscribe at www.weathertalk.com and then download the Beau Dodson Weather app from the app stores! Apple users: Beau Dodson...
What to know about the 2024 Golden Globes
By Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards are back on Sunday, with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback effort. The show is known for its boozy celebration of film and television and as an...
Judith Light and ‘Last of Us’ actors are first-time winners at Creative Arts Emmy Awards
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judith Light from “Poker Face” and Nick Offerman and Storm Reid from “The Last of Us” were winners at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards on a night when the theme was first-time Emmys for actors of...
How to deal with same-sex unions? It’s a question fracturing major Christian denominations
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples. Supporters of LGBTQ inclusion welcome the move; some conservative bishops assail the new...
A California law banning the carrying of firearms in most public places is blocked again
AP National Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places was once again blocked from taking effect Saturday as a court case challenging it continues. A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel dissolved...