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Paramount Drive to Close for Stormwater Infrastructure Installation Starting Sept. 3
MURRAY Ky. — Paramount Drive, from Lowes Drive to Highway 121, will be closed from 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, through 5 p.m. on Sept. 20, for stormwater infrastructure installation, officials announced. In preparation for the closure, Walmart Drive will be fully open and operational. Drivers are...
Increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms this weekend.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson Some good news in the weather department. A cold front will push into our area this weekend. This will bring relief from our string of hot days. Temperatures will drop into the 70s and 80s by early next week. The front has slowed a bit. It will now arrive...
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Section of KY 1728/Farmers Gin Road Closed in Hickman County Due to Damaged Culvert
Repairs expected to start next week PADUCAH, Ky. (Feb. 16, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has closed a section of KY 1728/Farmers Gin Road at the north edge of...
Captain Travis Watson Completes Prestigious Criminal Justice Executive Development Course in Richmond, KY”
Our congratulations to Captain Travis Watson (pictured right, with Chief of Police Brian Laird). Captain Watson graduated today from the KY Dept of Criminal Justice Training's Criminal Justice...
Deputies Arrest Intoxicated Individual Found Near Mailbox on Cambridge Drive in Murray
On Feb 15, 2024, at approximately 6:00pm deputies responded to Cambridge Drive and Bailey Road in Murray in reference to a suspicious person. It was reported by a citizen that an unknown person was...
Woman Arrested in New Concord Traffic Stop for Drug Possession and False Identity
On Feb 15, 2024, at approximately 5:00pm deputies conducted a traffic stop on Cypress Trail in New Concord. The driver was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and pills that she stated she...
Winter Weather Advisory
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KY 1820/County Line Rd to Close at 5mm in Graves County on Monday & Tuesday, Feb. 19 & 20
Closure for deck repairs on Mayfield Creek Branch Bridge PADUCAH, Ky. (February 15, 2023) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans to close a section of KY 1820/County Line Road...
First District of Kentucky Music Teacher of the Year
MAYFIELD, KY (NEWS FIRST) - It's official. Mayfield High School Band Director Darrin Abren has received his award as the First District Kentucky Music Educators Association (FDKMEA) High School...
Congrats to the CCHS Science Bowl Team! Next stop: Washington, D.C.!
MURRAY, KY (NEWS FIRST) - Calloway County High School Academic Team took first place at the Department of Energy Regional Science Bowl on February 2, held at the UK School of Engineering in Paducah....
A strong cold front will bring rain and snow/sleet to the region.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson Good day, everyone. Monitor weather updates in case there are adjustments in Friday's rain and snow/sleet forecast. Another nice day on tap for the region with...
Paducah Police Chief Discusses Crime Statistics in Latest ‘Ponderings from Paducah
The latest “Ponderings from Paducah” is posted. This blog entry is from Paducah Police Chief Brian Laird who discusses Paducah’s population and crime rate. Learn more at...
news from around KENTUCKY
The secret life of gift cards: Here’s what happens to the billions that go unspent each year
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don't stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays. Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday season, according to...
The year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born and AI gets personal
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer We lost Twitter and got X. We tried out Bluesky and Mastodon (well, some of us did). We fretted about AI bots and teen mental health. We cocooned in private chats and scrolled endlessly as we did in years past. For social media...
Beau’s Christmas Eve Forecast. An unsettled week ahead.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson MERRY CHRISTMAS! Merry Christmas, everyone. I want to wish you and your family a very merry Christmas and happy holidays. I hope you have a wonderful and peaceful year ahead. It is hard to believe that is 2024! Forecast Update For...
‘The Boys in the Boat’ gives the Hollywood treatment to rowing during an Olympic year
'The Boys in the Boat' gives the Hollywood treatment to rowing during an Olympic yearBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The journey from nowhere to an Olympic gold medal is a tale as old as time.Just as well-worn, but far less explored,...
Murray Police Are Seeking Information On These Two Individuals.
MURRAY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) --- The Murray Police Department is requesting the public's assistance in identifying the two individuals in the attached photos in reference to an ongoing investigation. If you have any information, please contact the Murray Police...
Group pushes for change in how police use body camera footage in officer shooting probes
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential policing think tank is pushing law enforcement agencies to change how they handle body camera footage after police shootings, saying officers should not be able to review video before making their...
Louisville officers shot suspect who was holding man at gunpoint in apartment, police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A man shot and severely wounded by Louisville police officers in an apartment bedroom last week was making threats and holding a gun to the head of another man, who the suspect shot and killed as officers entered the room, police said...
Busiest holiday travel season in years is off to a smooth start with few airport delays
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday travel rush hit its peak Friday as mild weather and lower flight cancelation rates raised hopes for merrier drivers and airline passengers than last year. U.S. airlines are predicting a blockbuster...
Beau’s Holiday Forecast Update
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson Merry Christmas, everyone and happy 2024. We are waking up to mild temperatures. By December standards, at least. Our 6 am temperatures are actually above where our normal highs are for this time of the year! We are in the home...
NATIONAL NEWS
Missouri school board to reinstate Black history classes with new curriculum.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district can continue to take elective Black history courses, school leaders announced Thursday in a reversal of a vote last week by the conservative-led school board to end the classes. But the Francis Howell...
Huge surf pounds West Coast and Hawaii, flooding some low-lying areas
By JOHN ANTCZAK and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding....
As Gaza war grinds on, tensions soar along Israel’s volatile northern border with Lebanon
By TIA GOLDENBERG and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli officials are stepping up threats against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, warning that Israel is running out of patience as the two sides continue to trade fire along Israel's...
North Korea’s new reactor at nuclear site likely to be formally operational next summer, Seoul says
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A light-water reactor at North Korea’s main nuclear complex will likely be formally operational by next summer, South Korea’s defense minister said, amid suspicions that the North may use it as a new source...
World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The worldwide growth rate in...
US military space plane blasts off on another secretive mission expected to last years
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The U.S. military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini space shuttle carried classified...
Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs states’ authority to block former president
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the...
Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — First, Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn't eligible to run for his old job in that state. Then, Maine's Democratic secretary of state ruled the same for her state. Who's next?...
Perspective: Children born poor have little margin for mistakes or bad decisions, regardless of race
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally wounded when police in Alexandria, Louisiana, got to the intersection of 12th and Magnolia streets shortly before 1:30 a.m., Jan. 20. The 34-year-old was...
Missouri school board to reinstate Black history classes with new curriculum.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district can continue to take elective Black history courses, school leaders announced Thursday in a reversal of a vote last week by the conservative-led school board to end the classes. But the Francis Howell...
Huge surf pounds West Coast and Hawaii, flooding some low-lying areas
By JOHN ANTCZAK and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful surf rolled onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii on Thursday as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushed toward shorelines, causing localized flooding....
As Gaza war grinds on, tensions soar along Israel’s volatile northern border with Lebanon
By TIA GOLDENBERG and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli officials are stepping up threats against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, warning that Israel is running out of patience as the two sides continue to trade fire along Israel's...
North Korea’s new reactor at nuclear site likely to be formally operational next summer, Seoul says
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A light-water reactor at North Korea’s main nuclear complex will likely be formally operational by next summer, South Korea’s defense minister said, amid suspicions that the North may use it as a new source...
World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The worldwide growth rate in...
US military space plane blasts off on another secretive mission expected to last years
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The U.S. military's X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini space shuttle carried classified...
Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs states’ authority to block former president
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the...
Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — First, Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn't eligible to run for his old job in that state. Then, Maine's Democratic secretary of state ruled the same for her state. Who's next?...
Perspective: Children born poor have little margin for mistakes or bad decisions, regardless of race
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press Alfred King was lying in the parking lot of a small apartment building, mortally wounded when police in Alexandria, Louisiana, got to the intersection of 12th and Magnolia streets shortly before 1:30 a.m., Jan. 20. The 34-year-old was...