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Kentucky likely violating federal law over lack of mental health support
The U.S. Department of Justice says Kentucky is likely violating federal law for failing to provide community-based services to adults in Louisville with serious mental illness. The report released Tuesday says the state “relies unnecessarily on segregated psychiatric hospitals to serve adults...
New Antique, Home and Garden Store Opens Today in Paducah
PADUCAH, Ky. — The Frayed Home is opening its doors today in Paducah, bringing an eclectic mix of antiques, home goods, and garden items to the community. Owned by Shane and Jennifer Boudreaux, the shop aims to offer a fresh and exciting experience to locals and visitors alike. Located at 121...
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Rodeo Star Amberley Snyder to Inspire Students at MCHS FFA Event
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (NEWS FIRST) — On February 21, McCracken County High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter will host a special event featuring renowned rodeo star Amberley Snyder....
6th Grader Sydney Groves Qualifies for State Governor’s Cup Competition”
PADUCAH, Ky. (NEWS FIRST) — Sydney Groves, a determined 6th grader from St. Mary Paducah, showcased her academic prowess at the Region 1 Governor's Cup competition last Saturday. Groves' exceptional...
The Future Of Hall Hotel In Mayfield, Kentucky, Is In Question
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- The fate of the historic Hall Hotel hangs in the balance as the Board of Condemnation steps in to prevent its potential demolition. With a vote in favor, the board...
Paducah Tilghman Shines at KHSAA Region 1 Wrestling Tournamen
In a thrilling display of skill and determination, athletes from various schools participated in the KHSAA Region 1 tournament on Saturday, delivering outstanding performances and securing their...
Owensboro Police Searching For Shoplifting Suspect
OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- Case # 24-4416- The Owensboro Police Department is investigating a Shoplifting involving the subject in the photos.If you have any information about this person of...
ACC reprimands Louisville’s Jeff Walz, fines school $20,000 for postgame criticism of officiating
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference has reprimanded Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz and issued a $20,000 institutional fine against the school for violating the...
Marshall County Woman Indicted For Stealing $1,000,000
MARSHALL COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) --
Carlisle County Arrest For Failed Drug Test
CARLISLE COUNTY, KENTUCKY (NewsFirst) -- On February 12th, 2024, Michael Arrowood (48) of Bardwell, KY came to the Carlisle County Court House to meet with his Probation and Parole Officer. During...
New Apartments Being Built in Paducah
PADUCAH, Ky. (News First) - If you have been driving along Hinkleville Road near the I-24 interchange and noticed several acres that have been cleared, you may be interested in knowing what's...
Top-ranked UConn faces massive test against No. 4 Marquette
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Top-ranked Connecticut has looked like a legitimate contender to become the first team to repeat as national champions since Florida 17 years ago.The Huskies...
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More US auto buyers are turning to hybrids as sales of electric vehicles slow
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — America’s automakers have staked their futures on the notion that electric vehicles will dominate sales in the coming years, spurred by buyers determined to reduce carbon emissions and save on fuel. But so far, while EV...
Were your holiday deliveries stolen? What to know about porch piracy and what you can do about it
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You found the perfect holiday gift online. You ordered it. A notification arrived on your phone, showing the package had arrived. But when you open your doors, the parcel is nowhere to be found. If this has...
Ready, set, travel: The holiday rush to the airports and highways is underway
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer It's beginning to look a lot like a hectic holiday travel season, but it might go relatively smoothly if the weather cooperates. Travel over Christmas and New Year's tends to spread out over many days, so the peaks in the U.S. are...
Ash leak at Kentucky power plant sends 3 workers to hospital
CENTERTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky power plant silo leaked coal ash and trapped one worker under a pile of the dusty material on Wednesday, sending him and two others who tried to help him to a hospital. The leak at the D.B. Wilson Generating Station caused dusty...
A 7th person in Tennessee has died due to tornado-producing storms
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh person in Tennessee has died from injuries she suffered during a string of powerful storms earlier this month that whipped up destructive tornadoes, according to police. Penny Scroggins, a...
WHO declares new JN.1 COVID strain a “variant of interest.” Here’s what that means.
UNITED STATES (NewsFirst) --- The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it would step up its classification of the new COVID-19 variant JN.1 to a standalone "variant of interest," after tracking the strain's rapid ascent around the world. Health officials have...
Apple to halt sales of its newest watches in US over patent dispute
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer If two of the latest Apple Watches are on your holiday shopping list, don't dawdle for much longer because the devices won't be available to buy in the U.S. later this week if the White House doesn't intervene in an...
America’s animal shelters are overcrowded with pets from families facing economic and housing woes
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press MENANDS, N.Y. (AP) — Kaine is a big, buoyant dog looking for a home. But lately, he's spending a lot of time at the office. Animal shelters around the U.S. are bursting at the seams amid the rising cost of living, so the gray and white...
Abuse in the machine: Study shows AI image-generators being trained on explicit photos of children
By MATT O'BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw...
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Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after...
Gypsy Rose Blanchard set to be paroled years after persuading boyfriend to kill her abusive mother
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and other serious illnesses,...
Pistons lose NBA single-season record 27 straight games, falling to Nets 118-112
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer. DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have made NBA history.Detroit became the league's first team to lose 27 straight games in a season, falling 118-112 to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night."Is it heavy? Yeah, I would imagine for...
Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
By FRAZIER MOORE and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.The National Comedy Center, on behalf...
Man trapped for 6 days in wrecked truck in Indiana rescued after being spotted by passersby.
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A man who had been trapped for days in his crashed pickup truck was rescued Tuesday after two fishermen spotted the wreckage, Indiana State Police said.Two men were scouting fishing locations when they found the man in his badly damaged vehicle,...
Police investigating incidents involving Colorado justices after Trump removed from state’s ballot
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court's decision to remove former President Donald...
Deported by US, arrested in Venezuela: One family’s saga highlights Biden’s migration challenge
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Pedro Naranjo idolized his father growing up and followed him into the Venezuelan air force to fly helicopters. So deep was their bond that when the older Naranjo feared being jailed for plotting...
A US delegation to meet with Mexican government for talks on the surge of migrants at border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A top U.S. delegation is to meet with Mexico's president Wednesday in what many see as a bid to get Mexico to do more to stem a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he is...
Americans sour on the primary election process and major political parties, an AP-NORC poll says
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the GOP presidential primaries just about to start, many Republicans aren't certain that votes will be counted correctly in their contest, as pessimism spreads about the future of both the...
Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on local trespassing charges after...
Gypsy Rose Blanchard set to be paroled years after persuading boyfriend to kill her abusive mother
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and other serious illnesses,...
Pistons lose NBA single-season record 27 straight games, falling to Nets 118-112
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer. DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have made NBA history.Detroit became the league's first team to lose 27 straight games in a season, falling 118-112 to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night."Is it heavy? Yeah, I would imagine for...
Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
By FRAZIER MOORE and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.The National Comedy Center, on behalf...
Man trapped for 6 days in wrecked truck in Indiana rescued after being spotted by passersby.
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A man who had been trapped for days in his crashed pickup truck was rescued Tuesday after two fishermen spotted the wreckage, Indiana State Police said.Two men were scouting fishing locations when they found the man in his badly damaged vehicle,...
Police investigating incidents involving Colorado justices after Trump removed from state’s ballot
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court's decision to remove former President Donald...
Deported by US, arrested in Venezuela: One family’s saga highlights Biden’s migration challenge
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Pedro Naranjo idolized his father growing up and followed him into the Venezuelan air force to fly helicopters. So deep was their bond that when the older Naranjo feared being jailed for plotting...
A US delegation to meet with Mexican government for talks on the surge of migrants at border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A top U.S. delegation is to meet with Mexico's president Wednesday in what many see as a bid to get Mexico to do more to stem a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he is...
Americans sour on the primary election process and major political parties, an AP-NORC poll says
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the GOP presidential primaries just about to start, many Republicans aren't certain that votes will be counted correctly in their contest, as pessimism spreads about the future of both the...