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Survey: Community Safety, Fire Dept. Rated Highly

PADUCAH - The City of Paducah has released more results from the National Citizen Survey they conducted earlier this year. One of the survey's first questions related to how safe people feel in their neighborhood during they daytime hours....

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Hemp Company Buying Former Amerisource Building

PADUCAH - At its Monday meeting, the Paducah Planning Commission approved the use of the old Amerisource Bergen building for an agricultural hemp facility. GenCanna Global USA, Inc. will manufacture hemp-derived products in the 120,000...

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Search Crews Find Body in Ohio River

PADUCAH - A body has been found in the Ohio River near the Brookport Bridge. Multiple agencies were on the scene Tuesday afternoon and recovered the body. According to McCracken County Sheriff Matt Carter, someone called Massac County...

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Feds Respond to Violent Crime in Mayfield

MAYFIELD - Local, state and federal officials on Tuesday announced a major crack down against violent criminal activity within Graves County. A federal grand jury in Paducah returned 14 charges in five indictments, leading to the arrests...

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Girl on Bicycle Struck by Vehicle in Mayfield

MAYFIELD - A nine-year-old girl was seriously injured Monday night when the bicycle she was riding was struck by a pickup truck in Mayfield. According to the Kentucky State Police, the girl riding on 13th Street failed to yield the right of way...

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Several Burglaries Reported in Marshall County

MARSHALL COUNTY - The Marshall County Sheriff's Office is investigating several burglary and theft reports. Deputies say someone entered a storage building Sunday on Wadesboro Road and took items, including tools, valued at over $1,000. On...

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Kaylor Pleads Guilty to Prescription Drug Fraud

PADUCAH - A woman who worked at a troubled western Kentucky jail has pleaded guilty to prescription drug fraud. The Paducah Sun reported Tuesday that 54-year-old Lisa Kaylor's plea on 33 counts of attempting to obtain a prescription medication by...

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Latest News

Hemp Company Buying Former Amerisource Building

36 minutes ago - PADUCAH
Section of KY 1368 Closed Starting Wednesday

3 hours ago - BALLARD COUNTY
Search Crews Find Body in Ohio River

3 hours ago - PADUCAH
Feds Respond to Violent Crime in Mayfield

4 hours ago - MAYFIELD - (5) comments
Livingston County Schools Awarded $25K STEM Grant

5 hours ago - LIVINGSTON COUNTY
Survey: Community Safety, Fire Dept. Rated Highly

7 hours ago - PADUCAH - (3) comments
Dragon Boat Festival Returns to Paducah Saturday

9 hours ago - PADUCAH
Several Burglaries Reported in Marshall County

9 hours ago - MARSHALL COUNTY - (2) comments
Health Officials Announce Flu Prevention Campaign

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Bridge's Load Limit Reduced on Husband Road

13 hours ago - PADUCAH
Fiser Receives Bailey Holt Tribute Scholarship

13 hours ago - PADUCAH - (1) comment
Traffic Stop Leads to DUI, Drug Arrest

14 hours ago - PADUCAH

Sports

UK's 8 2019 Home Games Include Florida,

Kentucky will host Southeastern Conference foes Florida, Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee among eight home contests on its 2019 ...

Blue Ribbon Yearbook Tabs UK Basketball

Mack, Amukamara Lead Bears Over

Monday's High School Sports Scores

Cubs Beat Diamondbacks 5-1

Wong Begins Cardinals' Homer Parade in

National & World

Florence Flooding Spreads as Storm

Emergency workers delivered truckloads of food and water to Wilmington, a city of 120,000 people mostly cut off from the rest of North ...

Earthquakes Reported in Southeast

Events

"Win, Lose, or Die," Mystery Dinner

A Murder Mystery Dinner on Sept 21 at Paducah's Moose Lodge will benefit the American Cancer Society. In "Win, Lose or Die," watch ...

7th Annual Dragon Boat Festival

West Is Best BBQ & Scholarship Auction

Master Distiller Featured at Carson

Operation Christmas Child comes "Full

Dresden Seniors Monthly Dance

Obituaries

Mitchuson, Chester

Mr. Chester Lee Mitchuson, age 60 of Benton, KY passed away on Monday, September 17, 2018, at his residence. Born Sunday, December 15, ...

Eddings, Robert

Roberts, Rev. Barry

Dowdy, Wanda

Conner, Sr., Robert

Welch, Scott

Health

Dr. McDermott Joins Mercy Health

Mercy Health recently welcomed Dr. Timothy McDermott to Mercy Health – Heart and Vascular Institute, Cardiology. Dr. McDermott comes ...

WKCTC Offers 'Yoga for Arthritis' Fall

Dr. Alice Higdon Joins Mercy Health

Mercy Health to Host Childhood Cancer

Murray Women's Health OB-GYN Services

Baptist Health Offers Sept.

Living

Tilghman Junior Wins State Writing

Kate Criner, Paducah Tilghman High School junior, has been named state champion in the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English and Language ...

Dr. McDermott Joins Mercy Health

Vidalia Onion Pie

Fall Perfect Time to Plant New Dogoods

WKCTC Offers 'Yoga for Arthritis' Fall

Dr. Alice Higdon Joins Mercy Health

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