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Waffle House Shooting Suspect Arrested

NASHVILLE, TN - Authorities say the suspect in a quadruple homicide at a Waffle House in Nashville has been arrested. Metropolitan Nashville Police announced Monday on Twitter that 29-year-old Travis Reinking was taken into...

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Dog Found Shot to Death in West Paducah

PADUCAH, KY - Authorities are asking for help from the public in an investigation into a dog recently found shot to death in West Paducah, and one that was abandoned. McCracken County Animal Control says a citizen found two dogs near Noble Road...

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Man's Body Found in Ballard County Field

BARLOW, KY - Authorities are investigating a man's death in Ballard County. The Carlisle County Sheriff's Department says their office got a mutual aid request Friday afternoon from the Ballard County Sheriff's Department for a UAV/drone aircraft...

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Gun Reform Hard Sell After Marshall Shooting

BENTON, KY - Jeff Dysinger's daughter survived two bullets from a classmate at her Kentucky high school this year, but he hasn't joined in the national outcry over guns that escalated after 17 people died in a Florida school shooting three weeks...

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Three Face Pot, Other Charges in Marshall County

MARSHALL COUNTY, KY - Three people face drug and other charges in Marshall County. According to the Marshall County Sheriff's Office, the charges came after an investigation resulted in a deputy and an officer with the Benton Police Department...

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Rain Through Monday Could Total 2 Inches

PADUCAH, KY - Weekend rain has extended into a wet Monday, and this week's temperatures will stay a bit below normal for this time of year. The National Weather Service office in Paducah says periods of rain will continue through Monday night,...

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Waters: Time For an Offensive Against Failure

LEXINGTON, KY - COMMENTARY: It's often the coach who gets forced out even though it's the players who lose games. Sometimes education commissioners resign under pressure, as Stephen Pruitt did, even though the entire system shares...

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Some Area Roads Covered by Water

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Waffle House Shooting Suspect Arrested

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Dog Found Shot to Death in West Paducah

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Public Meeting May 3 to Discuss Honeywell Plant

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Gun Reform Hard Sell After Marshall Shooting

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Paducah Compost Facility Closed for Grinding

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Three Face Pot, Other Charges in Marshall County

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McConnell: Growing Kentucky’s Economy with Hemp

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Poster Series Highlights KY State Parks

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Waters: Time For an Offensive Against Failure

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Hepatitis Vaccines Urged for Travelers to Kentucky

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Sports

Predators Beat Avs 5-0 in Game 6 to Win

Mattias Ekholm ignited the offense early with the first goal by a Nashville defenseman in the series, Pekka Rinne stopped 22 shots and the ...

Emma Talley Finishes 5th at LPGA's LA

Cubs Beat Rockies 9-7

Mets-Braves Washout is 26th

Astros Beat White Sox 7-1

Landry Wins Texas Open for First PGA

National & World

Hepatitis Vaccines Urged for Travelers

Indiana health officials are advising residents to get vaccinated for hepatitis A if their summer plans include visits to Kentucky or ...

Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team in

Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies at

Harry Anderson of 'Night Court', Dead

Events

IBEW Accepting Applications for

The Paducah Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will be ...

Off Road Poker Run to Benefit MARSHALL

Disaster Readiness and Survival Skills

WKCTC Earth Day Celebration & Concert

Edible Plant Workshop at McCracken Co.

Grant Writing Workshop at McCracken Co.

Obituaries

Mr. John Edward Arant, age 92 of Sharpe, KY died on Monday, April 23, 2018, at Parkview Nursing Center in Paducah, KY. He was a member ...

Clark, Nancy

Perry, Buster

Juell, David

Beardsley, Jean

Beane, Amanda

Health

Paducah Man Uses T-Shirts to Seek

A Paducah man who is in need of a kidney transplant has been getting some extra calls about his situation because of a t-shirt his sister ...

McCracken High School FCCLA Wins

Hepatitis A Cases Reported in Western

Balliet Joins Mercy Primary Care in

Baptist Health to Host Program about

Baptist Health Offers Smoking Cessation

Living

Makes 2 cups 2 cups all-purpose flour Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Gently dump the flour on a jelly roll pan (9" X 13" or ...

TGIF: Understanding the Roadblock

McCracken High School FCCLA Wins

St. Mary Student Selected for

KY Governor’s Scholars Program Accepts

Hospital Recognizes Occupational

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