The Illinois Department of Transportation is planning a work zone lane restriction on Interstate 24 westbound in McCracken ...

The spotted lanternfly is yet another invasive species that has found its way into America from overseas. Originally from ...

The McCracken County Coroner's Office announced that it has positively identified human remains discovered off Said Road on ...

Paducah’s moniker of Atomic City has been reborn with the latest announcement of development at the former Paducah Gaseous ...

A driver going 283 mph trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died ...

The KYTC Graves County highway maintenance crew plans to temporarily close a section of KY 1124 north of Farmington. The crew ...

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Kentucky’s first week of practice is in the books and coach Mark Stoops is pleased with his team’s progress. “I thought we ...

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said in an opinion released Friday that a controversial new law limiting ...

The US 60/62 Mississippi River Bridge at Cairo is scheduled to be closed daily beginning next week for an annual safety ...

A standoff in Texas over redrawn U.S. House maps sought by President Donald Trump sharply escalated Sunday when dozens of ...

The National Weather Service in Paducah looked back at July's heat wave where several all-time records were set or challenged across the region. For two full weeks from July 16-30, we were literally i ...