FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 28, 2024) – Highway safety is a shared responsibility and Kentuckians can now enjoy a new, user-friendly website to access safety data, campaign materials and resources to promote safer roads. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) Office of Highway Safety’s new website, kyhighwaysafety.com, provides timely and relevant highway safety information to support education, […]
$23.3 million construction will add two lanes and a concrete median to one of the busiest roads in Daviess County MADISONVILLE, Ky. (March 26, 2024) – Getting around on the ever-congested Kentucky 54 in Owensboro will be getting a little easier as a project to widen the roadway is set to begin on Thursday, March
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MADISONVILLE, Ky. (March 25, 2024) – The intersection of US 60 and KY 109 in Sturgis has reopened following a water main break in the overnight hours. After repairing the broken water line, Sturgis Water Department filled the hole with rock and marked it with a barrel. Motorists are asked to be aware of this potential rough
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MADISONVILLE, Ky. (March 25, 2024) – The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a wind advisory, now through 5 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, that includes all of western Kentucky and could cause difficulties for larger vehicles traveling area roadways. The advisory warns of 20 to 30 mph winds, with possible wind gusts of up to
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 22, 2024) – Kentucky state and local agencies urge residents, tourists and truckers to prepare for heavy traffic when the moon’s shadow sweeps across the commonwealth’s western counties and a dozen other states during the afternoon of Monday, April 8. Travelers planning to view the total solar eclipse should expect congested highways and limited
(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) selected Robbie Fletcher, the superintendent of Lawrence County Schools, as Kentucky’s next commissioner of education. As the chief state school officer and chief executive officer for the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), the commissioner recommends and implements KBE policies and directs KDE in the management of
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (March 20, 2024) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 2 announced Monday the hiring of longtime area journalist Matt Hughes as its new public information officer (PIO). He replaces Keirsten Jaggers who retired at the end of 2023. “Our nation’s interstate and highway system is one of our most important resources, and I’m excited
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Language put in the main budget bill by the Kentucky Senate would set conditions to unlock funding to oversee the state’s medical cannabis program, which is scheduled to take effect at the start of 2025. The two sentences inserted by senators came up for discussion Monday as House and Senate leaders
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republican lawmakers on Friday put the political fight over whether taxpayer money should be able to flow to private or charter schools in the hands of voters to decide. The proposed school choice constitutional amendment won final passage in the Senate by a vote of 27-8, capping a rapid series
(FRANKFORT, KY) – The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking recommendations of exemplary educators and leaders in the Commonwealth’s public schools to join the 2024 Kentucky Exemplary Educators Program (KEEP). Qualified individuals selected for KEEP will receive a certificate of excellence from KDE and may be considered for other recognitions and opportunities, including invitations
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 14, 2024) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear provided an update on economic development; funding to improve parks and recreation spaces; medical cannabis; recent bill signings; new homes at a high-ground community; an award to support families in need; the 988 crisis hotline; funds from the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhood grant program; Kentucky State
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Senate Republicans revealed their version of the state’s next two-year budget Wednesday, proposing more funding for the main K-12 school funding formula and doubling the amount of performance-based funding that goes to public universities. The spending blueprint could be voted on in the full Senate later Wednesday, hours after it
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Hopkinsville, Ky. – Kentucky State Police have arrested three people in connection with trafficking fentanyl.KSP and the Hopkinsville Police Department executed a search warrant at the Woodland Heights Complex in Hopkinsville on Friday. The search yielded more than 1,100 Fentanyl pills, approximately one ounce of cocaine, money, and other drug paraphernalia.Chermes White, age 22, of
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 11, 2024) – Gov. Andy Beshear will host the 56th annual Governor’s Prayer Breakfast Tuesday, March 12, at the Exum Center at Kentucky State University in Frankfort. The theme for this year’s Prayer Breakfast is “Forward Together in Faith, Empathy and Compassion.” The event begins at 7:30 a.m. EST (doors open at 7
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A Webster County man is accused of stabbing another person. Henderson Police Department said officers responded to the 1000 block of First Street in Henderson on Tuesday in reference to an assault. The alleged victim told police that a white man walked up to his vehicle and asked for a ride. The driver said that
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