Community and Regional News

Beaver Dam rest area: You can hold it to July, can't you?

Jan 19, 2017 at 03:47 pm by admin

Finance Cabinet issues new request for proposal, responses due March 8 FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 19, 2017) - The Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet's Department for Facili.... Read More

WK Parkway Beaver Dam Center closes in contract snafu

Jan 09, 2017 at 10:13 am by admin

Beaver Dam rest area on Western Kentucky Parkway closed temporarilyUnsuccessful bid process prompts temporary closure FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 8, 2017)--A popular rest stop on.... Read More

Chess tournament set for January 21st

Jan 05, 2017 at 02:11 pm by admin

The Graves County Scholastic Chess Tournament will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, at Graves County Central Elementary School, behind the Board of Education office at 2290 State.... Read More

Jackson Purchase Historical Society honors Calloway County patriot Lt. Nathaniel G. Hale Saturday, January 14, at the National Guard Armory, in Murray

Jan 04, 2017 at 08:48 am by admin

Editor's Update: Bill Mulligan announced that January 13th will be First Lieutenant Nathaniel G. Hale/Calloway National Guard Day in recognition both of Lt. Hale who died Janu.... Read More

Kentuckiana rally planned for January 21st

Jan 03, 2017 at 02:43 pm by admin

Louisville Metro Hall 527 W. Jefferson Street (Northwest corner of 5th and Jefferson) The Rally to Move Forward Saturday, January 21, 2017 10 AM - 12 Noon Featuring Local.... Read More

Bowling Green getting 30 new jobs

Dec 21, 2016 at 03:43 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 21, 2016) - Gov. Matt Bevin today announced Performance Feeds LLC, a manufacturer of nutritional feed products for cattle, will relocate its primary produ.... Read More

Hickman County students compete in brown bag art contest

Dec 21, 2016 at 11:13 am by admin

Hickman County elementary, middle and high school students turned shopping bags into works of art for the second annual brown bag art contest. Their decorated bags were displ.... Read More

MSU graduates 1,195 December 2016

Dec 12, 2016 at 03:41 pm by admin

MURRAY, Ky. - Murray State University's December 2016 Commencement ceremony was celebrated on Saturday, Dec. 10, in the CFSB Center on the Murray campus. During the commenceme.... Read More

Paducah and Hydroelectric Project being considered for National Register

Dec 12, 2016 at 03:41 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 9, 2016) - Nominations of 14 sites to the National Register of Historic Places, and a research project documenting a new statewide context to evaluate fut.... Read More

WKCTC Nursing Students Receive Nursing Pins December 12 at Carson Center

Dec 12, 2016 at 03:41 pm by admin

PADUCAH, KY - West Kentucky Community & Technical College's Fall 2016 nursing pinning ceremony will be held Monday, December 12 at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center..... Read More

New Fulton Fancy Fannie's Bakery a Family Affair

Dec 12, 2016 at 03:41 pm by admin

(Fulton, KY) - Fancy Fannie's Bakery at 422 Lake Street in Fulton is named for matriarch Carolyn Byassee's grandmother. Grandmother Fannie was a baker in East St. Louis years.... Read More

2017 Potter Calendar "Looking Through the Year" available Saturday

Nov 14, 2016 at 03:32 pm by admin

(Clinton KY) - Jackson Purchase regional photographers, Mary and Ivan Potter of Clinton, KY, have published their 2017 Calendar. "Looking Through the Year." The limited editio.... Read More

Arts, Crafts, & Book Fair Saturday November 19th

Nov 07, 2016 at 02:29 pm by admin

This year's Fair (Saturday, November 19th, 8:30-2:30, Hickman County Elementary School gym) offers shoppers three main choices. One: Spend several days in crowded store.... Read More

Symsonia Elementary to host RESPECT Family Night

Oct 17, 2016 at 03:17 pm by admin

Symsonia Elementary School in Graves County will host the 2nd Annual R*E*S*P*E*C*T Family Night, offering workshops, activities for schoolchildren and a free dinner on October.... Read More

Motorists advised to watch for deer on the move

Oct 11, 2016 at 09:54 am by admin

PADUCAH, Ky. (October 10, 2016) - When you ask what animal causes the most human deaths and injuries each year, most people would guess alligators, bears, or maybe snakes. How.... Read More