Cooler temperatures this week, chance of rain and storms this weekend
It’s going to be cooler than people have gotten used to recently, with some cold nights in store this week and a chance of storms on the horizon. Forecaster Rachel Trevino with the National Weather Service in Paducah says some places could dip down into the 20’s some nights this
Legislators talk bills as General Assembly heads into its final weeks
We’re entering in the home stretch of the 2024 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, and while a budget is still in the works, legislators have had plenty of bills to consider in the meantime. Speaking with WHOP News recently, Senator Whitney Westerfield discussed the numerous bills he filed before
Multiple Fort Campbell projects receive funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act
The United States Senate has passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, which contains significant resources to support Kentucky’s military installations and its servicemembers. That includes funding for multiple projects as Fort Campbell, including $38 million for Fort, Campbell to construct a large scale vehicle/aerial gunnery training range, $5.5 million
Todd Fiscal approves Code RED upgrade, hears jail update
Todd County Fiscal Court approved upgrading the county’s Code RED Alert System at Friday’s meeting and heard an update from the Todd County Jail. Currently, someone has to manually input any warnings, such as severe weather alerts—including tornado warnings—into the Code RED system, which then sends it out to all
Fort Campbell soldier charged for conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information
A Fort Campbell soldier from Tennessee is accused of selling confidential information to China. According to the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, was arrested Thursday at Fort Campbell following an indicted by a federal grand jury that
Kentucky unemployment rate remains stagnant
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary January 2024 unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics. According to a news release, the preliminary January 2024 jobless rate was unchanged from December 2023 and was up 0.2 percentage point from one year ago, so the rate has stayed fairly