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Russellville man arrested on drug charges from Todd, Hopkins counties

A Russellville man was taken into custody by the Todd County Sheriff’s Thursday following an investigation by the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force. According to a news release, Deputy Derek Baumann with the sheriff’s office and detectives with the Task Force located 40-year-old Thomas Morgan of Russellville at a residence off

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Unemployment rate up across the Commonwealth

Unemployment rose in 110 counties between June of this year and June of 2024, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics.  According to a news release, that held true in the Pennyrile Region, with the unemployment rate ticking up to 5.9 percent in Christian County, up from 5.6 percent one

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Biden approves Ky. Disaster Declaration

President Joe Biden has approved a Kentucky Disaster Declaration, paving the way for federal assistance funding to help communities that were impacted by severe storms at the end of May.  According to a release from FEMA, the counties included in the declaration are Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Clay, Greenup, Hopkins,

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Daily rain and storm chances set for this week

While we are getting a reprieve from the heat this week, that does mean daily chances for rain and storms are the name of the game this week.  Forecaster Sean Poulos with the National Weather Service in Paducah says those rains and storms will be widely scattered, with the highest

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