Smithland News

A Paducah man was arrested today following an injury accident on Dover Road/KY 453, three miles north of Grand Rivers.

Following a thorough investigation by Trooper Trey Green, of Kentucky State Police Post 1, into this incident, on October 26, 2009, Trooper Green charged a 17 year old student with Terroristic Threatening Second Degree.

"I wish I could tell someone about the things I've kept secret for so long, but no one would understand or even want to hear it.

SMITHLAND, Ky. - The attorney for a western Kentucky man charged in the slayings of three children and a violent sexual assault on their mother will claim mental illness when his case goes to trial.

More than 150 people attended the Aug. 5 American Municipal Power Inc. groundbreaking ceremony for the Cannelton Hydroelectric Plant near Hawesville, Ky.

Smithland, KY-After 142 years, demolition day for Dunn Cherry House means the picture of Smithland is changed forever.

Mr. Louis Chittenden was northbound on Carrsville Road when the passenger side tires dropped off the right hand shoulder of the roadway.

CORBIN, KY.: Moonbows are very real and a very big attraction in south-central Kentucky.

The Dunn/Cherry House, just off Court Street in Smithland, KY. The home was built nearly 150 years ago.

Henry Clay is once again holding court, in a new building in western Kentucky. A statue of Clay, a 19th-century politician known as "The Great Compromiser," took its placee last week on the second floor of the new Livingston County Justice Center in Smithland.

The new 1,200-foot lock at McAlpine Locks and Dam was hailed at its dedication yesterday as an engineering marvel that will greatly ease the movement of goods and materials along the Ohio River.

Mike and Debbie Ramage of Smithland announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Brooke Ramage, to Steve Alan Ramage, son of Steve Ramage of Draffenville and June Skinner of Burna.

SMITHLAND, Ky. - A judge has asked attorneys to file more briefs before ruling whether a police interview with a triple slaying suspect is admissible at trial.

Officials in western Kentucky are trying to determine the identity of a body found in the Mississippi River.

Workers at the Smithland Lock and Dam have found the body of an Indiana fisherman, missing since April 1. The lockmaster reported the discovery inside a gate of the dam Thursday afternoon.

Daniel David Rust's wife, Denise Brown and sister, Cindy Thompson tell Local 6 that the Crittenden County Emergency Management Director called them Thursday to give them the news that Rust was found.

Sergeant Williams observed two motorcycles northbound on KY 453 just outside of Smithland traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour.

Kevin Wayne Dunlap sits in a Livingston County courtroom for a pre-trial conference on April 17, 2009.

The Army Corps of Engineers has completed the McAlpine Lock replacement project, opening its newest 1,200-foot lock chamber to barges and boats on the Ohio River at Louisville.