West Paducah News

KentuckyHomeplace services, an advocate agency that helps rural and low- income residents get prescription drugs and other medical supplies, will resume operations in Fulton and Hickman County July 21, after ...

A judge in western Kentucky has refused to throw out murder and other charges against two people awaiting trial for the killing of a teen mother in 2000.

Executive Inn, convention center renovations begin Executive Inn owner Bhupinder Singh says he's no longer involved in the day-to-day management of the ... Battling invisible bullies It didn't matter that Tina ...

West Kentucky may be one step closer to landing thousands of new jobs. On Thursday, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Board approved an incentive package worth as much as $551 million dollars.

For those who love baseball like me, you have been tuned into the MLB Draft since its 2:00pm start time.

“I don't think anybody could have been more happy to see blue lights than these guys”

Heavy rains Monday led to a swift-water rescue and a wreck in which a car landed upside down in Kentucky Lake. via FireFightingNews.com

Reported by: Staff Report Email: newstip@wpsdtv.com Last Update: 3:20 pm The McCracken County Sheriff's Department is asking the public to be on alert for car theft and properly secure vehicles. via WPSD-TV Paducah

“This bill is an attempt to relax that moratorium so rather than be a state that's marked off, anybody looking into this could keep us on a list.”

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Three state legislators are trying to overturn a nearly-quarter-century ban on nuclear power in Kentucky, as the nuclear industry vies for a comeback. via The Courier-Journal

“They will pick up on those cues. And it becomes something they want to do themselves.”

I cried a long time on my hotel bed that night, thinking about their faces. So many children - 14, 15, 16 years old - drawn tight with grief and exhaustion. via Journal Gazette

“I don't think jurors ever take the death penalty lightly”

A judge has ordered jury selection closed in the case of three people charged with raping and killing a western Kentucky teenager. via WLEX-TV Lexington

Round two of the forecasted winter weather is winding down and many in our area woke up to more snow, some slick roads and even patches of ice. via WPSD-TV Paducah

“My daughter came in and told me the house was on fire. I go over, and all sorts of fire trucks were there. I look up to the window, and they were lined up way back here”

Daisy O'Donnell, NewsChannel 6- A local man's home is just a pile of ashes after a suspicious fire destroyed it Monday night. via WPSD-TV Paducah

A West Paducah man was taken to the hospital with severe injuries after an SUV crash last Tuesday night on Noble Road. via WPSD-TV Paducah

“Most of her friends have finished college, married and started families.”

The death of his daughter in a high school shooting spree still takes its toll on Joe James. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“The closer to trial it got, memories started coming back and he started feeling bad”

A western Kentucky man pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in the fatal stabbing of his father last year. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“The trains come in all hours of the day... 7 days a week”

Plans for a controversial industrial project in McCracken County, Kentucky, are back on the board. via WPSD-TV Paducah

The greater Paducah Economic Development Council is asking for more money to help bring more jobs into West Kentucky. via WPSD-TV Paducah

“Thanks to this partnership, thousands of high school students will have the latest information about safe driving, the dangers of underage drinking and they will be able to recognize who is trying to influence the decisions they make.”

Automobile crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers. That's why the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Mothers Against Drunk Driving are teaming up to promote safe driving practices during ... via WHAS-TV Louisville