McCracken County News

The McCracken County Sheriff's Department says for the past three months, area law enforcement agencies have been searching for a suspect that is suspected of being involved in several home burglaries.

The Kentucky State Police held their annual awards ceremony on Monday, May 21st at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Frankfort.

At approximately 9:48 p.m. on May 23, deputies with the McCracken County Sheriff's Department responded to the report of a single vehicle crash in the 11500 block of Ogden Landing Road.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reports a multi-car wreck on top of the overpass at Exit 3 on I-24 westbound at the Ohio River Bridge at Paducah.

Contributed photo Need something to do this summer? The Carson Center's musical theatre camp will feature Missoula Children's Threatre's "Hansel and Gretel." Auditions will be July 9, with camp running July 9-13. If theatre isn't for you, check out some of the other local summer activities.

Detectives with the McCracken County Sheriff's Department Drug Division arrested a Paducah woman on Sunday on various drug charges.

Mrs. Bennett was a member of Reidland Baptist Church, where she enjoyed teaching Sunday school, and was a member of the Women's Missionary Union.

McCracken County Sheriff' report stated, On May 5, at approximately 6PM, a passenger car driven by 19 year old Treylan Gray of Clinton, Kentucky, with his 16 year old passenger Kelly Price of Clinton, Kentucky was West bound on U S Highway 62 near the 7400 block.

Detectives searched 2111 Lane Road on May 8 and found a 3 foot tall marijuana plant, numerous marijuana smoking pipes, bags of marijuana, doses of Lortab, and a loaded .38 caliber revolver that had the serial number scratched off.

Emergency responders in two western Kentucky communities are getting prepared for the possibility of a disaster that injures several people.

An early morning wreck in the Concord area killed one Paducah teen and left another injured.