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Planned development has mobile home park residents uncertain about their fate
It’s a muggy Monday night, and lawn chairs sit around a glass-top table outside Cindy Floyd’s trailer at the Kentucky Gardens Mobile Home Park, where a meeting of the BG Mobile Homeowners United advocacy group is taking place. During the meeting, as she watches a group of children...
LIVE RADAR | Tracking scattered storms in Louisville and southern Indiana
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Severe weather is possible in the Metro Louisville area Saturday. A WHAS11 Weather Impact Alert Day has been called for Saturday due to storm chances and the possibility for heavy downpours and high winds. Severe weather is not expected, but locally heavy rain, gusty wind, and lightning is possible.
Fourth ‘Hoptown Idol’ Looking For Local Talent
For the fourth straight year, Hoptown Idol is back on the calendar to celebrate and showcase homegrown talent and entertainment on the Founder’s Square stage. Video entries for the singing contest are currently being accepted here for one winner to take home $500 cash and a two-hour recording session at ARC Exhibit Studios in Hopkinsville.
Kentucky is getting another Publix. Here's where it'll be
Publix Super Markets has announced a lease was signed for a new store to open in Owensboro, Ky., continuing the chain's surge across the state after opening Kentucky's first Publix in Louisville earlier this year. The Florida-based grocery store chain announced the new store in a press release on Tuesday. ...
Hopkinsville mayor and Christian County Jail sign agreements with Fort Campbell
FORT CAMPBELL, KY – Three Intergovernmental Support Agreements (IGSA) were signed Aug. 26 between Fort Campbell Garrison Commander Colonel Christopher Midberry and several senior officials in the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Christian and Todd Counties. The first agreement, which was a renewal of an existing plan from an expiring...
UK kidney transplant transforms pain into purpose
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexington resident and kidney transplant recipient Ashley Holt has a favorite scripture from the Bible, one that she goes back to repeatedly when she needs to gather her thoughts and make sense of her journey. Jeremiah 29:11 is like a mantra and appears to her serendipitously in unexpected places just when she needs it most.
Whooping cough reported at Christian County High School, medical checks advised
HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – On Aug. 28 the Christian County Health Department informed parents of Christian County High School students that a case of whooping cough was reported at the school, and other students may have been exposed. The health department advises that if students have a...
Bardstown Road brewery closes five years after opening. Here's what we know
A Bardstown Road brewery staple has closed its doors. Against the Grain Public House, 1576 Bardstown Road, opened in 2019 — just before the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered restaurants and bars nationwide. In a Facebook post, the brewery said of the closing: "The timing of our lease renewal, coupled with the changing landscape of the...
The Moving Wall comes to Oak Grove to honor Vietnam veterans | PHOTOS
OAK GROVE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) –The Moving Wall, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., stretches nearly all the way around the American Legion Post 233 building in Oak Grove. It is on display Labor Day weekend from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2. According to...
Officials Seeking Trigg County Chamber Director
An important part-time job has now been posted for Cadiz and Trigg County. The Trigg County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is seeking a president and chamber director, following Beth Sumner’s move to executive director for Cadiz-Trigg County Tourism. A contract position requiring 90 hours a month, or...
Case of travel-related ‘sloth fever’ reported in Jefferson County
LOUISVILLE — The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness (LMPHW) in partnership with the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed a Jefferson County resident who recently traveled from Cuba was diagnosed with the Oropouche virus infection. The infected person...
Paducah to hold Labor Day Parade
PADUCAH — Labor day is almost here, and Paducah is getting ready to celebrate!. At 9:30 a.m. on September 2, the Western Kentucky Labor Day Committee's Labor Day Parade will commence. The theme of this year’s parade is The Struggles of Our Past Create Our Future. According to...
Facing 'extended closure,' owners of Louisville fried chicken restaurant launch GoFundMe campaign
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The owners of a popular Louisville fried chicken restaurant said this week they need to raise tens of thousands of dollars "in one of the most challenging moments we've ever faced." Jason McCollum and Aenith Sananikone McCollum, owners of Chik'n & Mi at Mellwood Avenue and...
Pennyrile Electric and HES Customers To Feel TVA Rate Increase In October
Pennyrile Electric customers will feel the effects of a TVA rate increase when they pay their electric bills in October. Pennyrile Electric Vice-President of Member Services Brent Gilkey says TVA’s recent announcement of a 5.25% wholesale rate increase, to fund ongoing construction and energy development, will be reflected on Pennyrile Electric member’s bills beginning October 1st. In addition, Gilkey says there will also be an increase to the monthly customer charge in the amount of $3.00 to aid Pennyrile Electric in recovering rising fixed costs. The average monthly residential bill will have an overall increase of $7.00 – $8.00, depending on usage.
Barbeque Shack Too Possibly Reopening In September
Barbeque Shack Too owner Mindy Hargrove says the popular restaurant in Herndon could reopen for business as early as September 12th. Hargove says the roof of the pit area collapsed as the result of the fire Wednesday, with the dining area sustaining major smoke and water damage. She adds the fire apparently began as they were cooking meat on the pits to sell on Thursday. Hargrove owns the business, with the building owned by Knockum Hill Barbeque founder Will Hargrove. Hargrove says they are currently waiting on the insurance adjusters to finish their work and turn the building back over to them before they can begin working on a temporary plan to reopen.
Purple People Bridge reopens after inspection, repairs
The Purple People Bridge fully reopened Thursday evening after passing inspection, according to Purple People Bridge Company President Will Weber. “It’s a little more purple than it was back when we had to close it in May,” Weber said. That’s due to a new paint job on the interior of the bridge.
Renowned sportswriter bids farewell to journalism
Longtime respected sportswriter Kyle Tucker said goodbye to journalism on Friday, calling it “the toughest decision of his life” after a 21-year career. After 21 years as a sportswriter, the last 13 covering Kentucky, I’m hanging up my press pass. Toughest decision of my life, but an opportunity outside journalism was too good to pass Read more... The post Longtime sportswriter Kyle Tucker leaving the industry appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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