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London, KY, USA / SAM 103.9 FM WWEL | Todays Pop Hits Mar 4, 2021 9:50 AM Former South Laurel Lady Cardinal Sydnie Hall was named Mid-South Conference Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Year ahead of the MSC Tournament. Hall has averaged 10.2 PPG for 224 total points this season for the Blue Raiders. She ranks fifth in 3-point field goal percentage at 39.8 with the fourth most 3-point FG per game at 2.4 in the conference with 53 made 3-point field goals on the season.  She adds 2.6 assists p...

(SPRINGFIELD) State Senator Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) has filed legislation to protect elections by requiring paper ballots. The Clay County farmer...

Newton, IL, USA / WIKK 103.5 FM The Eagle | Classic Rock Mar 4, 2021 7:59 AM (WASHINGTON) Congresswoman Mary Miller has introduced her first legislative bill out in the nation’s capitol. The Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act would clarify that nothing in Title IX (9) of the Education Amendments of 1972 can be interpreted to give the Biden Administration the authority to prohibit schools from maintaining sex-segregated bathrooms, locker rooms, sports teams, and academic programs. The bill a...

A multi-agency pursuit early Thursday morning ended with the arrest of a Hopkinsville man. Christian County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adam Vanderkolk attempted to stop a vehicle driven by 24-year-old Tavarious Qua’Shaun Mathews on Cadiz Road for having expired tags and a news release says Mathews refused to pull over. A pursuit ensued and Hopkinsville police assisted as they traveled through downtown Hopkinsville before spike strips were used to get the vehicle stopped at Walnut Street. Mathews was ar...

The Todd County Water District has issued a boil water advisory for an area northwest of Elkton due to a main ...

Sawyer Clarksville police have located the body of the man who went missing last December in Oak Grove. Detective Michael Patterson says the human remains found Tuesday on Kennedy Road were positively identified as 20-year old Justin Tyler Sawyer. Sawyer was reported missing in December and was last seen at the Shell station on KY 115 near the I-24 interchange in Oak Grove. Kentucky State Police have charged 22-year old Marquell Devont’e Sims and 20-year old Dawuan Davis of Oak Grove with fir...

Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Mar 4, 2021 9:12 AM The Christian County Sheriff’s Department was attempting to serve a warrant Wednesday night and would arrest the man in question for drug charges. Deputy Scott Noisworthy went to a home on Davis Road to serve a warrant against 51-year old Raymond Scott Lance of Nortonville and a news release says he resisted and an altercation ensued in the garage. Lance as eventually arrested and a search of his person allegedly turned up ...

Fort Campbell Garrison Commander Col. Jeremy Bell says, “This has been a long time coming. We made a promise to our Soldiers and Families to improve their quality of life on Fort Campbell and we are ready to deliver in a big way.” Fort Campbell will do its part to follow through on the Army’s commitment to significantly improve Family housing. U.S. Army Garrison-Fort Campbell and Lendlease, the Army’s privatized housing partner, will celebrate the commencement of an $87.4 million housin...

Mar 4, 2021 8:04 AM (SPRINGFIELD) The Natural Resource Conservation Service has announced funding is now available for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and the Agricultural Land Easement (ACEP-ALE) program. Through conservation easements, NRCS provides financial assistance to eligible partners to assist with the purchase of Agricultural Land Easements (ALE), which helps farmers and landowners keep working croplands and grasslands in active, profitable agriculture production. While...

The Kentucky Senate has voted to require schools to reopen in-person instruction by late March. Senators passed the bill Wednesday. The bill is potent...