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Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Apr 5, 2021 11:29 AM This should be the warmest week so far this year and the warming trend is expected to continue into next week. During the weekly weather conference call Monday with the National Weather Service in Paducah, Warning Coordination Meteorologist Rick Shanklin said highs will be in the upper 70’s until rain moves in Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Photo from CCSO Facebook Police have identified the man flown to a Nashville hospital following a single-vehicle, rollover accident on the Pennyrile Parkway Saturday night. Christian County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Miller says 36-year old John Michael Berry of Henderson had been traveling just north of the Crofton exit about 6 p.m. when his vehicle went into the median and overturned, ejected him from the automobile. Berry sustained serious injuries and was flown to Skyline Medical Center in Na...

London, KY, USA / SAM 103.9 FM WWEL | Todays Pop Hits Apr 5, 2021 10:07 AM Starting this week, Kentuckians age 18 and up will be eligible for the Moderna or Johnson and Johnson vaccine, and those as young as 16 years old can sign up for the Pfizer vaccine. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the expansion saying young people are ending up in the hospital. He said they believe this is because of the more aggressive variants. When Beshear originally announced expansion plans, the target date for expandin...

As previously reported, Hopkinsville police responded to 1504 College Street a few minutes before 1 a.m. April 3 and found 33-year old Anthony Johnson of Waddell Circle with a gunshot wound to the neck. He was transported by EMS to Jennie Stuart Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead by Christian County Coroner Scott Daniel. An arrest citation for Isbell says she was at the scene with a .38 caliber pistol when police arrived and she allegedly admitted to shooting Johnson, who was her ex-b...

Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Apr 5, 2021 3:50 PM Every eligible Kentuckian should now have the option to get a COVID-19 vaccine, with Governor Andy Beshear urging people to consider getting the shot. The governor reported 409 new cases of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth from both Sunday and Monday, and says that last week broke the 12 week streak of declining cases, with overall reported cases up some. He says it is good news that the state is not showing any evidence of an es...

Photo from CCSO Facebook A single-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on the Pennyrile Parkway seriously injured the driver. The man had been traveling just north of the Crofton exit about 6 p.m. when his vehicle went into the median and overturned, ejected him from the automobile, according to Sheriff Tyler DeArmond. The man was flown by Air Evac to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville for serious injuries. All four lanes of the Parkway were closed while deputies investigated. TRAFFIC ALERT!Dep...

Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Apr 3, 2021 7:07 PM A Florida man was flown to a Nashville hospital after a tractor-trailer overturned Saturday on Rocky Ridge Road. It happened between KY 124 and KY 128, with Trigg County Sheriff’s Major Mike Sandbrink saying the tractor-trailer ran off the road and overturned. Two men—one from Ohio and one from Florida—were inside and the man from Florida was flown to a Nashville hospital for leg injuries. ); } return false; }); $...

Governor Andy Beshear reported 587 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday in Kentucky. There were also eight new deaths and 12 deaths found in the ongoing audit of the state reporting system. Kentucky’s pandemic death toll now stands at 6,149. The positivity rate ticked up again to an even 3 percent. Hospitalizations fell to 368, 89 Kentuckians are in the ICU and 50 are on a ventilator. Eight of nine Pennyrile counties are now orange on the incidence rate map, with Muhlenberg the only yellow county. ...

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning on Riverside Drive in Clarksville. Detective Michael...

Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Apr 3, 2021 3:26 AM An arrest has been made in connection with the murder of a Hopkinsville man early Saturday morning on College Street. As previously reported, Hopkinsville police responded to 1504 College a few minutes before 1 a.m. and found  33-year old Anthony Johnson of Waddell Circle with a gunshot wound to the neck. He was transported by EMS to Jennie Stuart Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead by Christian County Coroner Scott...