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Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Feb 18, 2021 6:45 PM Social media is reporting the All A Classic is back on after all. The event was canceled Tuesday in Richmond due to the weather. A meeting was held Thursday in which it was determined first and second round games would be played at high school sites with the semifinals and finals to be played in Richmond March 5-6 at EKU’s McBrayer Arena. An official announcement is expected to be made Friday. ); } return false; })...

A toddler was killed in an accidental shooting Wednesday night in Clarksville. Detective Michael Patterson say...

Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Feb 18, 2021 9:18 PM The Christian County School Board heard a presentation on the learning recovery plan in place to get students back on track from lost learning due to pandemic closures. In-person learning will continue as planned in the schools, with the majority of students back in the buildings, and around 600 students still in the Virtual Learning Academy. Director of Instruction Jessica Addison says so far, schools have been focusing on ...

London, KY, USA / SAM 103.9 FM WWEL | Todays Pop Hits Feb 19, 2021 10:16 AM There have been several examples of appreciation for first responders like police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, road crews and power company workers during the recent winter storms. Several volunteers gathered together in Jackson County recently with the help of Jackson Energy Cooperative to help feed breakfast, lunch and dinner for power crew members who had been working to restore power to thousands. Th...

London, KY, USA / SAM 103.9 FM WWEL | Todays Pop Hits Feb 19, 2021 10:34 AM The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Charlie Johnson is investigating an attempt to use a fake $100.00 bill at a business recently. The fake bill has pink Chinese lettering on it and is not on currency paper. The serial number is the same one that appears on some movie prop money recovered in the past. Sheriff John Root advises citizens and businesses to be on the lookout for these fake bills. Deputy Johnson...

The Laurel County Health Department reported three deaths in the county bringing the death toll to 39. The individuals were a 63-year-old man, a 79-ye...

Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Feb 18, 2021 10:48 AM There’s no more snow, ice or sleet in the weather forecast, but accumulations left over from three storms in eight days will still be causing some travel difficulties for a little while. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet trucks had gotten I-24 and the Pennyrile Parkway mostly clear as of mid-morning Thursday. Christian County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Miller says state, county and city crews have been hard at work, but s...

In the OVC: Austin Peay is slated to host SIU-Edwardsville in a men's/women's doubleheader with the women's ga...

Feb 18, 2021 8:25 AM (NEWTON) The work continues by cleanup crews to re-open the section of Illinois Route 33 between Dieterich and Wheeler in Jasper County after the Canadian National Railroad derailment occurred this past Tuesday night in the 9:00 hour. Officials say eleven of the train’s cars left the tracks, some of which fell to the north side of the rail tracks, spilling their loads of corn onto Route 33 which runs alongside the railway. Both the engineer and conductor on the train were...

Anthony Dyson A Christian County grand jury indictment for attempted murder of two police officers has been served against a Hopkinsville man. The indictment warrant for two counts of attempted murder and one count of first-degree wanton endangerment was served against 25-year old Anthony Dyson of Hopkinsville. Two Hopkinsville police officers were responding to a report of shots fired in the 200 block of East 13th Street just after midnight on New Year’s Day and found a man holding a gun sta...