Elise Swift-Taylor
Thursday, May 13th, 2021
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky recently recognized 22 educators from across the Commonwealth for their support of high ability students. The educators were recognized at the program’s May 2 Commencement in Diddle Arena.
The Gatton Academy established the Gatton Academy Educator Recognition Program in 2018 to acknowledge and celebrate the support students receive from teachers, counselors, gifted and talented specialists, and principals along their educational journeys. Educators play key roles in encouraging students to develop their strengths, explore topics of interest, and set lofty goals. Students often learn of the opportunities The Gatton Academy offers through educators who recognize their potential.
Heartland road projects 5/21 Amber Ruch
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Butler County
Business U.S. 60 (West Pine Blvd.) will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform roadside work. This section of road is located between Business U.S. 60/67 (Westwood Blvd.) and Second Street in Poplar Bluff. Weather permitting, crews will be working on
Monday, Feb. 1 through Friday, Oct. 1 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Cape Girardeau County
Jackson crews will be working throughout the city to re-stripe roads to improve visibility for drivers. Weather permitting, crews will be working from
May through June. Warning signs, flashing lights and barricades will be in place. Drivers are urged to use caution.
Eastbound Kentucky Ave. in Paducah restricted to one lane due to sink hole KYTC District 1 Engineers will be back at the site on Friday, May 7, to evaluate the sinkhole and start developing a repair plan. (Source: KEYC News Now, File) By Ashley Smith | May 6, 2021 at 4:51 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 4:51 PM
PADUCAH, Mo. (KFVS) - According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 1, Eastbound U.S. 45-Business/Kentucky Ave in Paducah is restricted to one lane due a sinkhole along the roadway.
It will be restricted until further notice.
KY Highway Water Over Road Report for District 1 at 9:30 a.m., CDT UPDATES for McCracken County and Fulton.Posted by KYTC District 1 on Tuesday, May 4, 2021
McCracken County officers save young girl after lawnmower accident Corporal Zack Dunigan (left) and Deputy Kenneth Baldwin (right) saved a one-year-old girl using a Combat Application Tourniquet (pictured in center). (Source: McCracken County Sheriff s Office) By Clayton Hester | May 7, 2021 at 1:03 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 1:41 PM
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - A one-and-a-half-year-old girl is now in stable condition after a serious and life threatening accident.
It happened on Thursday, May 6 in the 6000 block of Old Mayfield Road.
Deputies said she was riding a zero-turn lawnmower with an adult when she fell and was struck in the leg by the blades.
A man who was magnet fishing this week in Western Kentucky got something to stick on his line, but it didn t have gills it was a hand grenade.
The Paducah Police Department said its Bomb Squad was called out Monday evening to the Clarks River bridge off Sheehan Bridge Road on a report that a man caught a grenade while magnet fishing. The squad used its robot to retrieve the item and place it in an explosive storage container, the Paducah Police Department said in a Facebook post that included a photo of the grenade. It was properly disposed of without incident.