Drew Adams

Potential Adoptive and foster parents in the region will have access to some welcome resources in the coming weeks. Murray State University and a nationwide child advocacy group are hosting the Connect, Celebrate and Explore: Foster Care and Adoption Fair. 

Kentucky State Police say a serious crime took place every two minutes and 38 seconds in 2011. The agency's annual Crime in Kentucky report released this month shows more than 290,000 arrests were made last year.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed legislation to improve public access to information about government meetings. 

Four more counties in the Jackson Purchase have been given the ‘exceptional drought’ status by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

The Carlisle County bus driver responsible for a 2011 crash that claimed the life of a six year old boy has been sentenced. 

From NPR: The ousting of a North Korean chief is indicative of deeper issues in the republic. 

An early morning boating accident on the Ohio River has left one man dead and another narrowly escaping with his life.

Twenty teachers from six different states visited New Madrid, Missouri on Monday to learn more about that town's claim to fame. 

The Kentucky Hemp Museum is looking to make the Jackson Purchase its new home. The museum, which was previously located in Lexington now hope to settle in Christian County, once hotbed of industrial Hemp Growth. WKMS’s Drew Adams spoke to Kentucky Hemp Museum Director Katie Moyer about the move to the Purchase, the uses for hemp and why it’s different from its psychoactive cousin, marijuana. 

Kathy Turner is in a unique situation. She works for Angels Attic, but can’t afford health insurance. So, when she noticed she wasn’t feeling quite like her-self, she followed the advice of her co-workers and went to the clinic her work supports where she was diagnosed with diabetes.