Gary Pitts

The Christian County School District has selected Mary Ann Gemmill  as its new superintendent. Board of Education members made the decision Wednesday night.

A Paducah man is charged with murder in connection with a Tuesday morning shooting death in Paducah. Officials charged 28-year-old Donald Fowler yesterday for the death of 24-year-old Michael Bouie of Memphis. 

Murray State Rifle team freshman Kelsey Emme is the 2012 USA Shooting Junior Air Rifle National Champion.  Emme also competed in the small bore competition, where she finished 4th in the junior division. Her score in the open age air rifle final was good enough for seventh. 

NPR reports a coroner in Australia agrees, the dingo did take the baby.

A local icon and former Major League Baseball player has passed away. Robert “Hawk” Taylor grew up in Metropolis, Illinois. 

NPR reports officials are trying to contain an outbreak of whooping cough in the Pacific Northwest. 

Christian County Schools will hold a special meeting tomorrow to interview a superintendent candidate. 

Take that mosquitoes.

NPR reports an Australian scientist is trying to defeat dengue fever by infecting mosquitoes. It takes a very small needle, and a very steady hand.

The pair behind a more than $230,000 dollar embezzlement scandal involving the Paducah/McCracken County Convention and Expo Centers face sentencing today. 

Murray State’s Alexis Love sprinted her way into the 100 meter finals at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships yesterday evening.