Historic Flatboat Braves
Hurricane-Level Winds on
Way to Paducah

Notorious Satirist sits down
with Chad Lampe

Sustainable Farming Filmmaker
at WKCTC

ASJL Files Bankruptcy

McConnell Remarks and Beshear Conference

Still Without Power

EPA Orders Princeton Water Testing

Kentucky Wind Storm Damage Report

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Every month, WKMS News Director Chad Lampe speaks with Murray State University President Dr. Randy Dunn. They talk about MSU’s efforts to cultivate overseas exchange programs and expand student recruiting.

1st District State Senate Candidate Republican
Ken Winters
10/3/08 Angela Hatton

Incumbent Republican Kentucky State Senator Ken Winters has served in the senate since 2005, and he’s up for reelection in the first district, which includes Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Lyon, and Trigg Counties. He faces Democrat Carroll Hubbard this year. Angela Hatton sat down with Senator Winters and has this profile.

1st District State Senate Candidate Democrat
Carroll Hubbard
10/3/08 Angela Hatton

Carroll Hubbard has previously served in the Kentucky legislature and the US House of Representatives. The attorney is now the Democratic nominee and he’ll face off against Senator Winters for the First District State Senate seat. Angela Hatton spoke with Hubbard about his plans for Frankfort.

Regional Headlines

KY Senate Candidates Offer Views on Healthcare
10/13/2008
Western Kentucky businessman Ron Sanders says his company picks up the entire tab to provide health coverage for his workers because it's a good investment to attract and retain a quality staff.

KY Utility Aid
10/13/2008
State and federal leaders in Kentucky say the state will be receiving federal money to help residents with winter heating bills.

Mexican Marijuana Cartels in US and KY Parks
10/13/2008
Federal officials say national forests and parks - long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels - have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides.

McConnell Says Rescue Plan not a Political Liability
10/13/2008
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell says his vote for a $700 billion government rescue of the financial industry is not a political liability in his campaign for a fifth term.

KY Prisoners Released
10/13/2008
The Louisville Courier-Journal says at least 14 percent of inmates freed under the state's early release program have been charged with crimes.