WKMS provides readers and listeners with coverage of a competitive Kentucky House race and contested judge-executive races in four counties around western Kentucky.
- News Briefs
- GLE holding an open house meeting Wednesday for planned Paducah enrichment facility
- Art installations sought for 3 trailheads on Hopkinsville Greenway
- Murray State authorizes study to evaluate Racer Entertainment Village proposal
- Law enforcement fatally shoot Paducah man after KSP says he stabbed parole officer
- Murray State University women’s basketball headed to Chapel Hill for NCAA Tournament
- New license plate to help fund Kentucky natural disaster relief
NPR Top Stories
Universal Images Group
/
Getty Images
Millions of people with Medicare will soon be eligible to get discounted GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here's how it will work.
Spencer Platt
/
Getty Images
Evan Agostini
/
Invision via AP
More Regional News
-
The Jesse Williams Band makes their WKMS Live Lunch debut on May 15, 2026, bringing their unique mountain blues sound to Studio B. -
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed several bills legislating Tennessee’s LGBTQ community — and more on the way to his desk. -
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has officially called a special session for the legislature to re-draw the state’s congressional maps. -
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump has endorsed Kentucky congressman Andy Barr in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell. -
A judge ruled part of Kentucky's abortion ban defining human life as beginning at conception unconstitutional in a lawsuit brought by Jewish women. -
The two-day festival in Paducah’s Lower Town neighborhood will feature two stages, live music, crafts, vendors, and food. Festival Music Director Seth Murphy said he is glad the festival is back, and that he thinks it will be better than ever. This year’s headliners are two Grammy Award-winning artists: renowned pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph and Cajun-flavored rock musician Louis Michot.
More NPR Headlines
-
It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains. -
Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, has dominated headlines for weeks. For some, his surname is a reminder of a disappearing accent in South Midland America. -
Travel advisers are seeing Americans picking cheaper domestic travel destinations over Europe. -
Zelenskyy rebuked Moscow for what he said was its "utter cynicism" in launching the attacks after Russia announced a unilateral ceasefire over two days later this week. -
The Australian government had been alerted Wednesday that four women and nine children had booked flights from Damascus to Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said. -
In Ohio, where a Democrat hasn't won an election for governor in 20 years, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton could be in for a tight race this fall.
