The group overseeing public parks in Murray and Calloway County is raising concerns over the county’s proposed budget for next fiscal year eliminating its parks funding line.

Per a social media post from Hickman County Emergency Management, two locomotives and 29 railcars crashed off of the railway in a heavily wooded area past the end of Peery Road.

A pair of community education meetings on nuclear energy in McCracken County will be held on June 11 and 12.

Illinois Republican State Sen. Dale Fowler announced Tuesday that he’s resigning from his seat after the legislature session concludes at the end of the month.

Kentucky State Police arrested a Murray police sergeant Wednesday after his department received allegations that he had sexually abused a teenager he met while on duty. The far western Kentucky agency said the officer resigned from his position with the Murray Police Department after his arrest.

A uranium enrichment company has invited the public to attend a meeting Wednesday in Paducah to get a more in-depth look into what it plans to develop in far western Kentucky.

The Hopkinsville Art Guild is seeking proposals from area artists for a project that will establish three permanent art installations on the Hopkinsville Greenway.

Murray State University’s Board of Regents authorized the school to launch a feasibility study Friday that would look into the possibility of creating an entertainment district that would include several Racer Athletics facilities.

Kentucky State Police say probation and parole officers shot and killed a Paducah man Friday morning after he allegedly stabbed one of them.

Murray State clinched a second straight NCAA Tournament appearance after beating the 10th seeded Evansville Purple Aces 91-70 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship Sunday afternoon.