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National Weather Service PaducahMeteorologists with the National Weather Service say a cold front moving through western Kentucky, Tennessee and southern Illinois on Sunday is likely to bring strong wind gusts and a chance for tornadoes in some areas. -
Shelby Bloomer/WKMSSharnecce Currie-Jelks has made an impact on the court in just her first season with the Murray State women’s basketball team. The junior forward, who transferred from Indiana University, started every regular season game for the Racers. She’s currently leading all NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball players in double-doubles, averaging 18.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game.
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One of Kentucky’s most unusual historical stories –the mysterious “meat shower” – reportedly took place 150 years ago this month. A Paducah resident is turning the strange Kentucky story into a reason to bring people together – minus the meat falling from the sky. -
Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to lessen the ability of local governments to enforce laws about what and where people can build. -
Kentucky-based Addiction Recovery Care is under fire in a civil lawsuit for allegedly fraudulently billing Medicaid for a service. A federal database shows ARC made up 20% of all payments for that service in the country in a two-year period. -
Rep. Vanessa Grossl was the first Republican lawmaker to speak at a Planned Parenthood rally in Kentucky. At Thursday's event, she advocated for patients to be able to make their own health care decisions and to have access to contraception. -
Certain Kentucky low-income parents and child care providers who successfully prepare children for kindergarten would get a $2,000 reward under the bill. -
President Donald Trump held a rally in Kentucky on Wednesday and blasted Rep. Thomas Massie, who has been a thorn in the president’s side in major policy disputes.
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Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KCUR listener Justin Marciniak and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
Associated with the Frankfurt School, Habermas was a world-renowned thinker on modernity and democracy who helped shape German post-war and post-reunification political discourse. -
While Illinois is trying to keep the team in Chicago's suburbs, Indiana lawmakers are offering a plan to finance a new stadium -
The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department's latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists covering the agency. -
The surveillance industry version of HG Wells' 1898 classic sci-fi novel stars Ice Cube, and won accolades for worst picture, actor, director and more. -
The strikes comes after the United States paused ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine due to the war with Iran.
