Derek Operle
News DirectorA native of western Kentucky, Operle earned his bachelor's degree in integrated strategic communications from the University of Kentucky in 2014. Operle spent five years working for Paxton Media/The Paducah Sun as a reporter and editor. In addition to his work in the news industry, Operle is a passionate movie lover and concertgoer.
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The City of Paducah and McCracken County governments hosted a pair of community education meetings on nuclear energy this week. -
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. -
The only all-lesbian film festival in the U.S. is not where most people might expect. Cinema Systers – a four-day celebration of sapphic storytelling – turned 10 in Paducah over Memorial Day weekend. -
A newly formed group, called Protect McCracken County, seeks to bring together residents of Paducah and the surrounding area who oppose the pair of nuclear developments already underway in far western Kentucky. -
A pair of community education meetings on nuclear energy in McCracken County will be held on June 11 and 12. -
Voters across Kentucky – and in six other states – cast ballots in primary elections Tuesday, with some of the results setting matchups for this November’s general election and others entirely deciding races. -
Kentucky Resources Council, Paducah resident petition Nuclear Regulatory Commission for hearing on Global Laser Enrichment’s proposed $1.76 billion facility -
The two leading candidates in the race for the Republican nomination in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race appeared separately in Paducah Friday, never sharing the stage – or even a room – at the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce’s candidate forum. -
WKMS provides readers and listeners with coverage of a competitive Kentucky House race and contested judge-executive races in four counties around western Kentucky. -
The race for the McCracken County judge-executive seat features a contested Republican primary election in May, with the winner likely facing current Paducah Mayor George Bray – who filed to run for the county office as an independent this spring – in the general election.
