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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Officials, business leaders and filmmakers traveled to Madisonville Wednesday to tout a new initiative to get the Bluegrass State on the world’s silver and small screens: the West Kentucky Film Commission. -
The latest wave of executive orders from the desk of President Donald Trump seeks to speed up the development of the country’s nuclear energy infrastructure and overhaul the industry’s safety regulator, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. What does that mean for the future of energy in Kentucky? -
Kentucky’s Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman joined other GOP attorneys general in Arizona on Wednesday at the U.S. border with Mexico in a show of support for Trump administration efforts to increase border security. -
Around two dozen western Kentucky protestors spoke out against proposed cuts to federal Medicaid support on Tuesday, rallying outside of Republican Congressman James Comer’s office in downtown Paducah. -
Five county jails in Kentucky are now certified to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees indefinitely. -
Organizers for the annual St. Jerome Picnic in Fancy Farm named the emcee for the event’s 145th edition in a release Tuesday. -
Members of the Murray State community packed into a room at the CFSB Center alongside school faculty, staff and officials to welcome the western Kentucky university’s president-elect Ron K. Patterson to campus Thursday. -
President Donald Trump granted exemptions last week from some pollution safeguards to dozens of coal- and oil-burning power plants across the country, including four in Kentucky. -
The Louisville poet, essayist and educator’s appointment was announced during a press conference Thursday by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who called her “a guiding voice” for writers in the state through her poetry and passion for teaching. -
Flooding threat persists with many waterways expected to crest in coming days
