Public Safety

A flying instructor and student pilot are dead after crashing a small plane in a rural area of Ohio County. The FAA notified Kentucky State Police around 11:00 p.m. Wednesday night that a plane was missing from radar in the Whitesville area that includes parts of Ohio and Daviess counties.

What are your plans for when the lights go out? September is National Preparedness Month. Kentucky emergency management has this reminder on how to best prepare for disasters.

Children are dying at higher rates from gun violence in Tennessee than the rest of the nation, an ongoing geographic disparity that has only widened in recent years and one that most gravely impacts the state’s Black families, whose children and teens are being killed by firearms at twice the rate as white kids.

The National Weather Service office in Paducah confirmed that two E-F 1 tornadoes touched down in the Purchase Area on Saturday morning.

Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear presented a proposed budget plan Wednesday to support law enforcement officers and promote public safety.

Severe thunderstorms are possible in western Kentucky, western Tennessee and southern Illinois later this afternoon and evening as multiple showers and storms are expected to make their way across the region.

The special session focused on public safety in Tennessee is officially happening. It’s set to begin Aug. 21 — as expected. Gov. Bill Lee is asking lawmakers to focus on preventing violent crime, but Democrats say it misses the mark.

Parts of far western Kentucky, northwestern Tennessee and southern Illinois are at an enhanced risk for severe weather Wednesday.

A flash flood emergency was issued for Union City, Tennessee, after thunderstorms dropped over 11 inches of heavy rain in the western Tennessee city.