A winter storm is projected to hit western Kentucky, northwestern Tennessee and southern Illinois Tuesday afternoon. The National Weather Service office in Paducah is predicting several inches of snow that could impact travel Tuesday and Wednesday followed by a “dangerous” cold later in the week.

Soaking rains, thunderstorms and snow inundated Kentucky over the weekend causing widespread flooding across the state.

Two Republican state lawmakers filed legislation this week that would change Tennessee’s firearms dispossession form, closing a dangerous loophole that experts say leaves domestic violence victims vulnerable.

Most of Kentucky, parts of Illinois and all of Tennessee are going to be under a winter storm warning starting late Thursday evening, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service say that some areas in far western Kentucky, southern Illinois and northwest Tennessee are likely to get at least four inches of snow on Friday.

The National Weather Service’s Paducah office has issued an ice storm warning for parts of western Kentucky and southern Illinois this weekend.

The National Weather Service office in Paducah says the winter storm approaching this weekend is likely to impact travel across parts of western Kentucky and southern Illinois in the coming days.

A Northern Kentucky Republican will file a bill in the 2025 legislative session to hold parents and guardians civilly accountable for gun violence or misuse carried out by minor children in their care.

Three drone pilots for a Hopkinsville-based company became a lifeline for people stranded in remote areas of North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.

Kentucky has dozens of high hazard dams in poor or worse condition needing repairs and rehabilitation, according to a list sent by the state Department for Environmental Protection to the Legislative Research Commission in late August.