City of Paducah

For nearly 30 years, the property where Lincoln High School once stood was an empty field. But on Friday, dozens gathered for the unveiling of a new Kentucky Historical Society marker recognizing the school that – despite the intent of segregation – helped students to make the most of their educational opportunities.

Paducah’s 8th of August celebrations – a regional holiday that marks when some Black Kentuckians and Tennesseans learned that slavery had been abolished in America – kick off Wednesday.

The City of Paducah is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Bob Noble Park this week

Retta Folsom has spent much of her life telling stories to children with the help of puppets she’s created through the decades. Now, her creations are being featured as works of folk art at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah.

A set of photos recently acquired at auction documents western Kentucky and southern Illinois’s starring turn in the epic 1962 film “How The West Was Won,” showing candid scenes from the region’s brush with golden age Hollywood.

Ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, Quilt City USA Murals installed a new piece of floodwall artwork on Monday. The group behind the mural says it ties together local and national river heritage with a tribute to the fiber arts.

With two major uranium enrichment companies looking to build in McCracken County and renewed interest in nuclear energy in far western Kentucky, scientists are putting in more devices to track earthquake activity in the region. Data collected from those instruments could help developers know how they need to factor what’s happening beneath the earth's surface in their projects.

A uranium enrichment company has invited the public to attend a meeting Wednesday in Paducah to get a more in-depth look into what it plans to develop in far western Kentucky.

A new mural featuring a racing horse with ties to western Kentucky will be unveiled in Paducah this week.

Well over 1,000 people lined up along the front of Paducah’s Bob Noble Park Saturday afternoon to rally against actions the Trump administration has taken over the course of the president’s second term.