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Two high school teachers in Hopkins County Schools are facing charges — including alleged sexual abuse and distributing “obscene matter” to minors — after being arrested by local law enforcement this week.
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Hopkin County will receive $8.5 million from West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies to help with the ongoing recovery from the devastating December tornado outbreak.
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More than three months after a string of deadly tornadoes ravaged communities across Kentucky, Hopkins County is taking one more step in the long-term recovery process.
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Gov. Andy Beshear says he plans to ask the federal government to extend its 100% coverage of the tornado debris clean-up costs for another 60 days, with ongoing debris clean-up largely unfinished and the anticipated overall costs massive.
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While most school systems in western Kentucky will be returning from winter break on schedule to start their spring semester, other districts are delaying instruction to give school faculty transition time from helping with tornado disaster relief.
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Skyrocketing natural gas prices across the world is causing a spike in U.S. coal production this year to meet surging energy demand, as some world economies begin to rebound from the ongoing pandemic. Some western Kentucky mines are expanding operations to meet this short-term boost in demand.
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Madisonville City Council passed an ordinance in a 5-1 vote on Monday to change its elections for city council and mayor to nonpartisan races.
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The coronavirus is ripping through Kentucky, with the vast majority of counties classified by the state as “red zones” with critical COVID-19 spread.…
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Madisonville and Hopkins County officials teamed up Friday to offer an update on the local response to the coronavirus pandemic, and share details…
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When Madison Eads got a call from the Kentucky Department for Public Health, she only had 24 hours to prepare herself before heading to the epicenter of a…