McCracken County

Leadership for the Paducah Police Department say an 18-month investigation has led to the arresting and indicting 23 people from western Kentucky and southern Illinois for charges related to alleged fentanyl trafficking.

A new COVID-19 Community Level rating map released Friday by Kentucky Public Health gave McCracken County the state’s sole high rating. Purchase District Health Department director Kent Koster doesn’t think the map is accurate.

A local businessman is squaring off with the incumbent Republican in the GOP primary for McCracken County’s judge-executive seat. Craig Clymer, the current judge-executive, will be vying for a chance at reelection against Matt Moore.

The sessions will happen every two weeks starting April 19 and will cover a range of topics to help entrepreneurs and small business owners grow and expand their capabilities.

A Paducah City Commission meeting last month saw the unanimous passage of an annexation incentives package ordinance along with a goal-setting message from Mayor George Bray: the city wants to bring a minimum of six parcels into its bounds voluntarily every year. This new plan has McCracken County officials nervous about what that could mean for their tax rolls in the future.

A McCracken County board unanimously approved a conditional use permit for the county’s first ever solar farm — a $60 million investment to take up more than 600 acres — with dozens of community members and local elected officials attending the meeting Wednesday night.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Rep. James Comer and others on Wednesday praised the economic and logistic advantages provided by a new Barkley Regional Airport terminal at a groundbreaking ceremony.

A McCracken County assistant commonwealth’s attorney is running to be one of two circuit court judges for the county, following a longtime judge announcing last month he wouldn’t seek reelection in 2022.

A McCracken County board isn’t moving on their denial of a permit for a solar farm until they hear more about a reported economic development project reportedly contingent on the solar farm moving forward.

A McCracken County board is meeting next week to reconsider a conditional use permit for a proposed $60 million solar farm — what would be the county’s first ever — after the board denied the solar project such a permit earlier this month.