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Hear featured reports on events and issues affecting the Four Rivers Region. Produced by the WKMS News Team.
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Kentucky prison goes 'all-girl'
A Lyon County prison will soon see a dramatic shift ...
A Lyon County prison will soon see a dramatic shift in population. An order from the governor's office has established the Western Kentucky Correctional Complex as the state's second all-female prison. The move comes following allegations
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Kentucky ice storm one year later: damaged trees still an issue
This week as we continue our "Ice Storm 1 year ...
This week as we continue our "Ice Storm 1 year later" series we learn about ecological efforts to restore destroyed vegetation in Carlisle County Trees were the cause of tremendous power outages and road blocks during last
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Civil Rights veteran brings message to Western Ky.
Colia LaFayette Clark participated in the youth movement of the ...
Colia LaFayette Clark participated in the youth movement of the Civil Rights era and served as a special assistant to Medgar Evers. Her contributions to the freedom movement are noted in more than a dozen books. Ms. Clark will deliver the keynote
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Bad Lieutenant : Port of Call New Orleans at Maiden Alley Cinema
Don't call Werner Herzog's first feature film in three years ...
Don't call Werner Herzog's first feature film in three years a sequel. The only thing "Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans" has in common with Harvey Keitel's 1992 film of the same name is just that, the name. In this
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Amanda's Bill Progresses
Amanda's Bill, which is designed to strengthen domestic violence laws ...
Amanda's Bill, which is designed to strengthen domestic violence laws in Kentucky, has moved another step closer to final passage.
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Elementary-aged student gets college credit
Now 10-year-old Ashley Medlock recently achieved something some college students ...
Now 10-year-old Ashley Medlock recently achieved something some college students can't do. She passed the World Civilizations CLEP test and received college credit at the age of 9. Rebecca Feldhaus sat down with Ashley to discuss her ambitious
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Drug Tragedy turned Teaching Tool
As Caleb Barnett stumbled home, barefoot, from a party he ...
As Caleb Barnett stumbled home, barefoot, from a party he came upon a house he may have thought was his own. His mushroom induced high clouded his view and he broke into the home. That house belonged to Brad McKinney.
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2010 Census in the Four Rivers Region
Taking a census is a massive project. In the year ...
Taking a census is a massive project. In the year 2000, the U-S government spent 6-point-5 billion dollars on census work. At the end of the 2009, regional census offices started popping up across the country ahead of this year's count. Census
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Bill Backs Emergency Prescriptions
The end of this month marks the one year anniversary ...
The end of this month marks the one year anniversary of the largest weather disaster in Kentucky's history. The 2009 Ice Storm knocked out power to thousands of residents across the state. After the disaster, officials took to evaluating and
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Lower Town Residents Concerned Over PATS/Greyhound Deal
McCracken Circuit Judge Craig Clymer is expected to rule next ...
McCracken Circuit Judge Craig Clymer is expected to rule next week on a Paducah zoning board's decision to block Greyhound buses from using the Paducah Area Transit Authority terminal in Lower Town. Chris Taylor brings us up to date on the issue
