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Paducah Forecaster on Increased Tornado Warnings and False Alarms
Paducah-based National Weather Service Senior Forecaster Chris Noles says he's ...
Paducah-based National Weather Service Senior Forecaster Chris Noles says he's been researching the increase in the number of tornado warnings in the region and the fact that a high percentage of alarms prove to be false. He and other
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Playhouse opens Sound of Music
Murray's Playhouse in the Park opens their musical holiday production ...
Murray's Playhouse in the Park opens their musical holiday production tonight. The Sound of Music is a classic based on the true story of the famous singing Von Trapp family.
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Sounds of the 20's and 30's from a 20 something: Pokey LaFarge
Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three are a St. ...
Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three are a St. Louis based band with their own style of music that seems to be resurrected from the 1920's and 1930's. Front man Lafarge is a slim dapper singer clad in a dark suit with his hair slicked back...
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Civil War Dispatch - Breckinridge Resigns
In this installment of the Kentucky Civil War Dispatch, former ...
In this installment of the Kentucky Civil War Dispatch, former US Vice president John C. Breckinridge resigned his Senate seat in October of 1861. He then accepted a brigadier general's commission in the Confederate Army. Today we'll find
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Marshall County Hoops Fest: A Conversation with Jeff Stokes
As Winter approaches, Basketball season is in full swing. And ...
As Winter approaches, Basketball season is in full swing. And this weekend in our region, one of the nation's premier high school basketball tournaments tips off.
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Combatting Kentucky's Prescription Drug Problem
Eastern Kentucky in recent history has been noted for a ...
Eastern Kentucky in recent history has been noted for a major prescription drug abuse problem, but as Kentucky Public Radio's Dan Modlin reports the problem is state wide and law enforcement, law makers, and educators are trying to find ways to
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Pitfalls of Cramming for Test
Final exams are on the docket for universities across the ...
Final exams are on the docket for universities across the nation. Murray State begins finals week on Monday. Todd Hatton chats with an MSU psychology professor on the pitfalls of cramming.
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Civil War Dispatch - Western Kentucky University
This week on the Kentucky Civil Dispatch... we visit a ...
This week on the Kentucky Civil Dispatch... we visit a Western Kentucky University landmark that was once part of the Civil War defenses that protected the rebel capital of the Commonwealth.
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Step Up For Kids with Sen. Ken Winters and Kentucky Youth Advocates' Terry Brooks
WKMS' Chad Lampe moderates a discussion with Kentucky State Senator ...
WKMS' Chad Lampe moderates a discussion with Kentucky State Senator and Education Committee Chair Ken Winters and Terry Brooks of Kentucky Youth Advocates, a non-profit, non-partisan children's advocacy organization about the
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Civil War Dispatch - Thirteenth Star to the Rebel Flag
This week on the Kentucky Civil Dispatch, we'll hear about ...
This week on the Kentucky Civil Dispatch, we'll hear about a small group of pro-southern Kentucky politicians dissatisfied with recent state elections that kept the Commonwealth in the Union. So, in spite of the majority, they decided to add a
