Month: December 2018

A line of severe thunderstorms made its way through western Kentucky Monday afternoon and caused no significant damage. Christian County Emergency Management Director Randy Graham says there were no damages to report from the storms that came through quickly, sometimes reaching 70 miles per hour wind gusts. There were a few reported power outages, along with Pennyrile Electric reporting an outage in there Cadiz substation, which affected people in Trigg, […]

The slight risk of severe weather continues for today across western Kentucky and middle Tennessee. The National Weather Service in Paducah says severe weather will be most likely before 3 p.m., when a line of thunderstorms could move through the area. Damaging winds will be the primary threat but the possibility of tornadoes cannot be ruled out.  Locally heavy rain will also be a hazard along with lightning. Western Kentucky […]

The Christian County School Board has decided that they will go back to having only one meeting a month in 2019, down from the previous two times a month. That was approved at the last school board meeting, with Board Chair Linda Keller saying the meetings for the next year are set and they will set special-called meetings if necessary to accomplish business. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2018/12/1231kellermeetings.mp3 She says they’re going back to […]

A Russellville man was arrested and charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and several other charges following a wreck at a gas station in Russellville. According to a news release from the Logan County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to the Five Star gas station on West Fourth Street around 1 p.m. Sunday for reports that a vehicle had backed into a pole near the gas pumps. Contact was made with the […]