Month: January 2021

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Local News

CCPS ready to return to in-person learning next week

Christian County Public School students, except for those enrolled in the Virtual Learning Academy, will be return to traditional in-person school on January 6 and Superintendent Chris Bentzel is urging them to be ready to get to work. Students from elementary through the 12th grade will return to school in-person, five days a week, leaving behind the hybrid model that had been used previously, after approval by the Christian County […]

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Local News

Portion of Will Jackson Rd. in Trigg to close Monday for road work

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans daytime closures along a section of /Will Jackson Road in Trigg County starting Monday. According to a news release, Will Jackson Road will be closed near the 6 mile marker to allow extensive ditching and drainage work, including the replacement of cross drains. The positioning of equipment to facilitate the work will require the roadway to be closed from approximately 8 a.m. to about 2:30 […]

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Local News

Sec. of State removes nearly 34k dead citizens from voter rolls

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams has announced that his office purged nearly 33,700 dead citizens from the voter registration rolls. According to a news release, this is the completion of a campaign promise made by Adams to clean up the voter rolls and he’s pleased to have done so.  He says, “There is no legitimate interest in dead people being registered to vote. Our administration has made strides in […]

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Local News

NWS meteorologist looks back on the region’s weather in 2020

Everyone bid farewell to 2020 Friday, and the National Weather Service looked back on the weather that occurred during the year while looking forward to what comes next. Warning Coordination Meteorologist Rick Shanklin appeared on WHOP recently and says while the region certainly had its brushes with severe weather, 2020 overall was pretty average in the way of weather events. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/01/1231shanklinendofyear.mp3 Something he was excited about was the recent upgrade […]

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Local Sports

Howard leads UK women’s hoops to win over Arkansas

13th ranked Kentucky’s women’s basketball team opened Southeastern Conference play with a 75-64 win over 10th ranked Arkansas on New Year’s Eve. Preseason SEC Player of the Year Rhyne Howard had 24 points on 9-17 shooting to lead the Wildcats, now 8-1 and 1-0 in conference play. Kentucky returns to action Sunday at Mississippi State, with pregame at 11:45 on News Radio 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP and whopam.com.

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Local Sports

WKU opens Conference USA basketball action at Charlotte today

Western Kentucky opens Conference USA play at Charlotte. The Hilltoppers bring a 7-2 record into the game while the 49ers are 4-3. It will be the first of back to back games in as many days with pregame coverage at 2:30 this afternoon on News Radio 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. Meanwhile, the Lady Toppers game with Charlotte scheduled for this afternoon at EA Diddle Arena is postponed due to Covid-19 […]

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Local Sports

College Football Roundup

Thursday’s Scores: Mississippi State held off 24th ranked Tulsa 28-26 in the Armed Forces Bowl, Ball State routed 22nd ranked San Jose State 34-13 in the Arizona Bowl and in the Liberty Bowl, West Virginia edged Army 24-21. Today’s Games: Ninth ranked Georgia meets 8th ranked Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl at 11 am, 14th rated Northwestern faces Auburn in the Citrus Bowl at noon. The two College Football Playoff […]

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Local Sports

Kentucky faces NC State in Gator Bowl tomorrow

The Kentucky Wildcats are in Jacksonville going through final workouts today before their game with North Carolina State in the Gator Bowl tomorrow. It will be the first time the teams have played since 1970. Pregame coverage begins at 9 am tomorrow morning on Lite Rock 98.7.

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Local Sports

TItans to play at Texans Sunday

The final week of the regular season is this weekend and the Tennessee Titans control their destiny as far as making the playoffs are concerned. The Titans are at the Houston Texans Sunday with kickoff at 3:25 pm. A Titans win secures them the AFC South title.

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