Month: June 2026

Saturday brings a full slate of events for the 75th Western Kentucky State Fair, including the ever-popular Demolition Derby and it’s pageant day at the fair.  Despite rain that lingered through most of the evening, it was a pretty decent turnout for the opening night of the WKSF Friday, with 2,857 people making their way through the entrance gates. That's a difference of 331 compared to last year's total, showing […]

The 75th Western Kentucky State Fair is about to kick off, with gates opening at 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds in Hopkinsville, and this year is shaping up to be big.  Speaking with WHOP Friday morning, Organizer Megan Marsh says the big day is finally here and they’re going to get things started with a $25 unlimited ride armband night and 4x4 Truck Mud Racing in the grandstands. With the […]

The weekend is looking rather stormy for western Kentucky, with a Flash Flood Watch in effect and chances for severe storms in place.  That’s according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, who issued a Flash Flood Watch following heavy downpours Friday morning. Several more rounds of rain and thunderstorms at expected into Sunday morning, with another one-to-three inches of rain likely to fall.  Locally higher amounts between three-to-six inches […]

A multi-vehicle crash on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville Thursday sent multiple people to the hospital.  According to the Clarksville Police Department, it happened at approximately 3:20 p.m. near Jack Miller Road when a vehicle crossed the center line while heading northbound, entering the path of oncoming traffic, resulting in a collision.  One patient was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and one was flown to Skyline Medical Center in […]