Todd County News

Numerous regional clinics are set to unite under the Jennie Stuart Health and Deaconess umbrella, with JSH announcing the acquisition of those healthcare campuses on Friday. In a news release, Jennie Stuart Health states the move will expand access to patient driven, high quality healthcare across the region, bringing Hopkinsville Family Care, the Crofton Clinic, Elkton Clinic, Generations Primary Care, Western Kentucky Pulmonary Clinic and MDVIP into the Jennie Stuart […]

As the usage of generative Artificial Intelligence becomes more prevalent in every day life and we live in the information overload age, that does mean folks need to be wary when viewing AI information on the internet. The Christian County Public School system in particular is putting out this warning, after a flurry of AI-generated images and information have been circulating online locally. Those images contained information regarding damage to […]

Jazzing for Juneteenth is set to take over the Hopkinsville-Christian County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, and the community is invited to come learn about local Black history and hear some very fine music on Saturday. We’ve all heard of Juneteenth, which is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19th that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Organizer Bonnie Lynch says it specifically honors June 19, 1865 when […]

The Clarksville Police Department is investigating a vehicle versus motorcycle collision Wednesday where the motorists fled the scene before officers arrived. According to a news release, the crash happened at just about 5 p.m. at the intersection of College Street and Drane Street when a white Dodge Ram truck reportedly struck a motorcyclist. The truck left the scene before officers arrived on scene. The motorcyclist was alert and speaking with […]

Next week is Lightning Safety Awareness Week, and the National Weather Service in Paducah is putting out the word about an oft forgotten danger of thunderstorms. Meteorologist Kate Hickford with the National Weather Service in Paducah says folks are mainly worried about the big dangers of severe weather—tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail and flooding—and she understands that completely. But she says lightning doesn’t need to be forgotten, as it is […]

With shovels turning over dirt on Tuesday, community officials, physicians and healthcare partners in made it official, as ground was broken at the future site of Ascension Saint Thomas in Clarksville. According to a news release, the groundbreaking marks the future site of a full-service hospital and health campus, located right near the intersection of Highway 76 and Interstate 24 in Clarksville. The new 96-acre campus will open with 44 […]

The Woodlands Nature Station in the Land Between the Lakes is welcoming a new face, as red wolf Rosie will join the ranks of the animals that call the wildlife station home. Rosie is a two-year-old female Red Wolf that comes from the Trevor Lovejoy Zoo in New York, and she’s settling in with red wolf Percy, who already calls the Nature Station home. This move comes after the prior […]

Multiple fire departments are on scene of a large fire at Bordeau Metals, LLC in Elkton that began Tuesday afternoon. Todd County Emergency Management Director Ash Groves tells WHOP News that, at this time, what may have sparked the blaze is unknown, but it quickly grew into a large fire. No one is believed to have been injured in the blaze currently. All Todd County Fire Departments have responded to […]

As the citizenry waits anxiously to see if the peace deal reached between the United States and Iran will hold, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky says work continues in Washington D.C. Speaking with WHOP News Tuesday morning, Senator Paul says he is encouraged by what he has seen of the memorandum of understanding between the two nations—calling it a good first step, he says there’s still work to be done. […]