Lt. Governor Jenean Hampton will kick off the 2019 Lt. Governor’s Entrepreneurship Challenge Friday at Marshall County High School. She will also present the Champion trophy to Principal Patricia Greer and the 2018 LGEC winning team from MCHS, Bluegrass VR, comprised of Claire Harmon, Daniel Sills and advisor ...

Employees at Pennyrile Electric have gone over 500,000 work hours without a lost time accident and a state official was in Hopkinsville Thursday morning to present the cooperative with the Kentucky Governor’s Safety and Health Award. Michael Nemes is the Deputy Secretary of the Kentucky Department of Labor and...

After the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers recently filed a lawsuit to prevent the constitutional amendment establishing a victims’ bill of rights in Kentucky from appearing on this November’s ballot, state Senator Whitney Westerfield of Christian County intends to be involved in defending t...

Nine people will be on the ballot for Elkton City Council in November after a new candidate joined the race Tuesday and there were three new filings for city council in Guthrie and one for city commission in Trenton on deadline day. Justin Griffin will run for Elkton City Council, joining George Orr, Cindy Sidebotto...

Kentucky Congressman James Comer made a stop in Hopkinsville Tuesday to visit with the Rotary Club and talk about what’s going on in Washington D.C. Comer joked that there’s never a dull moment in Congress and says a big thing people in the first district of Kentucky are worried about is the impact tarif...

A Russellville resident was injured in a collision involving several vehicles Tuesday morning on US 79 near the Bingo Barn in Todd County. Sheriff Tracy White investigated the incident and determined that 22-year old Tristan Ludiker of Clarksville was headed south on US 79 and stopped to wait as a concrete truck was...

Mayor Jo Ann Holder Trenton Mayor Jo Ann Holder will not be seeking a third term in this year’s election and a city commissioner has made it known she will run. Mayor Holder says she notified commissioners during their July meeting that she wouldn’t be running again. In a statement to WHOP News May...

An Elkton man was arrested in Logan County last week on an arson charge. Lewisburg firefighters were called to 1171 Thompson School Road about 8:20 a.m. last Thursday for a residential structure fire. The Logan County Sheriff’s Department also responded and a news release says deputies made contact with 34-yea...

An investigation in Guthrie Saturday night led to the arrest of a man for growing marijuana. A resident of an apartment on Dixie Beeline Highway told Todd County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Saunders that marijuana was being grown in a neighboring apartment and that he saw two people exit and dispose of the marijuan...

With the deadline to file quickly approaching, there are more candidates on the ballot for school board in Todd County. Andrea Howard Jones of the Allegre community is running for the District 1 seat and is currently unopposed. Joshua Mosby is running for school board in District 4 and is opposed by Rice Gill. ...

Yoder A Lewisburg man was indicted by a Logan County Grand Jury on a rape charge Friday. Twenty-one year old Wilbur Yoder is charged with first degree rape and sexual misconduct. As previously reported, deputies were called to Les McReynolds Road last month to investigate a possible sexual assault against a 16-year...

Todd Fiscal Court learned Friday that residents of Allensville may no longer have to drive to South Todd Elementary School to vote and heard an update on residential curbside trash pickup in rural areas of the county. Waste Industries initially said they needed 250 customers to sign on to make it feasible to provide...

More candidates have filed their papers for non-partisan office in Todd County. Incumbent Trenton City Commissioner Wayne Johnson and incumbent Guthrie City Councilmember Norma Johnson Williams have filed for reelection. Meanwhile in Elkton, George Orr is running to join city council. The deadline to file is T...

The James Bruce Convention Center was filled with supporters, survivors and staff of Sanctuary, Inc. Thursday night for the annual Sanctuary Celebration Dinner. The event was about honoring the survivors of domestic abuse and looking forward to the future of treatment and support for those who fight against that pai...

An Elkton man was arrested by the Christian County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday morning on a burglary charge. Deputies were called to a Yoakum Circle residence about 8:20 a.m. after the homeowner said 34-year old Dustin Lee of Elkton had climbed inside through a bedroom window and was refusing to leave. Lee...