Households served by Community Action of Southern Kentucky can apply for LIHEAP heating aid...
Households served by Community Action of Southern Kentucky can apply for LIHEAP heating aid from Nov. 9 to Dec. 18, 2026, as long as household income is at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The agency says it will take applications on a first-come, first-served basis, or until funds run out. The […]
Key Settlement Brings End To Smith-Acree Litigation
Trigg County’s insurance carrier will pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Crystal Smith against Sheriff Aaron Acree — who was accused of assaulting her and threatening to kill her while she was handcuffed and shackled following a 2022 arrest. Smith filed the lawsuit soon after...
Elizabethtown police euthanize pig, remains left behind due to ‘miscommunication’
Elizabethtown police are addressing concerns after officers euthanized a pig that had repeatedly escaped its enclosure.
Constitutional Amendment 1 would limit Kentucky governor’s pardon power
KENTUCKY (WKYT) - Voters will see a question on this year’s ballot involving the governor’s pardon power. Constitutional Amendment 1, if passed, would limit a governor’s ability to issue pardons within 60 days of the election and up to the next inauguration. Sen. Chris McDaniel sponsored the...
A WKY agency is wielding eminent domain for a gas pipeline. Landowners say they’re...
Greg Davenport says he’s not opposed to progress. But he has serious misgivings when it comes to a proposed 16-inch natural gas pipeline that a public agency wants to run through his family’s Christian County farm, property his family has owned since the 1940s. “Basically, they said, ‘Sign this, or we’ll take you to court. […]
California man arrested after $1M shipment of rare metal stolen from Hopkins Co. facility
HOPKINS CO., Ky. (WFIE) - A California man will be spending a long time away from home after being arrested and extradited for a crime in Hopkins County, Kentucky. On July 31, Tungco reported that they had a shipment of Tungsten, estimated over $1,000,000, stolen from their facility. During the...
87-year-old driver booked into jail months after deadly Broadway crash
Thomas Cahill was booked into the Metro Jail Monday in connection with an August crash that killed an Australian tourist and injured three other pedestrians in downtown Nashville.
5 Restaurant Chains Closing Tennessee Locations in 2026
Think of your usual booth at your usual restaurant and the order you could recite by heart. Maybe it’s the happy hour queso you’ve counted on for years. Here are some of the restaurant chains shutting down Tennessee locations this year, and where each one went dark. 1....
Monkey spotted at large in Crockett County
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A brown monkey is at large in Crockett County, Tennessee, after a citizen reported the sighting, deputies said. A resident told deputies that her dog would not come back inside because of a small brown monkey that was running across the field in the Brim’s Corner area, near Highway 188, Highway 88, […]
State officials encouraging Tennesseans to check their properties as search for escaped murderer continues
Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) officials are asking residents to check their properties and be aware of their surroundings as the search for an escaped convicted murderer continues. Why It Matters. Morley is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for the 2022 killing of Cody Birchfield in...

















