Lone Oak News

The McCracken County Sheriff's Department arrested a woman on charges of forging prescriptions for hydrocodone.

Dean Dodson spent Monday afternoon carefully mowing lawns. "I wanted to see if by a streak of luck I might just stumble on something," he said.

A school bus caught fire just after 7am behind Lone Oak Middle School. McCracken County School District Safety and Security Officer Larry Zacheretti says the driver was dropping kids off at Lone Oak Middle School when she noticed smoke coming from the front end of the bus.

Paducah, KY- Teresa Cantrell started working on a college degree years ago. Then life happened and her dreams of getting a bachelors degree took a backseat.

On Friday, two football players from Lone Oak High Dchool were reported as having possible staph infections.

On Friday, two football players from Lone Oak High Dchool were reported as having possible staph infections.

Patty Ballard and every member of her family home at the time of the fire made it out safely, uninjured.

Pam Hammons, a First Grade teacher at Hendron-Lone Oak Elementary, prepares her classroom for the Fall 2009 semester.

McCracken County Schools are using state funds, grants and private donations to pay for the computers.

Normally the state runs the program, but it was cancelled in march because of budget problems.

LONE OAK, KY- Burning trash today quickly got out of control for a local landowner and firefighters say it's an important warning for the July 4th weekend.

Police are in a dangerous race with an armed robber hoping to catch him before he terrorizes another group of fast food workers to steal money.

Looking across the street at an area restaurant on Lone Oak Road Bruce Wilkins shakes his head "It's scary, especially when it's happened 3 times in one month," he says.

Paducah Police Officers are investigating an armed robbery. Investigators say Monday around 8:35 p.m. a man walked into the Marathon Gas Station on Lone Oak Road.