Mayfield News

Despite a state-funded program to help veterinary students pay $6,000 in student loans, west Kentucky specialists doubt there will be an increase in the number of veterinarians specializing in large or food animals in the area.

Gov. Steve Beshear today cut a ribbon to celebrate the impending completion of a widened KY 80 in the Jackson Purchase - an important step in a larger project to enhance the US 68/KY 80 corridor from Mayfield to Bowling Green.

Police have arrested a Western Kentucky man accused of making a death threat on the social networking Web site Facebook.

A former western Kentucky school worker accused of having sexual relations with a 17-year-old student he coached has entered an Alford plea.

Justus Wright, sophomore from Mayfield, Ky., , and the some of the cast of a oeJekyll and Hyde the Musicala opens the show with a musical number.

Mid-Continent University just posted record enrollment numbers. Already this year, the Mayfield, Ky.-based university has welcomed several hundred more students to its programs.

A former public school teacher in western Kentucky won't go to prison on his conviction for videotaping up cheerleaders' skirts.

A judge in Mayfield has refused to lower bond for a woman accused of shooting her husband at a home improvement store.

The pyrography mural by Daniel Willis, junior from Mayfield, Ky., sits atop the bar at Vitelloa s. If you are one of the many locals or students who frequent Vitello's Restaurant and Bar, you may not associate it with art.

Cody Huffine peers over the top of a box containing a cheesy Winslow pizza. Murray State Dining Services now offers Winslow pizza for pick up and a new Winslow setting for more comfort.

"America's Got Talent" winner Kevin Skinner will perform a free concert in Graves County, Kentucky Saturday.

The signs at City Hall claim Kevin Skinner as Mayfield's own, a nearby beauty shop displays the message, "Kevin Skinner we will cut, curl, and dye for you." In his hometown, Skinner's support seems never-ending. "The local people around here are just good people," Kevin's mother, Jackie Skinner said during an interview Tuesday.

Kevin Skinner is listing the things he likes about Mayfield, Ky. - mainly its peaceful rural setting - when his phone cuts out.

Check out unemployed chicken catcher Kevin Skinner 's winning moment on "America's Got Talent." The country singer from Mayfield, KY, won the $1 million grand prize, as well as the chance to headline an "America's Got Talent" show at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

UNI grad John Hagen is one of the singing Texas Tenors. Winners were announced Wednesday night on a live TV broadcast from Hollywood .

A home-town boy is living the dream, and he's talking to Local 6. Kevin Skinner, the winner of America's Got Talent, talked to Local 6's Jennifer Horbelt by phone Thursday night.

Kent Marshall Robbins wrote or co-wrote some of the most popular and memorable country songs of the 1980s and '90s and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1985 for "Country Song of the Year" for composing "Love is Alive" a number one hit by "The Judds". Robbins was born April 23, 1947 in Mayfield, Kentucky, a town of 10,000 people in western ...

Singing "chicken catcher," farmer and Mayfield, Ky., native Kevin Skinner was crowned the new champion of "America's Got Talent" on the NBC broadcast last night, MTV.com reports.

In this photo taken March 12, 2009, actor Nick Cannon speaks during the the Nickelodeon 2009 Upfront Presentation in New York.

A recent picture of 61-year-old Betty Kelsey, on a webpage for missing persons. CADIZ, KY- Betty Kelsey was last home 13 days ago.