Ballard County News

The students have become acquainted with the Middle Eastern country though Aaron Connor, a Ballard Memorial High School graduate now serving near Ghazni City, Afghanistan, with the Illinois National Guard.

Thousands of cubic yards of storm debris piled on Highway 121 in Ballard County.

Emerald ash borer traps are again being placed in Northern Kentucky. Although not officially found yet in Kentucky, it has been located in Ohio.

Officials in western Kentucky are trying to determine the identity of a body found in the Mississippi River.

He says it felt like someone was guiding him. That from a tug boat captain who says strong winds pushed his boat toward the body of man floating in the water.

A western Kentucky man who admitted helping stage a teenager's death to look like a suicide is back in jail after having his probation revoked.

Nearly 40 percent of Kentucky's school districts have asked the state to let them waive up to 10 make-up days for time lost during January's ice storm and last September's winds from Hurricane Ike.

Area school kids waiting to find out when this school year will end do not have to wait any longer.

A western Kentucky woman's passion for preserving cemeteries started with visits to the burial plot for her own loved ones.

The Ballard County judge-executive says cleanup has started in her county. Vickie Vineyard asks everyone to be patient as crews work to clean debris along roads.

BALLARD COUNTY, KY- Jimmy and Judy Yarborough got their power back on Saturday- but they really did not notice.

It's mission accomplished. Members of the West Virginia National Guard's 1092nd Engineering Battalion are scheduled to return home Tuesday after more than a week assisting with Operation Kentucky Storm.

On Jan. 29, a call came into the state's Department for Public Health Operations Center with the plea for bottled water in Ballard County.

Several thousand people in Kentucky can not get basic necessities like food and running water on their own.

Both locations to open full service 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also, Kevil is still without power and remain close until further notice.

SMOKEY D'S RESTAURANT IN BANDANA WILL BE OPEN FROM 11AM - 8PM. THEY ARE RUNNING GENERATORS AND WILL HAVE HOT MEALS.

Roads are fairly clear. However, the entire county is without power. There are some small convenience stores that are open.

More than 607,000 Kentucky electric customers are now without power as a result of this weeka s massive ice storm, the Kentucky Public Service Commission says.

With over 400,000 Kentucky customers without power, Gov. Steve Beshear said Wednesday he is seeking an emergency disaster declaration from the federal government to expedite assistance to people in need across ...

The Paducah City School Board plans to vote on a proposal to change its grading scale next month.