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Attorney General Coleman Announces Indictment of Owsley County Clerk
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 4, 2024) - Attorney General Russell Coleman announced that action by the Special Prosecutions Division resulted in the indictment of Owsley County Clerk Shanna Oliver, 41, of Boon...
Erin Jan 04, 2024
HPD investigating scam involving fake number on Google
Henderson Police Department is investigating an online fraud scam. Police said that several Henderson residents used Google to find a customer service phone number for Chime Financial Services. The 80...
Erin Jan 03, 2024
Kentucky State Police Request Assistance in 2010 Missing Person Investigation
Greenville, KY. (January 3, 2024) -The Kentucky State Police Post 2 Madisonville is asking for the public's assistance as part of an ongoing missing person investigation. KSP Post 2 was contacted on J...
Erin Jan 03, 2024
Kentucky secretary of state calls for a 'tolerant and welcoming society' as he starts his 2nd term
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams called on Bluegrass State policymakers to promote a "tolerant and welcoming society" as he joined four fellow Republicans for their publ...
Erin Jan 03, 2024 Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, speaks to the audience gathered in the Rotunda at the Kentucky State Capitol for the swearing in ceremony of the Constitutional Officers in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Henderson Chamber President and City's Finance Director named to Evansville mayor's administration
Two more people with Henderson ties have been appointed to new Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry's administration. Henderson Chamber of Commerce President Lindsay Locasto was named deputy mayor. The Ne...
Erin Jan 03, 2024
Judge rules former clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses must pay $260,000 in fees, costs
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Former county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represen...
Erin Jan 03, 2024
Colonels Declaw Tigers
By Ryan Davenport, WSON Sports Correspondent The Colonels came away with a 79-61 win against the Hopkinsville Tigers at Colonel Gym in Henderson. The leading scorers for the Tigers tonight was Antonio...
Ryan Davenport Jan 02, 2024
Kentucky lawmakers return to work, and the next state budget is on top of their agenda
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky lawmakers returned to work Tuesday for a 60-day session that'll be dominated by negotiations over the next state budget, with Republican supermajorities in both chambers...
Erin Jan 02, 2024 FILE - Exterior photo of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Kentucky lawmakers have convened to start a 60-day session that will be dominated by work on the next state budget, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
Coleman sworn in as new Kentucky Attorney General
LA GRANGE, Ky. (Jan. 1, 2024) - Russell Coleman was sworn-in as the Commonwealth of Kentucky's 52nd Attorney General in a private ceremony just after midnight. He took the Oath in Commonwealth's Attor...
Erin Jan 02, 2024
Henderson family displaced after mobile home burns down
An occupied mobile home caught fire on New Year's Day in the 2300 block of Adams Lane. The Henderson Fire Department said they were dispatched to the 2300 block of Adams Lane for a fire in a bedroom o...
Erin Jan 02, 2024