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Which Kentuckiana area high school alumni will be active during the week beginning Monday, Oct. 6?

Which Kentuckiana area high school alumni will be active during the week beginning Monday, Oct. 6?

These ex-Kentuckiana area high school standouts will take the field during the week of Monday, Oct. 6. Aiden Binzer Hanover Panthers Junior Scottsburg High School Hometown: Madison Next Game: vs. Mount St. Joseph Mountain Lions, Saturday, Oct. 11,...

Owner:  Brian Timpone & Bradley Cameron
Meet the man who travels around a country with a 10-foot cross

Meet the man who travels around a country with a 10-foot cross

When tragedy strikes an American community, Dan Beazley loads a 10-foot wooden cross into the back of his pickup truck, straps it down and drives to the scene to stand and grieve in quiet solidarity with those affected by a tragedy. Since July,...

Owner:  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky Weather: Storms Possible Monday as Cold Front Arrives

Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky Weather: Storms Possible Monday as Cold Front Arrives

PADUCAH, KENTUCKY — Residents across southern Illinois, western Kentucky, southeast Missouri, and southwest Indiana will enjoy unseasonably warm weather this weekend before storm chances rise early next week with the arrival of a cold front. Warm...

Owner:  Ralph Shealy
Use DraftKings promo code, get $200 bonus bets by targeting Western Kentucky, Colorado State college football

Use DraftKings promo code, get $200 bonus bets by targeting Western Kentucky, Colorado State college football

Friday night features a five-game college football slate before the jam-packed Saturday schedule with multiple intriguing options to use the latest DraftKings promo code, which offers new users $200 in bonus bets if your first $5 bet wins when...

Owner:  Shari Redstone (Family)
No. 10 Minnesota Travels to Northwestern for Sunday Matinee

No. 10 Minnesota Travels to Northwestern for Sunday Matinee

EVANSTON, Ill. -- The No. 10 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers are back in action on Sunday with a road match at Northwestern (11-3, 1-1 B1G). The Gophers fell at Michigan in four sets on Wednesday for their first loss since Aug. 25. Northwestern...

Owner:  University of Minnesota
CFP Bubble Watch: Who's in, who's out, who has work to do at midseason
Cats vs. Dawgs: previewing Georgia vs. Kentucky

Cats vs. Dawgs: previewing Georgia vs. Kentucky

Georgia football is home for the second consecutive week, hosting Kentucky for Saturday’s homecoming game at noon. After a 24-21 loss to then No. 17 Alabama, Georgia enters this game ranked No. 12 and 3-1. Kentucky lost to South Carolina on the...

Owner:  The Red & Black Publishing Company, Inc.
Gwendolyn Cook

Gwendolyn Cook

Gwendolyn Logston Cook, 77, of Cookeville, Tennessee, and formerly of New Castle, Indiana, who lived her life rich with love and laughter entered eternal life in Heaven Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after a brief but brutal battle with cancer. She was...

Owner:  Paxton Family
Use DraftKings promo code, get $200 bonus bets by backing Western Kentucky, Colorado State college football

Use DraftKings promo code, get $200 bonus bets by backing Western Kentucky, Colorado State college football

Friday night features a five-game college football slate before the jam-packed Saturday schedule with multiple intriguing options to use the latest DraftKings promo code, which offers new users $200 in bonus bets if your first $5 bet wins when...

Owner:  Shari Redstone (Family)
The One Kentucky Airbnb You Need to Book for Unforgettable Dark Sky Views

The One Kentucky Airbnb You Need to Book for Unforgettable Dark Sky Views

Owner:  Donald Graham
Southwest Indiana and Western Kentucky Face Storm Risk Monday as Cold Front Moves In

Southwest Indiana and Western Kentucky Face Storm Risk Monday as Cold Front Moves In

PADUCAH, KENTUCKY — Residents of southwest Indiana and western Kentucky are enjoying summer-like warmth to start October, but forecasters warn that a cold front arriving Monday could bring storms and unsettled weather into early next week. Warmth...

Owner:  Ralph Shealy
Kentucky football star arrested for sexual abuse after 'sneaking into victim's bed while they slept at 1am'
$7.75M awarded for Kentucky bridge improvements

$7.75M awarded for Kentucky bridge improvements

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WSIL) -- Gov. Andy Beshear announced $7.75 million in funding for local bridge projects across Kentucky. The funding will support 17 bridge projects in 13 counties and three cities. The County and City Bridge Improvement Program is...

Owner:  Byron Allen
Psychologist spots dark cognitive trait in string of reality star arrests... from Wendy Osefo to the Chrisleys and Teresa and Joe Giudice
Senate hopeful Morris talks outsider status, advocacy for Western Kentucky in Washington
Are There Panthers in Kentucky? The Truth Behind the Myths

Are There Panthers in Kentucky? The Truth Behind the Myths

If you spend enough time on Facebook, you wouldn't be blamed for coming to the conclusion that people in Kentucky really want non-native predators roaming the countryside. Are There Panthers in Kentucky? Let me start with an image I've seen...

Owner:  Townsquare Media
How two doors sparked a religious shift in Kentucky

How two doors sparked a religious shift in Kentucky

TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. (WBKO) — To go or not to go was the question more than 200 years ago at a pioneer church that still stands today as Kentucky’s oldest freestanding log church. The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse, located in present-day Monroe County,...

Owner:  Gray Television Inc.
Uniform Watch: Kentucky’s Look for the Georgia Game
Foley’s Sports Tourism hosts nearly 500 collegiate archers in 3D Nationals

Foley’s Sports Tourism hosts nearly 500 collegiate archers in 3D Nationals

FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) - Nearly 500 college athletes are in Baldwin County this week, competing in the Collegiate Archery Nationals at Graham Creek Nature Preserve. Foley Sports Tourism has now hosted nine of these events and it’s grown every year....

Owner:  Gray Television Inc.
Buc-ee’s to Break Ground on New Travel Center in Kansas City, KS

Buc-ee’s to Break Ground on New Travel Center in Kansas City, KS

KANSAS CITY, KS / ACCESS Newswire / October 2, 2025 / Buc-ee’s, home of the world’s cleanest bathrooms, freshest food, and friendliest beaver, will break ground on its newest travel center in Kansas City, KS on Thursday, October 16that 1:30 PM...

Owner:  Nicholas Staunton

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