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A man was flown to a Nashville hospital after falling from a deer stand on Cavanaugh Lane Sunday morning. Christian County emergency personnel say the man fell around 10 feet from the stand and was taken to a waiting helicopter that flew him to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville. The...

A teenager was charged after leading law enforcement on a pursuit in Christian County Sunday afternoon. Hopkinsville Police say they attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding on Pennyrile Parkway near the Lovers Lane exit and the driver failed to stop. Officers reportedly got the vehicle stopped in the Denny’s...

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ky. — Detectives are looking into circumstances that led to a crash and the death of a Tennessee man at a rest stop in Southern Kentucky. A passerby pulled the driver out of a car that crashed and caught fire just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the rest area off I-24, according to the Christian County Sheriff's Office. Witnesses said the vehicle was moving erratically, and was attempting to pull back onto the interstate before ending up in an embankment.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – A Clarksville man was killed in a fiery wreck Saturday evening on Interstate 24 near the rest area in Christian County. At about 7:20 p.m., multiple witnesses saw a car driving erratically, veer off the interstate, try to pull back on and then lose control, crashing in an embankment, according to a Christian County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Authorities have released the name of a Clarksville man who was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 24 in Christian County Saturday night. Christian County Sheriff’s deputies say a car driven by 24-year-old Tyshawn Banks was exiting the Kentucky Welcome Center at a high rate of speed when it ran off the road, up an embankment, and rolled several times before coming to a stop and catching fire.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Tennessee man died after a wreck on Interstate 24 (I-24) in Christian County. Deputies with the Christian County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) were called to a rest area on I-24 around 7:20 p.m. on Saturday. When deputies arrived, they found a car engulfed in flames...

A Middle Tennessee man reportedly lost his life after a car crashed and caught on fire along Interstate 24 in Southern Kentucky Saturday night.

One person was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 24 in Christian County Saturday night. Christian County emergency personnel say a single-vehicle crash at the welcome center at the Kentucky-Tennessee state line killed one person and led to the vehicle catching fire. This story will be updated as more...

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (KT) – The Christian County Baptist Association will be celebrating 100 years of serving churches later this month. The CCBA, which has offices in Hopkinsville, has 43 churches and one mission. John Franklin has been the associational mission strategist for 18 months. “We have great churches,” he...

The Christian County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fiery, single-vehicle crash on I-24 near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line that killed one person. According to a news release, the crash happened near the Welcome Center around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and when deputies arrived, they discovered a vehicle that was fully engulfed in flames. Investigation determined that the vehicle had been driving erratically before the crash and lost control, ending in an embankment.

A wreck on Dawson Springs Road near the intersection of Collins Bridge Road sent two people to the hospital Friday afternoon. Christian County Sheriff’s deputies say a southbound car crossed into the northbound lane and collided with an SUV. Both drivers were treated and transported by Hopkinsville EMS to...

A Crofton man was charged with trafficking drugs after being arrested on active warrants Wednesday afternoon. Christian County Sheriff’s deputies say they located 30-year-old Daniel Mckinley on South Madisonville Street in Crofton and arrested him on warrants for probation violation and two counts of failure to appear. During the...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has announced an over-12-hour closure of an exit ramp in Christian County that will occur Monday. The temporary closure will affect Exit 86 Northbound to Interstate 24 West on U.S. 41-A. It will begin around midnight and last through at least 3:30 p.m. and is necessary to replace 16 signs.

Following the cancellation of two bus routes Thursday afternoon, Christian County Public Schools Superintendent Chris Bentzel has penned an open letter to parents — detailing concerns and steps to be taken in the days ahead. Bentzel called it a “frustrating week,” and first apologized to the impacted families in...