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HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — The Madisonville Police Department is warning everyone to keep an eye out for suspicious people taking photos and videos inside local businesses. Officers say this isn’t just happening in Madisonville — it’s happening around the Tri-State. “It is believed this suspicious photographing/video recording activity is being used for information gathering,” says […]

Webster County Emergency Management has announced the boy has been found safe. Authorities with Webster County Emergency Management (WCEM) are asking for the public's help finding a young boy who has not been seen since Wednesday evening. According to a post on its Facebook page, WCEM says Miguel "Michael" Jose-Perez...

HOPKINS CO., Ky. (WFIE) - On December 10th, 2021, when meteorologist said to get to shelter it was a warning that saved lives. Your safe spot or your designated shelter, on that night hundreds went to their safe place. But what does that mean? Or what qualifies as a safe place?

A woman was arrested in Hopkins County, Kentucky after being accused of stealing a bag of cash from her employer. The Madisonville Police Department says officers were called to investigate a theft at Little Caesars on Monday. MPD says the owner of the business told investigators that 48-year-old Angelique Sanchez...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – So far this year, we have dealt with snow, sleet, several high wind events and even tornadoes. And that’s just through the month of March. And if you think the number of wind alerts is on the rise, the data backs that up. As we found, the numbers do not lie. […]

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WFIE) - The City of Madisonville has announced their performance lineup for the 2023 Summer Concert Series. According to a press release, the concerts will take place on select Saturday nights on the First United Bank and Trust Plaza stage in downtown Madisonville. Officials say the Plaza will...

FRANKFORT, KY – Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced today that an investigation and prosecution by his Medicaid Fraud Unit led to the conviction of Carla Smith, 38, of Henderson, for defrauding the Kentucky Medical Assistance Program, also known as Medicaid. On Monday, March 13, 2023, Smith pleaded guilty to...

Signal 5 Restaurant in Downtown Central City is the new home of juicy steaks chargrilled to perfection. Josh and Tina Beatty recently opened in the former Brothers Bar-B-Que location in Muhlenberg County. Check out the full menu of delicious dining options. Muhlenberg County continues to grow with the addition of...

(WEHT) - The African American Coalition of Hopkins County is calling for an investigation into the Hopkins County Judicial Center.

In a meeting of early-season unbeaten, it was Madisonville-North Hopkins that came out victorious Monday, as the host Maroons limited a red-hot Christian County squad and used a late surge of offense to earn a 9-2 home victory. Sophomore pitcher Mackenzie Stoltz (4-0) fanned 13 Colonels and scattered five hits...

A man and woman were arrested on burglary charges in Caldwell County Monday evening. Sheriff Don Weedman reported that deputies were sent to the 9000 block of Cadiz Road at 5:20 p.m. to investigate a burglary in progress, where they discovered 35–year–old Rexford Music of Cadiz and 27–year–old Andrea Brown of Swamp Branch.

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The Muhlenberg County High School baseball team is off to an undefeated start to the 2022-23 campaign, but the Mustangs know there’s plenty of potential for improvement. Following Tuesday’s 13-7 road victory over Owensboro Catholic, MCHS improved to 4-0 under first-year coach Greg Shelton — and, despite the game’s overall sloppiness on a wet and rainy evening, there were still lessons to be learned.

An Owensboro man has been killed in an accident on the Green River Bridge in McLean County. Kentucky State Police responded to the accident on the U.S. Hwy 431 Green River Bridge in Livermore and found that 33-year-old Blake Hamilton, of Utica, had been traveling south on the bridge in a 2021 Ford pickup truck with two anhydrous tanks in-tow.

HOPKINS CO., Ky. (WEHT) — Some justice comes four years later for a pair of former hemp farmers in western Kentucky. In 2019, a hunter discovered a barn full of what they thought was marijuana and reached out to the Kentucky State Police. The police gathered the plants and burned them, but it was actually […]

A theft of $14,000 in stolen equipment is especially painful for a Kentucky community after everything the city has already gone through.

Caldwell County senior Ben Goodaker was 7-2 last season with a 1.95 earned run average. This season, Goodaker is already 2-0 with a 2.55 ERA. That includes a complete-game two-hitter in the Tigers’ 5-2 win over Trigg County on Monday. YSE caught up with Goodaker following his latest win.

Caldwell County’s girls’ track team set one school record and tied another in its first home meet in over a decade last Thursday at Tiger Stadium. The girls’ 4×100-meter thrower relay team of Keirli Herran, Emma Ward, Janiyla Dates, Kaley Palombo established a program record with its time of 1:06.83.

Former First United Methodist Church pastor Paige Williams and her defense attorney Bill Deatherage had a motion requesting judgment for acquittal denied Monday afternoon, via teleconference from special judge Brian Wiggins in the Muhlenberg County Circuit Court. Deatherage and his client sought the acquittal following the lengthy and emotional March...

Driver fatigue is suspected as a factor in a single-vehicle accident from Friday afternoon in Princeton that injured the driver. Princeton police investigated and say 17-year old James Cotton of Fredonia was westbound on Marion Road about 4 p.m. when his vehicle crossed over the on-coming lane and left the roadway.