Visitation, memorial service announced for former Ky. governor John Y. Brown

WESTERN KENTUCKY (KFVS) - Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman plans to spend much of Thursday, January 26 in western Kentucky. She plans to stop in three counties with a full schedule of events. The first visit is in Murray, where Lt. Gov. Coleman will join local leaders and members of the...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Early polling shows Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is leading in his bid for reelection. Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy released the results early Thursday morning. The data shows Governor Beshear with a 61% approval rating. It was 60% this time last year. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - LGBTQ advocates protested in St. Louis and Jefferson City over proposed legislation they say targets that specific demographic. On Tuesday, several LGBTQ rights advocates rallied through The Grove over several bills limiting LGBTQ exposure in Missouri. The ACLU reported Missouri lawmakers have filed 30 anti-LGBTQ bills,...

HANNIBAL (WGEM) - Lawmakers in Missouri are debating the expansion of HealthNet coverage to low-income pregnant and postpartum women. If passed, coverage would include full Medicaid benefits for the length of the pregnancy and a year following the end of the pregnancy. Officials and lawmakers said, extending the coverage is...

Third round of funding announced for Rebuild Illinois projects. Snow making its way into the Heartland| First Alert Forecast from the Digital News Desk 1/24/23. Snow making its way into the Heartland| First Alert Forecast from the Digital News Desk 1/24/23. A look at new business and events in the...

(KFVS) - Crews are making progress in restoring power to customers after Tuesday night’s and Wednesday morning’s winter storm hit the Heartland. Heavy, wet snow and gusty winds were to blame. Electric cooperatives said heavy snow accumulations caused trees and limbs to fall into power lines, resulting in...

ILLINOIS (KFVS) - The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office revealed rejected vanity plates in 2022. According to a release from Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, last year, 54,236 Illinoisans requested vanity and personalized plates and 383 were rejected due to their “tawdry, lewd or offensive nature or because they were difficult to read.”

Snow was falling in Jackson, Mo. on Tuesday night, Jan. 24. Third round of funding announced for Rebuild Illinois projects. Snow making its way into the Heartland| First Alert Forecast from the Digital News Desk 1/24/23. Updated: 9 hours ago. |. Snow making its way into the Heartland| First Alert...

ULLIN, IL. (KFVS) - Could we still see a winter surge in COVID-19 cases?. Health department leaders in Illinois say it’s possible and we all need to be ready. The Illinois Department of Public Health expects COVID cases to go back up before this winter comes to an end. That’s why the department is offering 1 million free at-home COVID tests.