Illinois governor signs SAFE-T Act amendment into law

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says they will begin approving requests to convert existing medical marijuana facilities to "comprehensive" ones on Friday. According to their Facebook page, this means approved facilities will be be able to offer both recreational and medical marijuana.

BENTON KY — Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball canceled $192,000 in tornado relief checks after they were sent to the wrong people. The money came from donations to the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund. Gov. Andy Beshear says his office will work to find every dollar that was wrongfully...

FRANKFORT, KY — Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray has lifted restrictions on some commercial drivers in an effort to resolve distribution issues caused by severe winter weather. In a Friday release, Gray says transportation delays have "contributed to a tightening supply of livestock feed, particularly poultry feed." He says...

GRAVES COUNTY, KY — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty to two murders this week: One in west Kentucky and the other in Middle Tennessee. Enrique Dane Decourcey was arrested in September 2021 and charged with the murder of 28-year-old Darian Williams of Graves County, Kentucky. Williams died on Aug. 24, 2021, after he was shot multiple times as he was walking to his home in Hickory. Decourcey pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Thursday in Graves County Circuit Court.

PADUCAH — Many roads have cleared since yesterday, but some are still slick. Black ice could create a hazard for drivers in some areas. Precipitation is over for most of the region. Temperatures should get up to the mid or upper 30s this afternoon. It will be a cloudy...

WEST KENTUCKY — Icy weather has made for slick road conditions in west Kentucky over the past few days, leading to road closures and crashes. Some secondary highways in rural areas were closed Wednesday due to dangerous conditions, but Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 says crews have made progress reopening some of those roads as of Thursday afternoon. However, the district says some other roadways that were previously open had to be closed Thursday morning.

PADUCAH — Icy roads and sidewalks led to multiple crashes Wednesday and sent several people to the hospital. Kentucky State Police troopers and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet personnel had their hands full Wednesday. KYTC District 1 spokesman Keith Todd told WPSD the cabinet had to close multiple state roads because...