6th Annual Kidapalooza Offers Free Family Fun for All Ages

Madisonville’s most popular family-friendly festival promises plenty of unplugged, old-fashioned outdoor fun for all ages.  

The sixth annual Madisonville Kidapalooza takes place from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, October 26 around the courthouse square in the city’s historic downtown district. The free event features games, activities, arts and crafts to entice kids to spend the day away from computers, video games, and television, said Tricia Noel, Executive Director of the Hopkins County Tourist and Convention Commission. 

KYTC Minute "Fall Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety"

Kentucky State Police Telecommunications Academy Graduates Third Class

Nine Kentucky State Police telecommunicators from throughout the commonwealth were recognized today at graduation ceremonies for the third class of the agency’s in-house telecommunications academy.

State Police Video on Telecommunications

“Across the state, KSP telecommunicators provide a lifeline to both citizens in need and officers in the field,” says KSP Commissioner Rodney Brewer. “They serve as an unseen, but vital link in keeping law enforcement officers and the public safe at all times of the day or night.”

School board takes hard look at recent assessment test

Parents and administrators discuss possible plans for boys soccer

by Matt Hughes

J-E News Editor

On Monday night the Webster County School board heard a proposal from WCHS principal Tim Roy and parent Allison McCormick about the creation of a Webster County High School boys soccer program for the 2014-2015 school year.

“The process the KHSAA prescribes is to do an interest survey will all seventh through eleventh graders,” Roy told the board. “If you have twice the number of students that would be required for post season play, then there would be a parents meeting. If you have the support there, then you can move forward.”