Derek Parham

1 week ago | wkyufm.org | Derek Parham

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the State Department to halt the scheduling of visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the United States, leading to confusion at universities nationwide. U.S. officials say the suspension is temporary, and intended to expand on the screening of applicants’ activity on social media. Those efforts expand on a social media screening initiative put in during President Donald Trump’s first term.

2 weeks ago | wkyufm.org | Derek Parham

The Tennessee Valley Authority has submitted a permit application with federal regulators to build the nation’s first small modular nuclear reactor at the utility’s Clinch River site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. TVA is the nation’s largest public utility, providing electricity to seven states, including Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Mississippi.

2 weeks ago | wkyufm.org | Derek Parham

The city of Somerset is one of many Kentucky communities working to recover following Saturday’s deadly tornadoes. The storm carved a distinct path through the Pulaski County city, uprooting trees and leveling businesses and homes. Saturday morning, pickup trucks and trailers lined the city’s streets with full loads of tree limbs and shattered remnants of buildings.

2 weeks ago | weku.org | Amina Elahi |Ryan Van Velzer |Shepherd Snyder |Derek Parham

Gov. Andy Beshear said at least 19 people were killed in the state as severe weather swept through parts of Kentucky starting Friday, razing parts of London and Somerset. The National Weather Service confirmed the path of a tornado through Laurel and Pulaski counties Saturday morning. Seventeen people were killed in Laurel County and one person in Pulaski County. Beshear said Sunday another person, in Russell County, had died. He said 10 people were being treated at University of Kentucky's hospital.

3 weeks ago | wkyufm.org | Derek Parham

The Bowling Green Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has made a $1.8 million investment into a new office location. The bureau has been located at its Three Springs Road office for more than 30 years, according to executive director Sherry Murphy, and since then, she says the development and traffic along nearby Scottsville Road have created multiple hazards for visitors to the Bowling Green and Warren County community.