Edward Marlowe

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Amid a gallery of Christian County’s strongest Republicans, Lexington’s Sixth District Congressman Andy Barr held court at Roundies Friday morning in Hopkinsville — jumpstarting his campaign trail more than 11 months before the primary. An eighth-generation Kentuckian, he’s looking to make one thing clear. He’s not a Mitch McConnell Republican. He’s not a Rand Paul Republican.

1 week ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

On April 9, 1953, West Paducah’s Shawnee Steam & Fossil Plant fired its first coal stack — generating electricity for thousands inside the Tennessee Valley Authority footprint. In 2028, under a 75-year diamond jubilee, its officials will bring online a pilot program known as “Project Phoenix” — in what will be the world’s first-ever 100-megawatt solar field constructed on the very mounds of coal ash created near the Cumberland and Ohio rivers facility.

1 week ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

On June 27, a new section of Kentucky law will direct boards of education to designate traceable communication systems as the only method for staffs to contact students electronically. Parents may offer written consent to alternate communication methods, and messages between district employees and their own children are exempt.

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Trigg County Fiscal Court closed its 2024-25 campaign Monday evening, buttoning up what’s been — at times — a challenging stretch of costs and efficiency tested by inclement weather. The good news, however, came from Trigg County Sheriff’s Office liaison Faye Godair, when she announced that Sheriff Aaron Acree and his deputies collected more than $11.4 million in assessed taxes last year, through more than 17,000 tax bills.

2 weeks ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

In what’s become a high-profile civil case in south western Kentucky, officials with Ascend Elements, Inc. have filed formal notice of appeal against Turner-Kokosing Joint Venture, et al. — which challenges portions of a May 23 order issued by Chief Circuit Judge John L. Atkins involving arbitration and litigation proceedings tied to the “Apex 1” construction project in Commerce Park II. The filing came June 10, and targets two specific rulings in the court’s order.