Edward Marlowe

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News and Sports Reporter at WKDZ-FM (Cadiz, KY)

Work: @WKDZ. Tweets: my own. Joys: KY, sports, news. Hubs of @emcarr23. Official 'Hall of Shamer.' Email: [email protected]. Should be fun.

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Articles

Budgets, Marketing Campaigns Clear Focal Points For Cadiz-Trigg Tourism

1 day ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

Under the guidance of Executive Director Beth Sumner, the Cadiz-Trigg County Tourism Commission unanimously approved a 2025-26 fiscal year budget valued at $740,000 Thursday afternoon — setting into motion the organization’s future over the next 12 months. By comparison, this same budget was around $680,000 for the 2022-23 fiscal year, meaning changes have been minimal over the last three cycles.
'Locals Lane' Gets New, Improved Location For Ham Festival

1 day ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

Much remains in the planning stages of the 2025 “Big Pig Shindig” and Trigg County Country Ham Festival, but one development became clear during Thursday’s committee meeting in Cadiz.
Planning, Zoning And Development A Major Throughline For Cadiz City Council

3 days ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

Following a request from the Cadiz-Trigg County Planning Commission, Cadiz City Council opted to increase two specific fees during Tuesday night’s meeting — bringing cost more in line with the time required to research and render a decision. Those two fees were:+ Dimensional Variance, up from $200 to $500, due to its “large number of requirements and possible research,” which include but are not limited to setbacks, building heights, lot widths, lot areas and more.
Trigg County Fiscal Court Approves Two Trucks For Road Department

3 days ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

Trigg County’s Road Department will soon be in possession of two new special purpose vehicles, but don’t worry: they don’t fall under the purview of Senate Bill 63. During Monday night’s fiscal court meeting, magistrates unanimously approved for the purchase of two new dump-and-plow trucks under the Tax Exempt Municipal Lease Program — which will allow for each vehicle to be leased over five years on annual payments of $53,734.19.
Trigg County Officials Begin Discussions Surrounding SPVs

4 days ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

On June 27, Senate Bill 63 will come into effect in Kentucky — signaling a new era of “special purpose vehicles” and “street-legal special vehicles,” and their allowance on highways and county roads under specific circumstances.
U.S. Forest Service Navigating The LBL Trust Fund

4 days ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

When the Protection Act of 1998-99 transferred Land Between the Lakes from the Tennessee Valley Authority to the U.S. Forest Service, two funds were created in order to promulgate future success. One was labeled “The LBL Management Fund,” which is where recreation fees, resource management revenues and other general financials are streamed, and its ledger is governed by the LBL Advisory Board.
McRidley Historical Marker Proudly Revealed In Cadiz

6 days ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

On Sunday, February 21, 1932, Rev. Dr. Wendell Holmes McRidley — 91 years old, a former slave-turned-educator and man of faith — was preparing his evening message inside the safe walls of the Cadiz Second Baptist Church. He had already preached that morning, and it’s a place he and his wife, Annie, had called home together for more than 40 years — he having first answered those initial summons in 1881, and she wedding him August 12, 1887. It’s a sermon, however, he didn’t get to deliver.
Where We're Going, Land Between The Lakes Still Needs Roads

1 week ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

Every time Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials pave US 68/80 running through Land Between the Lakes, it is easy to believe that the rest of the 180,000-acre recreation area has a well-maintained network of roads and pathways throughout Trigg, Lyon, Marshall and Stewart counties. Truth be told, most connectors are not in good shape. And the reason why is deeper than one might think.
Cadiz-Trigg County Planning Commission Plotting For Busy Summer

1 week ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

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Officials Pull Curtains On West Kentucky Film Commission

1 week ago | wkdzradio.com | Edward Marlowe

Be it actors, actresses and directors like George and Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Depp, Jennifer Lawrence, Ashley Judd and Gus Van Sant, or films like Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Elizabethtown, Goldfinger, Coal Miner’s Daughter or The Insider, Kentucky’s history with the movies has plenty of chapters worth reading.