Authorities in Bullitt County are trying to find out if a note asking for help is a prank or the real thing.

Bullitt County, Kentucky detectives and Indiana State Police are working a possible abduction case.

A measure that would update Kentucky's organ donation process prompted sharp debate between two high-ranking Senate Republicans during a Wednesday committee hearing.

On Monday, March 08, 2010, at approximately 12:39 p.m., Trooper Mark Franklin conducted a traffic stop on a 1999 Ford Expedition operated by James T. Mitchell, age 26 of Hopkinsville, KY, for speeding on Shaw Ovil Road east of Fearsville.

Barry D. Sparlin of Clarksville has earned an Associate in Science in Nursing from Excelsior College.

Published: Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 5:12 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 5:12 a.m. The American economy lost fewer jobs than expected last month, bolstering hopes that the worst may finally be over in the wrenching event known as the Great Recession.

Trial for a former sheriffa s sergeant accused of two crimes relating to a traffic fatality was set May 17.

HOPKINS COUNTY, KY On Saturday, March 6 at 7 PM the Madisonville Golf and Country Club will be this years' host location for the 3rd annual School Counts Gala.

Sen. Jim Bunning has again blocked the Senate from extending unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless.

Teens who send nude photos of themselves or others with cell phones would be subject to a $100 fine and community service for the first offense under a bill passed out of a House committee on Wednesday.

Teens who sent nude photos of themselves or others with cell phones would be subject to a $100 fine and community service on the first offense under a bill which passed out of a House committee Wednesday.

Teenagers could face fines and community service the first time they're caught sending nude photographs of themselves or their friends via cell phones or online under legislation that received initial approval in the Kentucky Legislature.

The Hopkins County Sheriff's Department report arrests for 2/19 through 2/23: On February 19, 2010, Douglas Wilford, 35, of 106 North Fowler, Hopkinsville, KY, was arrested for Contempt of Court and Theresa R. Childers, 31, of 117 New Arnold St was arrested for TBD u/500, X2 .

A woman testified about the last time she saw her children alive during a sentencing hearing for a western Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to attacking her and killing her three children.

A Hopkinsville insurance agent is accused of spying on at least one of his employees in the most private of places, the bathroom.

HOPKINS COUNTY, KY The Kentucky State Police report a 16 year old lost her life in an early morning crash on the WK Parkway.

A Hopkinsville teen is dead after a fatal crash early Sunday morning. Officials say 18-year-old George Barnes was heading westbound on he Western Kentucky Parkway around 3am when he fell asleep.

A Hopkinsville, Kentucky teenager was killed early Friday morning in an accident on the Western Kentucky Parkway.

Religion in America, particularly Christianity, has become a multi-million dollar business.

HOPKINS COUNTY, KY iSurf News has learned that Pastor Michael Marks and his wife Amy are preparing to plant a new Church of God church in Hopkinsville.