Destructive storms roared through the Plains Monday, unloading at least one deadly tornado, giant hail and hurricane-force wind gusts. As some communities pick up the pieces, new ones must prepare for the threat of strong tornadoes in the Midwest. • One dead, multiple injuries: At least one person is dead and several others are injured after a tornado tore through Oklahoma’s Osage and Washington counties Monday night, Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden said in an on-air interview with CNN affiliate KOKI. Extensive damage occurred to dozens of homes between Barnsdall...

Parts of Alabama will face the possibility of severe storms over the next three days. Damaging winds, hail and a tornado or two will all be possible, especially on Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The first round of storms may arrive in north Alabama this afternoon and track to the east and south through the evening, according to the National Weather Service. NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center is maintaining a Level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather for all of north Alabama, part of central Alabama and the northwest...

If you’re attending the Myrtle Beach Classic this week, you might want to bring a poncho or umbrella to stay dry. The Grand Strand area’s first PGA Tour tournament will begin on Thursday, May 9, 2024, and run through Sunday, May 12, 2024. Taking place at the Dunes Golf & Beach Club, one of Myrtle Beach’s most historic golf courses, the tournament hopes to draw 40,000 people to the event — 10,000 a day. As of April 15, 2024, the Myrtle Beach Classic had already sold 24,000 tickets, according to...

Family without flood insurance on devastating flood hitting Liberty County home: 'This is a lot' A Plum Grove-area homeowner told ABC13 when she moved to the home two years ago from Kentucky, she was told flood insurance wasn't needed after FEMA had not declared it a flood zone. A Plum Grove-area homeowner told ABC13 when she moved to the home two years ago from Kentucky, she was told flood insurance wasn't needed after FEMA had not declared it a flood zone. A Plum Grove-area homeowner told ABC13 when she moved...

Two winning Powerball tickets — each worth $150,000 — have been claimed after they were sold at the same Paducah convenience store for the game’s April 6 drawing. Both winners, one an anonymous woman and the other veteran riverboat captain Jimmy Sharp, bought their tickets at the Quick Shop on Bridge Street, the Kentucky Lottery revealed in a news release Friday. Sharp, who has piloted a riverboat for almost 50 years, doesn’t normally play the Powerball unless the jackpot tops $100 million, he told Kentucky Lottery officials. However, enticed by...

Funeral arrangements are set for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections lieutenant who was fatally shot Tuesday at the firearm training facility at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Orient. Lt. Rodney Joe "Ozzy" Osborne's funeral service will be held on Monday at noon at Cornerstone Nazarene church, located 12138 Gallia Pike in Wheelersburg, Scioto County, according to his obituary posted on the Brant Funeral Service website. The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility Honor Guard will also perform a special recognition in honor of Lt. Osborne.

New Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope has a fan in Rick Pitino. Pitino, the St. John’s head coach, declared Friday in a video posted on X that Pope will “go into greatness” and lead the Wildcats to a national title after he was hired to replace longtime coach John Calipari, who departed for Arkansas. “What a special day for the University of Kentucky, the leader the captains of the untouchables is coming home to lead the wildcats,” Pitino said in the video, naming other coaches, past and present. “A...

A former Kentucky county official has pleaded guilty to two criminal charges, according to Attorney General Russell Coleman. Shanna Oliver, who resigned as county clerk in Owsley County on March 31, pleaded guilty Friday to one charge of misuse of confidential information, a Class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and one charge of second-degree official misconduct, a misdemeanor. The plea deal bars Oliver from ever running for the clerk’s job or working in the office, Coleman said in a news release. “Owsley County voters hired...

4/20, a beloved holiday for cannabis users to spark up and pass the pipe, is quickly approaching, but Louisville residents and stoners in the area are out of luck. Despite more than half of people preferring marijuana over alcohol if only one could be legal in the U.S., according to a study from the American Addiction Centers, the magical plant isn't so popular in Kentucky. Kentucky medical marijuana:How and when you can apply for a medical marijuana card in Kentucky According to Real Estate Witch, the organization worked with Leafly...

University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari is leaving for the University of Arkansas. NPR's A Martinez talks to Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio about whether coaching is evolving.