The TSSAA has mandated all member schools to follow Governor Bill Haslam’s State of Emergency order until August 29th.
During a special called meeting on Wednesday, members approved only weightlifting, conditioning and fundamental work with no contact, for the sports of football, soccer, girl’s soccer, competitive cheer and basketball.
Cross country, volleyball and golf will be allowed […]
During a special called meeting on Wednesday, the TSSAA has release four possible plans to play high school football this season.
The plans include:
(1). If the executive order expires on Aug. 29, practice would begin on Aug. 30 with the first game on Sept. 18. All regular season schedules for schools would be replaced by the […]
Kentucky 1st District State Representative Steven Rudy has won re-election to another term.
Rudy defeated Carroll Hubbard by a vote total of 3,258 to 543 in the Kentucky primary.
Rudy’s results represented 86-percent of the vote, with Hubbard drawing only 14-percent.
With no Democratic candidate in the primary, Rudy will be unopposed in November’s general election.
He represents a […]
South Fulton High School football coach Eric Knott said he has concerns about the upcoming season.
Following Governor Bill Lee’s extension of the State of Emergency until August 29th, the TSSAA announced Tuesday that football and girl’s soccer for August cannot begin.
Speaking with Thunderbolt News, coach Knott shared his thoughts when hearing of the Governor’s decision.
Coach […]
Parents of Union City elementary school students will have less of a financial burden in preparing for the new year.
Communications Director Mike Hutchens said Director of Schools Wes Kennedy, and the Elementary School PTO, are teaming up to give parents a huge hand with start-of-the-year school expenses.
With many families facing financial burdens due to COVID-19, […]
A Union City man was one of two people arrested following a traffic stop in Paducah.
Police reports said officers stopped a vehicle for having no taillights, with open bottles of alcohol observed.
The driver of the vehicle, 34 year old Jakyron Rashad Burnside of Union City, admitted to drinking and having smoked marijuana earlier in the […]
The TSSAA has released a statement concerning the extension of Governor Bill Lee’s State of Emergency order.
Executive Director Bernard Childress sent a memo to member schools on Tuesday regarding the State of Emergency order now in effect until August 29th.
Director Childress said the TSSAA was now working with the Governor’s office to ensure that member […]
AP -Former Murray State basketball player, and current Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant, has apologized for a recent social media post.
Morant posted and deleted an Instagram photo suggesting he would replace his name with an expletive on his number 12 jersey in a protest against police.
Morant then apologized, saying the post did not “accurately convey” […]
Officers and investigators with the Jackson Police Department are investigating a Monday evening shooting that left one person dead.
At approximately 7:35, officers were dispatched to the area of Roosevelt Parkway and Carver Street, where they located a juvenile that was suffering from a gunshot.
The juvenile was transported by Emergency Medical Services to a local hospital […]
Kentucky State Police detectives remain on scene of an officer involved shooting in McCracken County.
Post 1 reports said an initial investigation shows the shooting took place just before 4:00 on Monday afternoon, after a pursuit of a pickup truck that began near Kentucky Oaks Mall.
The pursuit ended near the intersection of Court Avenue and Audubon […]
