WESTERN KENTUCKY

One passenger was injured and another received an electric shock.

Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky is The Associated Press men's college basketball player of the year.

Three weeks after deadly tornadoes battered the state, severe storms including possible tornadoes, on Saturday wrecked buildings and downed powerlines. The governor has declared a state of emergency.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency on Saturday as powerful storms ripped through the state causing flash floods, power outages and property damage, including from a possible tornado in Hopkinsville. The storms come just three weeks after deadly tornadoes tore through the region, killing more than 90 people in five states, including 77 in Kentucky. As of Saturday afternoon, much of Kentucky was under a flood warning.

This week's men's basketball showdown between No. 21 Kentucky and archrival Louisville in Lexington has been postponed because of multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Cardinals’ program.

Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe now owns the single-season college football records for passing yards and touchdowns.

The rating is considered preliminary, according to the National Weather Service

Work continues to be done, but more information about the path of the violent tornadoes has been released. See the latest data on where the storms hit.

The governor announced a fund has been set up to help families in western Kentucky to help pay for funeral expenses and rebuilding.

Mayfield and Bowling Green were among the hardest hit areas in Kentucky. Casualties could approach 100, the governor has said.

GettyAfter an alert was issued Friday night about a deadly tornado approaching Illinois, Carla Cope told her son “to get to shelter” at the Amazon delivery facility where he was working.Instead, she told The Daily Beast her 29-year-old son, Clayton, insisted he needed to alert others about the impending natural disaster.“He just said he needed to tell someone that [the tornado] was coming,” Cope told The Daily Beast on Saturday, hours after she learned her son was among two Edwardsville, Illinoi

President Joe Biden said his administration is standing by and ready to do "whatever is needed" after the tornadoes.

Early estimates have placed the death toll in Kentucky at 50 but could rise.

When her attempts to flee in a kayak failed, she tried a tractor, cops say.

A federal grand jury in the Western District of Kentucky returned an indictment charging two Kentucky real estate professionals with conspiring to rig bids at an estate auction for farmland and timber rights. According to the indictment, Barry Dyer and Mackie Shelton conspired with others to rig bids at a 2018 auction for hundreds of acres of farmland and a tract of timber rights. The indictment alleges that Dyer and Shelton demanded and accepted a $40,000 payoff from competing auction participants to stop bidding, artificially suppressing the sales price of the farmland. Powers of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. The Antitrust Division’s Washington Criminal I Section is prosecuting the case, which was investigated with the assistance of the FBI’s International Corruption Unit.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Liberty Flames defeated the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 30-24 in their 2020 season opener. For the first time in nearly 4 years Liberty had a different starting quarterback after Stephen “Buckshot” Calvert graduated a season ago. Western Kentucky made another late comeback attempt when Pigrome threw his third touchdown pass, for 36 yards, with 3:04 remaining in the game. While the Flames defense didn’t record any sacks, it did create havoc in the backfield with 16 tackles for loss. Liberty will now return home to prepare for a 1 p.m. kickoff against Florida International University at Williams Stadium next Saturday.

Liberty enters game week with Western Kentucky by naming Auburn transfer Malik Willis as their starting quarterback. Willis wins the initial battle with Maine grad transfer Chris Ferguson for the job. He will become the first quarterback not named “Buckshot” to start for the Flames in 43 games. He was Auburn’s backup for two seasons after being a prep star out of Atlanta, Georgia.