Episodes of WKMS Features

Occupy Nashville Removed From Capitol

The first musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein tells the stories of love in the turn of the century, the adventures of cowboys, and the land of Oklahoma. Almost 70 years after "Oklahoma!" opened on Broadway, the Mayfield Purchase Players

The Infamous Stringdusters play at Marathon Music Works

This past week, the Tennessee House passed a bill that would force Occupy Nashville's encampment off the plaza outside the capitol.

Two Film-Makers Tell the Story of Cairo, Illinois in Their Documentary "Between Two Rivers"

The Infamous Stringdusters are touring Yonder Mountain String Band for the next two weeks. The 'Dusters just released their first recording from their independent label High Country Recordings called We'll Do It Live and will release their next

Howlett on Kentucky General Assembly Issues

Two documentary film makers from England stumbled upon Cairo a little more than four years ago and have now finished the film called "Between Two Rivers." One of the films two directors Jacob Cartwright joins Chad Lampe from Nottingham to talk

Kentucky SB30 and the Future of County Constable

Kentucky's General Assembly session continues in Frankfort, where lawmakers continued talks on regulating pseudoephedrine, raising the high school dropout age and Medicare's Managed Care Organizations.

Listener Jan Basile Tells Her "Journey Story"

Todd Hatton spoke with Calloway County Constable Tim Stone to find out more about what he and his colleagues do, how they're funded, and what the future may hold for them if SB 30 becomes law.

Draffen's Department Store Demolition

A traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution called "Journey Stories" is at Murray State's Wrather West Kentucky Museum through March 10th.

Feb 16th, 2012

For the past several years, the building that once housed Draffen's Department Store has sat vacant on a street corner in Calvert City. Boards cover its front windows and "Keep Out" signs warn people away from its unsteady walls, but at one tim

Remembering the 1952 State Champion Cuba Cubs

Mild Winter Good For Bugs?

Amidst the basketball fever sweeping the Jackson Purchase, one area high school took time out to celebrate some former western Kentucky basketball greats. Sixty years ago, the Cuba Cubs, a small Graves County high school basketball team, took t

Kentucky Officials Consider Options for Eggner's Ferry Bridge

We are in our first extended cold snap of 2012 following a warm couple of months. While the cold weather means layering your clothing to keep warm, it also to some has historically been a predictor for a normal spring insect population.

Kentucky Public Radio's Kenny Colston on This Week in Frankfort Politics

It's been two weeks since the Delta Mariner crashed into the Eggners Ferry Bridge, collapsing a 300 foot section of the road deck. The biggest question still remaining for motorists and business owners who depend on the traffic over the bridge

Mother and Daughter Team Campaign Against Bullies

Hear Kenny Colston rundown the top headlines from the state capitol this week in a chat with Rick Howlett in Louisville.

Feb 9th, 2012

McCracken County's Susan Guess and her daughter Morgan have a message for bullies: enough is enough. Through videos and posts on social media sites Susan and Morgan are getting the word out on the dangers of bullying and how to stop it.

TWO presents "Sweeney Todd"

Feb 7th, 2012

Theatre Workshop of Owensboro is running Steven Sodenheim's famous musical "Sweeney Todd" about a vengeful barber in post-industrial London.

Combatting Kentucky's Prescription Drug Problem - Part 3

Ky Transportation Cabinet Spokesman on Restoring Eggner's Ferry Bridge

The effect of Kentucky's prescription drug abuse problem reaches beyond the state's borders. In the final segment of a three-part series, Kentucky Public Radio's Brenna Angel reports on the challenges of launching a nationwide prescription moni

Murray Shakespeare Festival Begins Next Week

Shelly Baskin speaks with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Keith Todd for some perspective on the process of restoring Eggner's Ferry Bridge.

February's Weather Outlook: with Beau Dodson

The 2012 Murray Shakespeare Festival gets underway next Tuesday, but festival chairs Dr. Rusty Jones and Dr. Barbara Cobb of MSU's English Department could argue that it's not only already begun, it's an ongoing process.

"Almost, Maine" opens at Glema Mahr Center

As you may have noticed, it's been a fairly mild winter thus far. Today's February 3rd, and highs are in the 60's. So Gary Pitts spoke with McCracken County Emergency Management Meteorologist Beau Dodson to find out what's behind the mild weath

Feb 2nd, 2012

The Glema Mahr Performing Arts Center in Madisonville opens the John Cariani play "Almost, Maine" Thursday.

January Conversation with Murray State President

Kentucky Statehouse News Round-Up

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has outlined significant cuts in the Commonwealth's two year budget. This week, Chad Lampe sat down with Murray State President Dr. Randy Dunn to learn what MSU can do to weather a potential 6.4 percent cut to th

KPR Capital Bureau Chief Kenny Colston has this round up of statehouse news of the week: Major stories included the redistricting decision and response, including lawsuits; the progress of the gambling bill; and movement on the bill that would

Bridge Collapse Round Up

Combatting Kentucky's Prescription Drug Problem - Part 2

The now partially collapsed Eggner's Ferry Bridge remains split by a 312 foot cargo vessel called the Delta Mariner. The ship struck the nearly 80 year old bridge last night. Around 2800 vehicles cross the bridge connecting Marshall County to L

They can be bought on the street or obtained through a doctor's prescription. However people get them, prescription pain killers can lead to a life of addiction. But for the past ten years, the state has offered a tool meant to curb the abuse.

McCracken Merger Meeting