Derek Operle
WKMS News DirectorA native of western Kentucky, Operle earned his bachelor's degree in integrated strategic communications from the University of Kentucky in 2014. Operle spent five years working for Paxton Media/The Paducah Sun as a reporter and editor. In addition to his work in the news industry, Operle is a passionate movie lover and concertgoer.
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Bowling Green and Paducah are two of the sites where protesters gathered to denounce the killing of a Minnesota woman who was shot to death by a ICE agent. -
A new book examines the racist background of the last public hanging in the U.S. when tens of thousands of people came to watch in a small Kentucky town.
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A new book from a Kentucky native details the last public hanging in the United States, which took place in Owensboro 1936, and examines it through the lens of lynch culture in America. -
A California-based firm plans to build the first privately funded uranium enrichment plant in Kentucky amid efforts to bolster the country's domestic uranium enrichment.
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A California-based firm plans to build the first privately funded uranium enrichment plant in Kentucky amid efforts to bolster the country's domestic uranium enrichment.
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Around two dozen protestors with the grassroots group Four Rivers Indivisible spoke out against the proposal in western Kentucky on Tuesday, rallying outside of Republican Congressman James Comer’s office in downtown Paducah. -
Hopkins County Jailer Mike Lewis announced the change to the local fiscal court earlier this week, noting the facility was previously certified as a short-term holding facility that could house ICE detainees for up to 72 hours. -
“Ashli’s experience and poise make her the ideal choice to guide this year’s political speaking,” Picnic Political Chairman Steven Elder said in the release. -
The Kentucky Lock Addition Project – a more than $1.5 billion federal construction effort led by government contractors and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) workers – aims to solve a logjam on Tennessee River by doubling the length of the lock that flows resources and products to 20 states. -
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón has announced her signature project titled " You Are Here," which hopes to engage people with poetry and nature.
