Hannah Saad
WKMS Asst. News DirectorHannah Saad is the Assistant News Director for WKMS. Originally from Michigan, Hannah earned her bachelor’s degree in news media from The University of Alabama in 2021. Hannah moved to western Kentucky in the summer of 2021 to start the next chapter of her life after graduation. Prior to joining WKMS in March 2023, Hannah was a news reporter at The Paducah Sun. Her goal at WKMS is to share the stories of the region from those who call it home. Outside of work, Hannah enjoys exploring local restaurants, sports photography, painting, and spending time with her fiancé and two dogs.
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Identity politics and culture war talking points were again at the forefront during the annual Fancy Farm picnic in far western Kentucky Saturday, as the state’s fall campaign season unofficially kicked off in the small Graves County community.
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Kentucky’s Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts announced Thursday it will conduct a “special examination” of the Public Protection Cabinet’s oversight of the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief and Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Funds.
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The Kentucky Lantern reported that Beshear’s campaign and the Kentucky Democratic Party refunded a combined $202,000 in excess political contributions that came from donations connected to London Mayor Randall Weddle.
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The relief funds, established by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, allow the state to take donations from private entities to distribute to those impacted by the natural disasters.
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Under the terms of the program, 80% of the funds will go to the four counties most impacted by those two 2021 natural disasters: Graves, Warren, Hopkins and Breathitt. The remaining 20% of the funding will be split between 36 counties to aid recovery efforts for both disasters.