Todd Hatton

In Racer basketball over the weekend, the Murray State men’s team won their fifth straight victory against the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers 75 to 70 Sunday at the CFSB Center in Murray.  The 8 and 1 Racers now stand at six straight home wins. 

A new National Weather Service forecast projects water levels on the Mississippi River will keep dropping over the next several weeks.  The outlook comes amid worries barge traffic could soon be affected along the vital shipping corridor.  NWS hydrologists say the Mississippi River at Saint Louis will fall to about 9 feet by the end of December, and, barring significant rainfall, another six inches in the first week of January.  Months of drought have left levels up to 20 feet below normal along a 180-mile stretch of the river from St. Louis to Cairo, Ill. 

To say the least, George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” has staying power. The powerful, moving oratorio is a masterpiece of Baroque music and has become a staple of holiday choral performances around the world, and in our region, since it was first performed in 1742. Kentucky Public Radio’s Charles Compton brings us the story of why it’s become, and remained, a Christmastime favorite, on this week's Front Page Sunday from WKMS News.

The Murray State men’s basketball team racked up their fourth straight win on the road Saturday against the University of Evansville, 82 to 70.

Storm sirens in Murray, Hazel, and on the Murray State campus will be tested today at about 9 a.m.  The MSU sirens will be tested first, followed by city sirens in Murray and Hazel.  If severe weather threatens this morning, the test will be postponed. 

The Kentucky Supreme Court could rule soon on the case of a high school student charged and convicted after admitting to his school principal and the resource officer that he shared prescription pain pills.  The student says he wasn’t read his rights and that the confession shouldn’t have been used against him at trial.  The court’s ruling could change the way school administrators handle discipline problems, and we’ll bring you the details.

In Racer basketball, the men’s team racked up their 14th straight road win against Lipscomb 88 to 79 last night in Nashville.  The win brings the Racers to a 36 and 3 record under Head Coach Steve Prohm. 

In Racer sports over the weekend, the Murray State football team beat Southeast Missouri 42 to 35.  The Men’s basketball team brought down St. John’s Friday 72 to 67, but fell to Colorado 81 to 74 Sunday to earn second place at the Charleston Classic in South Carolina. 

At long last, the 2012 campaign season is over, and while the dust is still settling, we’ll speak with two retiring Kentucky state lawmakers, Republican Senator Ken Winters of Murray and Democratic Representative Mike Cherry of Princeton, to help sort out the results. A post-election post-mortem, today on Front Page Sunday from WKMS News.