This week's episode of the Crossroads Suncast focuses on a period of civil unrest and violence at the turn of the 20th century. Tobacco farmers in west Kentucky and Tennessee fought back against corporate control of the industry, with raids on farms and towns across the region. 

Jasmine Youngblood has covered hundreds of stories since joining the WPSD Local 6 team. This week on the Crossroads Suncast, she reflects on the importance of storytelling in journalism- and her trial by fire entering TV news in the immediate wake of the December 10th, 2021 tornadoes.

Less than a month away from the 2025 St Jude Dream Home Giveaway, WPSD Local 6 anchor Mike Mallory joins the Crossroads Suncast to reflect on twenty years worth of stories. This episode explores St Jude's lifechanging impact on families in west Kentucky and the importance of community support for kids battling illness.

In 1956, Paducah Tilghman admitted its first six African American students- one year before the Little Rock Nine broke the color barrier in Arkansas. This week on the Crossroads Suncast, one of those students shares her story growing up in segregated Paducah, and her experience as a trailblazer at the University of Kentucky after graduation.

This week’s episode of the Crossroads Suncast explores the history and legacy of the St. Jerome Fancy Farm Picnic—and how the historic fundraiser and political event has been shaped by partisan division. 

The episode is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and at WPSDLocal6.com and PaducahSun.com.

New for season two, episodes are available on YouTube: @WPSD-TV. 

Happy's Chili has been a Paducah staple since the Great Depression. Third-generation owner Eugene Thomas reflects on the triumphs and tragedies it's taken to get to this point- and the ongoing legacy of the restaurant.

Born into poverty in Marshall County, Kentucky, Joe Fulks became one of the first superstars in the sport of basketball- then vanished into obscurity before his murder in 1976.

This week's episode explores Fulks' roots and his role in evolving and defining the modern basketball landscape.

WPSD news director Perry Boxx says his work as a journalist is a product of the Watergate Era, Vietnam, and the Civil Rights movement. The intensity of that era is fundamental to his search for truth today. In this week's episode, he reflects on the decades worth of changes he's observed in his career- and the future of journalism.

In this week's episode, writer Sharon Roggenkamp explores the legacy of a crusading journalist-turned-civil servant who radically changed the face of Kentucky. This episode moves from his roots as a reporter in west Kentucky through his work revitalizing the state's park system and his run for governor.

This week's episode of the Crossroads Suncast explores the abortion landscape three years after the overturning of Roe V Wade- and how that Supreme Court decision brought a small college town in Illinois to the center of debates over abortion care.