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2024 is a major election year in Kentucky, and Secretary of State Michael Adams is asking students for help creating the state’s next “I voted” stickers. 

The contest is open to all Kentucky students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Participating students are asked to create their best sticker design, and the winner will see their design distributed to Kentucky voters during the 2024 general election.

Students have until May 17 to send in their design, which must be original works and include the words “I voted”. Students should send an email with their name, school, address, and phone number along with their design in a JPEG or PNG file to sos.secretary@ky.gov.

Finalists will be chosen by the Secretary of State’s office, and will be voted on during the 2024 Kentucky State Fair.

The deadline to register to vote in the 2024 primary election, which will be held on May 21, is Monday, April 22. Visit govote.ky.gov for more election information.

A storm system this morning brought high winds and thunderstorms across the area, with thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings declared in Breckinridge, Grayson, Meade, Hardin, Nelson, and LaRue counties between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.

That storm system resulted in a tornado touching down around Chaplin in Nelson County.

“We sent out a team, they went out and did a survey on it,” said Meteorologist Kevin Farina with the National Weather Service in Louisville. “Looks like they’re going to rate it as an EF-1, 95 miles per hour on the wind speeds there. EF-1 is almost 100 mile per hour winds. You can see trees down, of course damage to housing, but typically on your lower end of tornado damage.”

The chance for severe weather this afternoon has prompted closings across the commonwealth. Governor Andy Beshear has closed all state office buildings, the LaRue County Courthouse is closed, and classes have been canceled this afternoon at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.

Farina says a smaller system is working its way through the area now, but the chance for storms continues through the evening.

“There’s some stuff just east of Bowling Green now that’s moving to the northeast that had some warnings on it,” Farina said. “Back behind that though there’s not much going on at the moment. The cold front is not expected to come through until this evening so we could still see some thunderstorms develop before evening.”

The city of Radcliff is advising residents of malfunctioning weather sirens located near Dawley Park ,the Walmart Neighborhood Market, and Hill Street. Residents should keep an eye on forecasts and stay alert.

Keep it tuned to Quicksie and The Wolf for more weather updates.