PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The 202nd Army Band with the Kentucky National Guard will be performing a two-week concert series in the Purchase Area.

The forty-piece band includes musicians who form a rock band, jazz combo, marching band, Dixieland band, woodwind quintet and brass quartet. The band is led by Chief Warrant Officer Greg Stepp.

The band will also be recruiting additional performers and musicians. For more information you can visit them online.

A schedule of performances for the area includes:

July 1

• 7 p.m. Benton, Ky - Rock Band
• 7 p.m. Noble Park, Paducah, Ky. - Dixieland Band

July 2

• 8:30 a.m. Freedom Fest Parade, Murray, Ky. - Marching Band
• 12 p.m. Freedom Fest Stage, Murray, Ky. - Brass Quartet

July 3

• 6 p.m. Lake Barkley SRP Lodge - Brass Quartet
• 6 p.m.

A new Kentucky law is making a big boom throughout the state.  For the first time, folks can now legally buy, sell and set off their very own fireworks.  

Many in Kentucky say this is a win-win for the state. Sellers make more money, and buyers get to celebrate 4th of July with all the festive bangs and pops. 

Sellers say the Kentucky firework sales are booming

"The customers say do you have bottle rockets and firecrackers and stuff," explained firework seller Ronnie Fields.  "In the years past, we'd have to tell them no you have to go to Missouri. They call it the good stuff that's what they call the fireworks that explode and shoot in the air."

"It's been a whole lot better not having to go all they way to Missouri to buy them," said Paducah resident Phillip Slagle.

The new state law says you cannot set off a firework within 200 feet of a structure, a car, a person or an animal. 

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The Paducah Police Department is investigating two business burglaries that happened over the weekend.

Police say at 8:10 a.m. on Monday, Angie Todd reported that when she arrived at Long John Silver's/A&W for work, she found the drive-thru window shattered. Officers say they searched the building, but found no one inside.

The business is located at 555 Lone Oak Road. Police say the break-in happened between 11 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. on Monday. A cash register seems to be the only item missing.

According to police, about an half-hour later, Jim Parcell, owner of Just Hamburgers, reported someone had thrown a piece of cinder block through the drive-thru window. Police say this break-in happened some time between 4 p.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. on Monday.