MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - Graves County school events for Friday, August 12 are available.

At Graves County High School, the volleyball team will visit the Community Christian Academy.

On Friday, August 12 through Saturday, August 13, the Graves County Middle School will play a softball tournament at Marshall County.

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PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - Seven years ago, Crystal Williams spent three months at the University of Louisville Hospital after her son was born premature.

Williams and her husband, Jeremy, didn't even try to have another child until she heard last year that Western Baptist Hospital was opening the region's first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

“Both my son and stepson were premature, so we have a history of preemies,” said Williams, 25, of Mayfield. “I just had an overwhelming fear of having to go to Louisville and leave my children here, or having to leave my baby there.”

This time Williams had a smooth pregnancy until she developed preeclampsia at 22 weeks.

“I knew if I could make it to 32 weeks, then she could be born at Western Baptist and the NICU could take care of her,” Williams said. “We just prayed and prayed.

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet would like to remind drivers to use caution in school zones and around school buses taking children to and from school.

KYTC says over the past week they have had crews turn up and check school zone beacons to prepare for the start of school. The technicians are responsible for beacons at 45 schools scattered across Kentucky's 12 western counties.

Every year as students prepare to return to school, highway signal technicians check each school beacon to make sure it is working properly. They say some schools have four or more beacons that have to be turned on and checked for proper operation.

Highway officials are reminding drivers to be aware of school zones and obey reduced speed limits when beacons are flashing at the start and end of each school day.