GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Graves County High School student Karlee Riley interacts with “The Grim Reaper” as her classmates watch.

The costumed character removed one student every 20 minutes on the day of the school’s “Ghost Out” and took them out of sight until the end of the school day.

The students removed from class were brought back at the end of the day in a sobering presentation for the entire student body in the Eagles’ Nest Gymnasium.

Here, Payne and Tucker look at the mock collision set up near the main entrance to the school.

The numbers reflect the deaths of one motorist every 20 minutes in America, due to drunk or drugged driving.

Grave County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon’s office and the GCHS Youth Services Center teamed up for the eye-opening project.

Graves County High School freshmen Mckenzie Payne and Kendall Tucker said of their school’s “Ghost Out”:“It’s scary.”

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS)  — Baptist Health Paducah will host its second Spokes for Strokes bike tour on Saturday, June 1, to raise stroke awareness, along with funds for life-saving technologies and expanded stroke care services.

Spokes for Strokes will begin at 7 a.m. with registration at Baptist Health Imaging Center on the west end of campus at 2705 Kentucky Ave., followed by the tour at 8 a.m.

Registration at active.com is $25 for an individual, $40 for couples and $50 for a family for four.

The bike tour offers 10, 35. or 65-mile rides through southern McCracken, Marshall and Graves counties.

The longest ride includes challenging hills and four rest stops.

The 35-mile ride is less hilly with three rest stops.

The short ride is completely flat and stays in McCracken County.

It includes one rest stop.

All rides will be followed by support vehicles.

Helmets are required.

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Graves County Central, Sedalia, and Symsonia elementary schools have earned inclusion on the 2012 National Center for Educational Achievement Higher Performing Schools List.

The list recognizes schools that are raising student achievement levels more quickly than other schools with similar student populations.

Graves County Central Elementary was recognized for both reading and writing performance. Sedalia was recognized for both performance and growth in science. Symsonia was recognized for writing performance and for reading performance and growth.

“Congratulations to Central, Sedalia, and Symsonia elementary schools,” said Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway. “The NCEA Higher Performing Schools List shows that our schools are achieving at high levels despite obstacles. Our vision statement is ‘Striving for Excellence – No Exceptions, No Excuses’ and that’s exactly what these schools have done!”