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Repaving project targets Interstate 24 
A 13-mile stretch of Interstate 24 is set for needed asphalt repair with the state award of a multimillion dollar paving contract. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reported Tuesday that a $14...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun William Black Jr. (center) meets with friends and educators during a ceremony recognizing his 24 years of service to the Paducah Board of Education. Black did not to seek re-election this year.
Black recognized for service to school board
For the second time since the 1950s a member of the Black family will not serve on the Paducah Board of Education. A recognition was held Tuesday for board member William Black, who opted not to...
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Contributed photo Turbulent waters around Barkley Dam often times churn up white caps and are dangerous to boaters. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Nashville, Tenn., is working on a plan to restrict boaters' access to the site, along with areas directly upstream and downstream of dam along the Cumberland River.
Corps mulls dam closure
The turbulent water beneath Lake Barkley Dam is known for its plentiful fishing. Boaters consistently disregard warning signs, taking their lives in their own hands to brave the whitewater in searc...
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John Cunningham
Illinois police searching for pair
Two residents of southern Illinois that state police are describing as armed and dangerous were the subject of a statewide manhunt Tuesday.  They were identified as John L. Cunningham, 41, and J...
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Help Stuff the Truck
Bailynn Peeler (left) and Joey Reynolds, Heath Middle School gifted and talented leadership students, load donated canned goods onto a cart during the Stuff the Truck event on Tuesday in the parkin...
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Pittman murder trial to start today
Jury selection in the case of a Paducah teen charged with murder in connection with a fatal Marshall County wreck will begin at 9 a.m. today in Marshall Circuit Court. Tiffany Pittman, 19, is ch...
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McCracken District Court
Oct. 30 Brandon J. Clark, 22, 5335 Steven Drive, Paducah, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, second offense: six months, serve 45 days, conditional discharge two years, no further ...
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Fiscal Court gives nod to USEC employee
A McCracken Fiscal Court vote on Monday ties up the final financial loose ends for an employee who has been working roughly three months to help re-industrialize the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant...
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McCracken District Court
Oct. 30 Darce A. Paschall III, 42, 600 Broadway, Paducah, possession of marijuana: seven days, conditional discharge two years, no further offenses, forfeit items seized, pay $635. Alfredo M....
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Search of Metropolis home leads to arrest
A Metropolis man was arrested and faces drug and weapons-related charges stemming from a reported search of his West 11th Street residence on Monday. Timothy E. Sims, 55, faces charges of unlawf...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Cadiz City Council — 6 p.m., City Hall. n Carlisle Fiscal Court — 9:30 a.m., courthouse. n Paducah Urban Renewal and Community Devel...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Rodney Bohannon, plant manager at Briggs & Stratton's Murray location, opens up a luncheon celebrating the plant's 70 millionth engine. Bohannon said that one engine comes off the line every eight seconds at the plant. During peak seasons, that could mean as many as 16,000 engines a day.
70 million and counting
With a new engine coming off the line every eight seconds and more than 10,000 engines coming out of the plant per day, it isn’t hard to imagine the 27-year-old Briggs & Stratton’s plant in Murray ...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Two backhoes work to remove parts of the old Modene Manufacturing building on Jackson Street on Monday afternoon. The building's new owners, Gersh and Terry Lundberg, made the decision to demolish the 153,000-square-foot building after purchasing it last month.
Demo begins on medical services site
Demolition is under way on the old Modene Manufacturing building. Gersh and Terry Lundberg recently purchased the building at 3047 Jackson St. The Lundbergs envision a medical or wellness services ...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive, 442-8993. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. Paducah L...
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Pittman
Pittman trial slated for start
Marshall County Commonwealth Attorney Mark Blankenship said a push to reform DUI-related laws in Kentucky may affect jury selection in a trial set to kick-off on Wednesday. Tiffany Pittman, 19, ...
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