June 20, 2013
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File photo Branden Higginson, 16, from Mayfield High School takes a pamphlet of financial aid information from Melinda Jackson, West Kentucky Community & Technical College financial aid officer, during the second annual Super Sunday in 2012. The college fair returns at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church and 1 p.m. at Ninth Street Church of Christ.
College fair targets local black families
Pastor Mark Rowe strives to develop his parishioners as the total person: spiritually, physically, emotionally and academically. And along those lines, Rowe and the faith-based community will op...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun A truck pre-treats 32nd Street Wednesday morning in Paducah. A winter storm moving across the central United States may bring sleet and freezing rain to parts of western Kentucky and southern Illinois today.
Midwest storm may ice area roads
A winter storm system moving across the central United States may affect southern Illinois and the westernmost counties of Kentucky today. National Weather Service meteorologist Mike York said t...
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Conner’s Law bill awaiting House hearing
A House bill slated to impose stricter prison sentences on child abusers that drew inspiration from the 2010 death of a 2-year-old Paducah boy may need another year before it becomes law. But th...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Randy Davis leads PRA board members, proposed board members and Columbia Task Force Committee members on a tour of the old Columbia Theatre Wednesday on Broadway. The group toured Columbia with a preservation specialist to learn what would need to be done to get the theater up and running again with the help of Paducah Renaissance Alliance and the Columbia Task Force Committee.
Navigating the Columbia
Inside the Columbia Theatre, there is a bone-chilling cold breeze. That cold extends over the chipping paint, the dust-covered chairs, and the cracked, delicate silver and gold filigree surrounding...
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Police seek information about forgery case
Paducah police are seeking help identifying a woman suspected of using a stolen debit card and forging the owner’s name. Anita White of Paducah told police on Jan. 17 that her Visa debit card ha...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. 442-8993. AARP with...
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Alexander
Murray writer receives health care fellowship
Constance Alexander, columnist and WKMS-FM commentator and independent producer, is one of three independent journalists nationwide to receive a fellowship from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley C...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Cold waters churn in January at Barkley Dam. The debate over restrictions on head and tail waters at 10 Corps-owned dams is still up for discussion.
Corps stays mum despite dam protests
Wade White and Chris Lasher couldn’t ask for a stronger presence at their side. The Lyon and Livingston County judge-executives brought the fight against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ propos...
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3 charged in thefts from Friendship Baptist
Three Paducah residents have been charged in a Feb. 5 theft from Friendship Baptist Church. The McCracken County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation after the Lone Oak church reported a ...
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Dancerise classes are conducted Tuesdays from 4 to 5 p
Dancerise classes are conducted Tuesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. at Lyon County Elementary School gym. A basic sewing class will be conducted March 5 and 7 from 4 to 6 p.m. And a cardiopulmonary ressuscia...
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Intersection receives permissive turn light
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has added a protected/permissive turn phase for the traffic signal of the westbound U.S. 62 traffic at the “T” intersection with U.S. 68 in Reidland. The prot...
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The Lineup
Today Lone Oak Kiwanis, 7 a.m., Lone Oak Little Castle. 554-0431. AARP with IRS offers free tax service to low and moderate income individuals, with special attention to those age 60 and ol...
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Former Paducah Mayor Gerry Montgomery, founding member of the Paducah Ambassadors, says a few words to fellow members of the volunteer group at Tuesday's City Commission meeting after Mayor Gayle Kaler presented a proclamation noting today as Paducah Ambassadors Day. The nonprofit volunteer group was founded 25 years ago, Feb. 20, 1988.
Ambassadors praised for 25 years
Former Paducah Mayor Gerry Montgomery, founding member of the Paducah Ambassadors, says a few words to fellow members of the volunteer group at Tuesday’s City Commission meeting after Mayor Gayle K...
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McCracken names football stadium, sets seating prices
McCracken County High School football supporters will have a name for their field this fall. The board of education Tuesday approved a naming rights agreement with Marquette Transportation for t...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun Teachers speak out at the McCracken County Board of Education meeting Tuesday on behalf of Shawnda Pacheco, third from left. Pacheco was dismissed by the district for helping to write a letter voicing safety concerns that led to a closure at Reidland middle and high school.
Support swells for dismissed teacher
Twenty teachers, retired educators and community members voiced their support Tuesday for a teacher fired for helping to write a letter to the editor that led to the closing of Reidland middle and ...
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