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Fest ends on strong note
With great risk comes great reward, and organizers of this year’s Lower Town Arts & Music Festival believe several new and ambitious plans paid dividends in making sure a successful celebration wen...
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Relay for Life events season begins
Celebrate, remember and fight back are the goals of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The McCracken County event starts at 6 p.m. May 31 at Carson Park. Surrounding counties host the...
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Police: Two men steal cough syrup, run from officers
Three men face charges after cough syrup was allegedly stolen from a Cadiz store, Cadiz police said in a press release. Police said they obtained surveillance footage May 8 of two men taking cou...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun The worn Massac Theater sits abandoned Friday afternoon in downtown Metropolis, Ill. After a lengthy court battle in 2005 over ownership of the property, the city was awarded the theater in late 2008, prompting the rise of the Save the Massac Group.
Theater advocacy group plans further renovation
METROPOLIS, Ill. — The years haven’t been kind to the Massac Theater in downtown Metropolis, but revitalization efforts have made big strides in reversing the aging process as the theater’s advocac...
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NICHOLAS RESIDE | The Sun Ashley Allen and Chief walk off the track after completing the Open English Pleasure, a competition at Saturday's Paducah Charity Horse Show at Carson Park. The event raised money for The Lilypad, a new program for Easter Seals West Kentucky.
Carson Park horse show raises money for charity
The atmosphere and conditions Saturday at Carson Park were ripe for a baseball game. A crowd sat on bleachers watching a field of competitors on a sunny afternoon. Organ music and an announcer coul...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Friends visit and locals enjoy good food, all while listening to live music at the Arts & Music Festival on Saturday in Lower Town. Vendors offered assorted barbecue, sweets, fried catfish and fair food to the attendees.
Art & Music Festival is a huge hit
Hundreds of people from the area flocked to Lower Town to enjoy the festivities of the Lower Town Arts & Music Festival on Saturday in Paducah. Continuing until 5 p.m. today, the festival has been ...
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Sharon Wildman (right), chairwoman of the Propeller Club, Port of Paducah, hands the ceremonial wreath to a Coast Guardsman. The laying of the wreath concluded the Annual Maritime Day Ceremony & Memorial on Saturday, held at Maiden Alley Cinema, 112 Maiden Alley.
Ceremony pays tribute to merchant mariners
When water levels on the Mighty Mississippi dipped to record lows last winter, it took a collaborative effort from the U.S. Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the river industry to avert...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun A large crowd of people gather around a 1963 Chevrolet Impala in hopes of being the highest bidder during a joint McCracken County and Graves County sheriff's auction Saturday at the corner of Adams and Sixth streets. The red vintage car, which was part of a drug seizure, went for $9,000.
Sheriff’s departments lighten their loads
Amidst the shouting and paddle-raising crowd of hundreds on Saturday at the corner of Adams and Sixth streets were people determined to make a deal with local sheriff’s departments. The McCracke...
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Land transfer hold-up affecting development
With requests to transfer property at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant for reuse purposes still in the preliminary stages, Paducah Economic Development President Chad Chancellor is now scouting ...
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Community enjoys Fountain Avenue Fair
051913_PS_fountain avenue fair PHOTO1: ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Ben Hall III, 6, lets out a loud gasp as he sees his much-anticipated Spider Man balloon animal after standing in a long line d...
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Praying for new school
Chris Lipham, 24, symbolically drives a prayer into the ground on the campus of McCracken County High School on Saturday morning. Bill Lipham, a resident of Livingston County and a member of Bethel...
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New drag way draws crowd
Rocky Ausec of Joilet, Ill., works under the hood of his 1971 Mustang Mach I Classic Alcohol Funny Car during the grand opening of Beacon Dragway on Saturday in Paducah. The new drag strip invited ...
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Regional Alliance to unveil economic strategy for area
The Ken-Tenn Regional Alliance will hold a news conference Monday to discuss its economic plan for the area, the first step in putting the plan into motion. The meeting, set to take place at the...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Brittney Hartman, a volunteer at the McCracken County Humane Society, takes a St. Bernard out of his pen for a morning walk Friday. As of last week, the shelter is home to about 60 dogs and numerous cats, Director Terry Vannerson said.
McCracken shelters making strides
Running an animal shelter is no easy task. Just ask Leslie Hannan, director of the McCracken County Animal Shelter. The shelter — which was set up in emergency trailers two years ago before it m...
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Paducah Middle School holds farewell
Paducah Middle School will host a farewell tour of the building at its current site May 27. The community, former staff members, alumni, family and friends of Arcadia Junior High School, Arcadia...
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