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Barlow’s attorneys file motion
Attorneys representing former South Marshall Middle School principal Kent Barlow are seeking shock probation for Barlow’s 10-year prison sentence. According to the Marshall County Clerk’s office...
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Submitted Photo Cadiz police released this video surveillance footage from an early-morning robbery. They say this man stole cash from five businesses within a two-block radius near the intersection of U.S. 68 and Main Street.
Police looking into burglary string
Police are investigating a series of commercial burglaries in Cadiz and ask for the public’s help. A burglar reportedly struck five local businesses about or after 2:40 a.m. Monday, Cadiz police...
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Metropolis pair found dead
Illinois State Police continued their investigation into a Metropolis, Ill., couple found dead over the weekend. Brad and DeAnna Pierce were found inside their home at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday, ...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Gov. Steve Beshear shakes hands with an attendee at a campaign rally on Monday at the Graves County Democratic Headquarters in Mayfield. Beshear and House Speaker Rocky Adkins, D-Sandy Hook, came to western Kentucky to show support for the local Democratic Legislative ticket.SNbS
High voter turnout expected locally
As the clock struck 6 this morning, election precincts across the local area prepared for a busy 12 hours of open polling in a decisive election year. With high voter turnout expected not only a...
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Officials scrutinize current electricity rates
The struggling economy and unexpected summer temperatures certainly factored into high consumer electric bills in Metropolis, Ill., but couple that with providers’ prices already trending upward an...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Paducah Economic Development president Chad Chancellor (left) explains details of a 450-job deal with Colorado-based TeleTech to members of the McCracken Fiscal Court on Monday. The commissioners voted to enter into a memorandum of understanding to provide $1.35 million in economic incentives. The City Commission also approved a similar deal in a separate meeting held earlier.
City, county approve TeleTech deal
With incentives for 450 jobs just one vote away, Paducah and McCracken County officials are basking in the hope that spin-off development also may be on the horizon. McCracken Fiscal Court membe...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive, Call 442-8993. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. Padu...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun (From left) Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan, film makers from Manchester, England; and Toby Leonard, a film festival judge, stop for a photograph in Maiden Alley Cinema at the conclusion of the River's Edge International Film Festival on Sunday. Cartwright and Jordan's film about Cairo, Ill. -- "Between Two Rivers" -- won the Best of the Fest award.
English directors take top honors at film fest
Taking home top honors at the River’s Edge International Film Festival with their feature documentary on the history of Cairo, Ill., could be considered enough an accomplishment for Jacob Cartwrigh...
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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.
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Three face burglary charges
Two McCracken County men and a teenager face charges in connection with a suspected burglary of more than $30,000 in jewelry and electronics from a Hendron home, police said. Sheriff’s deputies ...
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Duplicate Bridge
ECHO DUPLICATE BRIDGE CENTER 1723 Kentucky Ave. Monday Morning Charity Club Championship Overall Winners 1. Sharon Henneke and Ronald Brockman. 2. Joel Pendergraft and Denni...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Paducah Civil Air Patrol Composite Squadron 1st Lt. Eric Milles ties down the CAP's new Cessna 172, a prop plane allocated to the western Kentucky squadron in late October. The plane will open up new opportunities for the CAP's training, Milles said.
New plane means new opportunities
A red, white and blue single-engine Cessna 172 sits on the tarmac at Midwest Aviation on a regular basis nowadays. The prop plane, property of Paducah’s Civil Air Patrol, may look like a run-of-the...
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Wreck survivor still hospitalized
A Benton woman involved in a wreck Friday that killed a Memphis, Tenn., motorcyclist remained in the hospital Sunday. Cynthia J. Clark-Pesce, 39, was listed in critical condition Sunday at Vande...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Joe Smith loads a reel of film on Thursday in a projection room at Princess Theaters of Mayfield. Most distribution companies will stop producing 35 mm film by spring of 2013, and the process of switching to a digital format may prove too costly for smaller theaters like Smith's.
A threat to theaters
Joe Smith of Mayfield started his career in his backyard, where he screened 8 mm movies on a bed sheet hanging from his mother’s clothesline. Owning Princess Theaters in his hometown was a dream co...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Clinton City Council — 6 p.m., Senior Citizens Center, Clinton. n Eddyville City Council — 6 p.m., City Hall. n Kevil City Council —...
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