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Crews search for missing boater
Authorities found an empty johnboat on the Ohio River on Sunday afternoon and searched into the night for a missing person, who they think fell out of the boat. Travis Holder, Ballard County dep...
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Couple sets out to help as Isaac nears gulf
When disaster strikes more than 570 miles away from home, it’s hard to find ways to help. Unless on scene, there is no way to be hands-on and respond. That is precisely why a McCracken County coupl...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun President of the board of directors for Strings for Hope, Laura Watson, prepares bracelets of recycled guitar strings for display at the Strings for Hope booth on Saturday afternoon at the 23rd annual Hot August Blues event at the KenLake Resort Ampatheatre. Strings for Hope is a 100 percent volunteer-based nonprofit corporation out of Dixon County, Tenn., that makes jewelry out of recycled guitar strings and donates all profits made to the Dixon County food bank.
People pack park for Hot August Blues
AURORA — Thousands of music lovers at Kenlake State Resort Park came to get the blues Friday and Saturday. Early on the second and final day of the 23rd annual Hot August Blues Festival, organiz...
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Associated Press Neil Armstrong (waving in front) heads for the van that will take the crew to the rocket for launch to the moon July 16, 1969, at Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Fla.
An entire nation took that small step with Armstrong
I’ve written about the Apollo 11 moon landing; but with the death of Neil Armstrong on Saturday, I am compelled to do it again. It’s funny how around the newsroom many of my pop culture comments...
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McCracken County, Paducah schools’ ACT scores go up
ACT scores for the McCracken County and Paducah school districts continued to climb though the state average showed marginal growth, according to numbers released last week. In 2011, all 464 jun...
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In our schools
n K.I.D.S. First Family Resource and Youth Services Center Advisory Council — 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Heath Middle School conference room. n Paducah Board of Education — 5:45 p.m. Monday, to hear p...
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Corvettes on the River coming Sept. 8
Four Rivers Corvette Club will host the 11th annual Corvettes on the River in downtown Paducah at Jefferson and Second Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 8. Bowling Green Corvette Plant technici...
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Incentives seek early Ledbetter bridge opening
State officials have offered a $3.8 million incentive plan to open the new U.S. 60 Tennessee River bridge to traffic nearly a year early. Gov. Steve Beshear said Thursday that plans to have the ...
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The Lineup
Monday Farley Neighborhood Watch Association, 6:30 p.m., Farley Elementary cafeteria, 1250 Husband Road. 442-6704 Paducah Masonic Lodge No. 127 F&AM, 7:30 p.m. , 24th and Jackson streets. M...
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Paducah School of Art student Ashlea McMillan talks with painting instructor BiLan Liao about the teacher's acrylic work at the annual PSA Faculty Exhibition on Thursday in the Clemens Gallery. The exhibit features work from nine faculty members and is on display through Sept. 7 on the campus of West Kentucky Community & Technical College.
Faculty show displays lighter side
BiLan Liao needed a break. The assistant professor and head of the painting program at the Paducah School of Art has been working on a book, “Daughters of the Dragon,” about 125 years of Chinese...
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Photo contributed An artist's rendering shows a 60-foot-tall human body inside the Discovery Center in Union City, Tenn. The exhibit will feature a 30-foot slide traveling through its center.
Park to bring world to Union City
The pieces for a $100 million education and entertainment facility in Union City, Tenn., are falling into place after more than four years of work and planning. Several features, including a cen...
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Worry creates tension over law
While debate continues to flare over the month-old state law that tightens regulations on doctors prescribing controlled substances, a local pain physician contends a lack of understanding on the i...
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Knopf
Knopf shares success story with young leaders
Kim Knopf is passionate about helping people get a better night’s sleep. As CEO of Innovative Mattress Solutions, she says this passion is what makes her company’s 90 Sleep Outfitters stores in ...
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Reunions
n Eighteenth annual Williamson family reunion will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Lamasco Baptist Church fellowship building in Lamasco. This annual reunion is for descendants and friends of...
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Pittman trial set to begin Tuesday
A woman accused of murder in connection with a fatal Marshall County wreck will stand trial on Tuesday. Tiffany Pittman, 19, is charged with murder, first-degree assault and first-offense DUI am...
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