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Contributed by Levi Holsapple of The Herald Ledger Jonathan Gilland, co-owner of H&G Limestone Products, greets Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday afternoon in Eddyville. Beshear announced incentives for a new $1.4 million manufacturing plant that H&G will use to make a fine powder-like material from limestone. The new plant provides 10 jobs and qualifies the company for about $300,000 in state incentives.
H&G Limestone Products announces Eddyville plant
EDDYVILLE — A new $1.4 million plant that will create 10 jobs in Eddyville expects to begin selling its product by Nov. 1. Gov. Steve Beshear announced the H&G Limestone Products plant to a crow...
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Metals building coming down at diffusion plant
Work is ongoing at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to raze a 65,000-square-foot facility known as the C-340 Metals Plant, which was used to make uranium metal during the Cold War. Department...
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Whitley
Deputies capture fugitive
A late-night search on Pool Road on Tuesday night ended with the arrest of an Evansville, Ind., man wanted for burglary. McCracken County Sgt. David Shepherd said U.S. marshals tracked Jackie Wh...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun The Motor Vessel Ray A. Eckstein rests at dock at the foot of Broadway Wednesday as on-lookers disembark following a christening ceremony for the Marquette Transportation Company vessel. The christening comes 12 years after the ship's construction.
Vessel receives send-off
It was a fanfare 12 years in the making and though the Motor Vessel Ray A. Eckstein might not be the newest ship in Marquette Transportation Company’s towboat fleet, its christening marked an impor...
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New Paducah Boy Choir announces auditions
Director Tony Whitfield has announced that auditions will be held for the new Paducah Boy Choir. Auditions begin this week and will continue next week at Van Fleet Music Studios, 870 Old Mayfiel...
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Grassroots anti-merger body surfaces
In response to a vocal group of Paducah-McCracken County merger advocates, a grassroots organization surfaced, a member said, to educate area voters about the other side. Allan Kleet, a McCracke...
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Lyons
Police investigation discovers meth labs in Farley area
Authorities discovered methamphetamine labs in a residential neighborhood in the Farley area following an investigation into alleged abuse, police said. McCracken County sheriff’s deputies were ...
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Photo contributed Milo and JohnnyJake Johnson, played by Garret Mathany and Johnny Dowers, run into shady characters like the parson, played by W. Earl Brown (right), as they attempt to sing their way to success. The writers and actors of "Pickin' and Grinnin'" say their experiences in such places as Nashville, Tenn., and western Kentucky inspired many of the incidents in the film.
‘Pickin’ and Grinnin’ ’ brings familiar themes to big screen
A movie premiering at Maiden Alley Cinema on Saturday is expected to have audiences nodding their heads, both to the beat of the songs and in recognition of the subject matter. The road-trip mus...
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Abraham
Candidates draw for ballot order
The McCracken County Board of Elections recently drew numbers out of a hat to determine the placement order on the ballot for Paducah’s mayoral and commission races. Two mayoral candidates and eigh...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Murray City Council — 6:30 p.m., City Hall. n Paducah-McCracken Joint Sewer Agency — 5 p.m., meeting facility, Northview Street.
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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 errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. Paducah Toastmaste...
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Market House plans tryouts for ‘Wonka Jr.’
Paducah’s Market House Theatre will hold open auditions for the Roald Dahl musical “Willy Wonka Jr.” at 5 p.m. Aug. 27 and 28 in MHT’s Studio Theatre classroom, 120 Market House Square. Needed are ...
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Man to serve 7 years in Graves assault
A Mayfield man who admittedly pistol whipped and shot a gun at another person is set to spend seven years behind bars. According to Graves Circuit Court documents, Stanford Shelton pleaded guilt...
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5 contested state races to appear on ballot
The filing deadline for the Nov. 6 General Election has come and gone with five contested local state races to appear on the ballots. Districts 2, 3, 4 and 5 will welcome new state representativ...
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Photo contributed by Brett A. Roller Resident Mindy Baker (far left) watches from a distance as crews extinguish a fire that damaged three duplex units at 3910 Lovelaceville Road Wednesday in Lone Oak. No one was reported injured in the fire, and a cause had not been determined.
Lone Oak duplexes burn; residents escape injury
Lone Oak Fire Chief Larry Freeman said it will be up to the state fire marshal’s office to determine the cause of a Wednesday fire that destroyed three duplex units at 3910 Lovelaceville Road. F...
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