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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Gene Hawks, the on-site director of River City Mission, organizes cans in the Mission's pantry. Smaller canned items and cleaning supplies are especially needed for the mission.
Groceries for Good
There was a time when Groceries for Good didn’t fill large box trucks with donations for local charities. There was a time when the annual food drive craved volunteers. Luckily for organizers, thos...
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Wreck critically injures driver
A wreck in Graves County critically injured a Paducah woman early Thursday morning. State police are investigating the wreck, which occurred just before 8 a.m. on Ky. 1684. Preliminary reports s...
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McCracken District Court
May 15 Latisha R. Tate, 23, 401 Walter Jetton Blvd., Paducah, fourth-degree assault minor injury; 60 days, conditional discharge for two years,, cooperate with Department for Community Based Ser...
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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 1,051 head. Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs., $1 to $5 lower; over 500 lbs. traded $2 to $5 higher. Supply included 45 percent heifers and...
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Auditor compiles special-district taxing reports
A transparency-seeking initiative that State Auditor Adam Edelen launched in June to bring light to special taxing districts across Kentucky has come to a close, with most districts in the western ...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Marshall County E-911 Board — 8:30 a.m., sheriff’s office complex. n Housing Authority of Paducah — 4 p.m. n Urban Renewal and Commu...
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Hit me with your best flu shot
Tracy Stewart (left) receives a flu shot from Registered Nurse Terri Walters on Wednesday at Western Baptist Hospital’s annual free flu shot clinic for the community held in Doctor’s Office Buildin...
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McCracken to consider Coast Guard JROTC
The McCracken County Board of Education may add a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps focused on maritime learning. The board expects to hear plans Thursday for the U.S. Coast Guard Junior Lea...
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Lattus found competent to stand trial for shooting
The man accused of fatally shooting Hickman Mayor Charles Murphy was cleared for trial following a competency hearing in Fulton Circuit Court on Wednesday. Thomas Lattus was arraigned on charges...
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Contributed photo Security cameras at U.S. Bank branch at 3051 James-Sanders Blvd. captured images of a man suspected of robbing the bank Friday. K-9 units with the Paducah Police Department tracked the man behind nearby Gander Mountain before losing the trail.
Robber may have had accomplices
Five days after a bank robbery in one of Paducah’s highest-traffic areas, detectives say they are following leads that the suspect may have had help. Paducah police Capt. Brian Krueger said inve...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Libby Shadoan, 9, of Paducah; Chloe Estes, 6, of Grand Rivers; and Alyssa Fluharty, 11, of Paducah blow up blue balloons during a celebration of Wolrd Diabetes Day at Western Baptist Hospital on Wednesday evening. Children with juvenile diabetes, their siblings and families gathered to launch glow in the dark balloons to mark the occasion.
Lighting the night sky on World Diabetes Day
Scrawled in pen across the surface of a glow-in-the-dark balloon, Chloe Estes’ name was just one of many that helped light the night sky around the world in recognition of World Diabetes Day. Re...
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Toy Run returns to city
Motorcycle enthusiasts taking part in the annual yuletide ride to bring gifts to needy children will meet Saturday in Paducah. The 29th annual Toy Run will begin at noon at Bargain Hunt, 1927 Ir...
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Affordable Art Show seeks applicants
This year’s Affordable Art Show is accepting applications through Nov. 21. The show is for professional artists selling quality pieces of two- or three-dimensional art priced from $15 to $1,000....
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Police arrest 1, seek another
State police arrested a Clinton man on multiple charges Tuesday, while troopers still seek a second man, police said. The arrest stems from a shooting in the area of Ky. 994 on Nov. 8 that injur...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun West Kentucky Community & Technical College LPN nursing student Jennifer Metcalf (left) measures the height of Amy Ferguson on Wednesday as part of a free kidney health screening held at Washington Street Baptist Church. The free testing put on by the National Kidney Foundation out of Louisville Ky included five stations available to the public. Filling out a medical history questionnaire, getting measurements taken, offering a urine sample, lab work and one on one medical review kept the areas nurses and nursing students busy from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The focus of the clinic was to raise awareness for early detections of Kidney Disease.
Kidney health screening
Jennifer Metcalf (left), West Kentucky Community & Technical College LPN student, measures the height of Amy Ferguson on Wednesday as part of a free kidney health screening Wednesday at Washington ...
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