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Police cite service station workers for selling alcohol to minors
The McCracken County Sheriff’s Department cited three Paducah store clerks who deputies say sold alcohol to underage customers Friday. Depak Desai, 58, working at the Superway service station on...
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DUSTY LUTHY SHULL | The Sun Two vehicles collided around 4 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Oaks Road and East Hovekamp Road, according to McCracken County sheriff's deputies. No one was injured, although the force of the collision was strong enough to trigger the airbags in both vehicles.
Vehicles collide on Oaks Road
DUSTY LUTHY SHULL | The Sun Two vehicles collided around 4 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Oaks Road and East Hovekamp Road, according to McCracken County sheriff’s deputies. No one was inj...
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MSU student Regent defends Dunn vote
The student who voted against renewing the contract of Murray State University President Randy Dunn said Saturday that his vote resulted from surveying students. Student Regent Jeremiah Johnson,...
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Contributed by the U.S. Department of Energy The map indicates the areas in and around the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant that the U.S. Department of Energy has considered for a CERCLA cell, or on-site landfill, for contaminated material. The DOE has dismissed seven of the 12 sites. Those still in play are 1, 3A, 5A, 9 and 11.
DOE researching on-site landfill
U.S. Department of Energy officials expect to decide in late 2014 whether they will authorize the construction of an on-site landfill to house waste materials from the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Pla...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Nathan Ellis, 19, sighs heavily after he crosses the finish line as the winner of the second "Beat Beethoven 5K" on Saturday in Noble Park. About 175 people took on the challenge of completing the race before Beethoven's Fifth Symphony concluded in hopes of winning tickets to the PSO's concert on Saturday titled "Bach, Bernstein & Harmonica," featuring harmonica player Robert Bonfiglio. Ellis won the race with a time of 17 minutes and 26 seconds.
Run over Beethoven
ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Nathan Ellis, 19, sighs heavily after he crosses the finish line as the winner of the second “Beat Beethoven 5K” on Saturday in Noble Park. About 175 people took on the ...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun City Commissioner Sandra Wilson and City Manager Jeff Pederson watch a presentation on the city's riverfront development project at Tuesday's meeting of the Paducah City Commission. The entire project is expected to be finished in 2016.
City hoping investor will build marina
Paducah will rely on a private investor to put its riverfront development project on the map. While construction will start on the first phase in the coming months, overall completion will rely ...
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The Lineup
Today Free Community Breakfast, 8-10 a.m., Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church. Melber Volunteer Fire Department annual country ham breakfast and auction, 6-10 a.m.; 270-856-3283. ...
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Clarification
To clarify costs and percentages found in Friday’s “Paducah Power plan proposes two more home rate increases,” Paducah Power implemented a 7.5 percent increase to residential customers on Nov. 1. O...
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James Paul Cook (left) appears briefly in Calloway Circuit Court on Friday with his attorney, Cheri Riedel, for a status hearing on murder and DUI charges stemming from an October car wreck. Cook, a McLemoresville, Tenn., native, is accused of fatally hitting 37-year-old Desiree Moore of Puryear, Tenn., with his car in a Calloway County driveway on Oct. 4. Riedel said the commonwealth has offered Cook a plea agreement but he has not decided whether to take it. Circuit Judge Dennis Foust set Cook's next status hearing for April 8. Attorney Ches Clark is at right.
Cook considering plea deal
James Paul Cook (left) appears briefly in Calloway Circuit Court on Friday with his attorney, Cheri Riedel, for a status hearing on murder and DUI charges stemming from an October car wreck. Cook, ...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun The new surgical waiting room is designed with warm lighting and private seating areas on Friday at Baptist Health Paducah. The new waiting room was designed with family privacy and comfort in mind.
Baptist unveils expanded waiting room
Waiting can often be the hardest part when it comes to a loved one’s operation. So Baptist Health Paducah unveiled the next phase to its ongoing surgical expansion. Designed with patient comf...
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Paducah Symphony announces season of greats
When Raffaele Ponti began conducting the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, he tried to keep his repertoire on the modest side. “I was coming into an orchestra I didn’t really know. It’s hard to make a...
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More time left to order ‘Flashback’ book
The popularity of the Purple Flash throughout the region, and even across the country and around the globe, inspired The Paducah Sun to extend the deadline to order a special commemorative book abo...
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Wreck kills woman; infant survives
A wreck Thursday afternoon in Trigg County killed a 63-year-old woman. State police said Waynette Cain, 63, of Cadiz was driving south on Ky. 139 when she lost control of her car. The car left t...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Jeff Spicer of Paducah takes his time carefully painting a portrait on the corner of Broadway and Second Street on Friday afternoon for the Art a 'la Cart program. Spicer, whose specialty is oil and pastel portraits, has been painting for 37 years.
Spring weather calls for Art a ’la Cart
Jeff Spicer of Paducah takes his time carefully painting a portrait on the corner of Broadway and Second Street on Friday afternoon for the Art a ’la Cart program. Spicer, whose specialty is oil an...
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Wreck occurs near Ledbetter bridge
A Ledbetter resident driving on U.S. 60 toward Paducah drove into a ditch near the Ledbetter bridge about 9 p.m. Friday, a Livingston County sheriff’s deputy said. The driver, Michael Burns, 41,...
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