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Speaking from experience
BY ANTHONY JAMES news@hammondstar.com Throughout the year, generators don’t get much attention – until the power goes out and you need it to keep freezers cold, cell phones charged and the l...
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McCracken District Court
March 7 Jerry E. Purvis, 28, 3553 Clinton Road, Lot 13, Paducah, second-degree wanton endangerment; 14 days, cooperate with DCBS, pay $710. March 12 Roger D. Copeland, 50, 1450 Said Ro...
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Alleged assault raises questions about bullying
As a Paducah boy recovers at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital from an alleged assault, his family wonders if schools could be doing more to prevent such situations.   Twelve-year-old Ian Poole was v...
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Car thefts lead to arrest
A Paducah man was arrested Monday in connection with thefts from vehicles after an investigation by the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department. Tyler R. Cope, 21, of Hays Avenue was arrested on t...
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House backs dam fish bill
The Freedom to Fish Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday, one step closer toward placing a two-year moratorium on the Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to place barriers at Cumberlan...
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Former road worker faces two-year sentence
A former McCracken County Road Department employee faces two years in jail after entering a guilty plea Monday to charges stemming from allegations that he traded stolen county property for prescri...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Ballard Fiscal Court — 9 a.m., courthouse. n Calloway Fiscal Court — 5 p.m., Judicial Building, district court room. n Carlisle Fisc...
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Superintendent celebrates career, retirement
Colleagues, friends and family honored Kenneth “Pete” Galloway, retiring superintendent of Graves County schools, at a reception Monday. The informal event was held at the Graves County High Sch...
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McCracken District Court
March 5 Terry L. Carnes, 53, 104 Fifth St., Karnak, Ill., operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, first offense; seven days, two year conditional discharge, alcohol dr...
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Tuesday Senior Medicare Patrol
Tuesday Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive. Learn to detect potential errors, fraud and abuse. Sears Retirees, 11:30 a.m., The Parlor in Lone Oak. 898-2231. ...
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Schools mark last graduation
Heath High School senior Elizabeth Jerrell is just one in a long line of family members who have graduated from the west McCracken County high school. Her parents, grandparents and great-grandparen...
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WKCTC board elects officers
John D. Williams has been re-elected chairman of the Paducah Junior College board of trustees. The board is the foundation for West Kentucky Community & Technical College. Other officers elec...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lowes man injured in single-vehicle wreck
Mitchell Meyer, 31, of Lowes was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Ky. 849 Monday. Officers responded to the area of 705 Ky. 849 West about 11:02 a.m., according to the Graves County Sheriff’s D...
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Kids step up for walking challenge
Competition can be a powerful motivator, but when Baptist Health Paducah and Kohl’s sponsored a walking challenge to promote healthy lifestyles in local middle school students, few could have guess...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun McCracken Commonwealth Attorney Dan Boaz (front) talks to Circuit Judge Tim Kaltenbach during Edgar Yanez's plea hearing in McCracken Circuit Court on Monday as Yanez, middle, stands with his attorneys, Andrew Coiner and Carlos Moran. Yanez pleaded guilty to reduced charges stemming from a fatal June 2012 wreck that killed Ezra Moffett.
Yanez enters plea in fatal wreck
The teen certified to stand trial as an adult in the death of a Paducah Sun delivery driver in June pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Edgar Yanez, now 18, faced murder, assault, wanton endanger...
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