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Rotary show enjoying 25th anniversary
Quilters are no strangers to carrying bags. With the sheer volume of vendors in the Paducah Dome Pavilion and other retail opportunities strewn across the city, if someone is a true quilt enthusias...
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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NRC to discuss USEC plant
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss results of the agency’s most recent review of regulatory performance at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion P...
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Economic development director resigns
The Graves Growth Alliance is looking for a new executive director after Don Dorris resigned from the position. Dorris and Marty Nichols, FNB Bank president and CEO and the alliance’s president,...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. 442-8993. Paducah T...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n - Murray City Council - 6:30 p.m., City Hall. 762-0350 n - Paducah-McCracken Joint Sewer Agency - 5 p.m., meeting facility, Northview S...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ex-special deputy arrested on sex abuse charge
A former McCracken County special deputy sheriff was arrested for the second time on sexual abuse charges. Dennis Hines, 59, of Paducah is accused of first-degree sexual abuse of a victim under ...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pederson predicts budget trimming
What City Manager Jeff Pederson calls the new normal for city budgets will continue through 2014, and will lead to belt tightening in Paducah’s budget for fiscal year 2013-2014. Pederson present...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Furlow
Paducah man accused in 2012 rape, attack
Jeffrey Furlow, 42, of Paducah was arrested Tuesday on charges of rape, sodomy and burglary, according to police. He is accused of the May 2012 rape of a 68-year-old woman in her Paducah home. T...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rhodes, Kaler differ on riverfront spending
Paducah City Commissioner Allan Rhodes has made it no secret he has concerns about the ballooning costs of riverfront development plans and pending construction contracts. At the heart of Rhodes...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Morgan
MSU selects new provost
Joseph Morgan will become Murray State University’s provost in July. Morgan was selected from a national pool of 84 candidates by President Randy Dunn to succeed current provost Bonnie Higginson...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Quilt lovers make their way around some of the 400 quilt displays and product booths during the AQS Quilt Show on Wednesday at the Julian M. Carroll Convention Center. Paducah attracts approximately 30,000 people with its annual Quilt Week activities.
Quilt show breaks record
It is one thing to see Paducah’s Julian M. Carroll Convention Center full of award winning quilts. It’s another to see thousands of quilt-lovers roaming through those mazes of quilts. Wednesday mor...
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Photo contributed by John Paul Henry Debbie Shelton, a local seamstress, stands outside the Yeiser Art Center with the yak sculpture, made by artist Teresa Perry. Shelton made a quilted saddle inspired by a traditional Tibetan artwork for the yak to wear this Friday.
Yak dons new get-up for quilters
The yak at the Yeiser Art Center is dressed for company this week. The large red mascot, created last year by local sculptor Teresa Perry, will appear in different regalia each day of Quilt Week...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Authorities identify body found in river
Medical examiners and detectives worked throughout the day Wednesday to identify a body found in the Ohio River overnight. The body was identified as Sandra Farris, 55, of Cairo, Ill. Farris...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lyon woman arrested on smuggling charges
Police arrested an Eddyville woman Tuesday at the Kentucky State Penitentiary on charges related to smuggling. State police detectives arrested Angela M. Scott, 44, after she was accused of smug...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pinwheel for a cause
Benjamin Melone, 7, of Paducah gets help pushing a blue pinwheel into the ground in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month on Wednesday in front of the Allied Health building at West Kentucky Commun...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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