June 18, 2013
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Huey Lewis news: Concert changes
The date of this summer’s Huey Lewis & the News concert at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center has been changed to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. Tickets issued for the original June 12 concert...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Abby Goodwin, 6, gets her first manicure from Jess Dorobiala during the Spa Day on Saturday afternoon at West Kentucky Community & Technical College. The twice-a-year Spa Days offer discounted packages for clients and help to raise money for the 102 cosmetology students at WKCTC to take their state board exams.
Spa Day helps WKCTC students make the cut
April Oropeza’s morning routine used to involve throwing her hair in a ponytail, donning a hard hat and steel-toed boots, and forgoing makeup. Now, the 34-year-old mother of six rises early to s...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Phillip Chesnut of Paducah tops goat cheese and thyme crostini with roasted grapes during the Men Who Cook event on Saturday night at the Paducah Convention Center. Chesnut's specialty as a cook is baking.
Men who cook can raise money, too
They came, they saw, they cooked. And along the way, 30 volunteer chefs raised a new record amount of money going to support abuse awareness and advocacy. The eighth annual Men Who Cook was held...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Don Hodgson, a certified flight instructor at Midwest Aviation, performs routine maintenance on the training plane used to give flight lessons. Hodgson, a Paducah police captain, began using his hobby of flying as a second career last month.
The air up there
Don Hodgson wanted to be two things when he grew up: a policeman and a pilot. He’s been a Paducah police officer more than 15 years. About eight years ago, he began work on the second of those drea...
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USEC shelved SILEX technology in ’03
The technology a company proposed in February to extend jobs and operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site is one that USEC had abandoned. After spending more than $100 million rese...
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Training camp boosts kids’ fitness
Paducah Tilghman football coach Randy Wyatt rushed students into the school’s gymnasium. “Come on, it’s a speed and agility camp. Let’s go. Let’s go,” Wyatt said. The enthusiastic group of eleme...
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In our schools
n Paducah Tilghman High School SBDM — 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the library. n McCracken County Board of Education — special meeting, 4 p.m. Monday, board office. n Calloway County Board of Educat...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun John Jenkins of Symsonia enjoys a tobacco cigarette Friday at Mid-Town Drive-In in Mayfield. City officials hope to regain support for an ordinance that could keep smoking out of public places.
Officials weigh Mayfield public smoking ban
The future of a statewide smoking ban may have been extinguished this legislative session, but officials in Mayfield hope to rekindle support for an ordinance that could keep smoking out of public ...
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Huddle House reports theft
Police seek a man who reportedly took a bank bag holding $67 from Huddle House, 5425 Cairo Road, on Friday evening. Angela Harmon, the assistant manager, told police the man came to the counter ...
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Photo contributed Paducah native Jon Cowherd started his musical career at a young age, encouraged by his parents, Ron and Janice Cowherd. Now a successful jazz pianist and composer, Cowherd will be making a rare stop in his hometown for a performance with Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band at the Carson Center on Monday.
Bringing the music home
Paducah marks just one stop on a 17-day tour of Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, but it will be a special one for jazz pianist, composer, and band co-founder Jon Cowherd. The New York-based mu...
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History of USEC
n 1976: Department of Energy breaks ground at Piketon, Ohio, on a $4.4 billion gas centrifuge technology plant to replace the gaseous diffusion process of enriching uranium. n 1985: DOE briefly...
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The Lineup
Monday  AARP with IRS offers free tax service to low and moderate income individuals, with special attention to those age 60 and older, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Paducah-McCracken County Senior Center, ...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Toby Jackson, 4, of Paducah and his father Blake Jackson get a thrill from taking a ride on "Little Obie" on Saturday during the seasonal grand opening of the Paducah Railroad Museum. Toby says he loved his first ride on the miniature train.
Little Obie pulls into Paducah
The faces of children and adults lighted up as they took rides on the Canadian National Railroad’s “Little Obie” at the Paducah Railroad Museum’s seasonal grand re-opening. The miniature train o...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Andy Jeffers searches for a memorial brick in honor of his brother, Ralph Jeffers, who died in 1945 during World War II on Wednesday afternoon at the Dolly McNut Plaza. Jeffers had no luck recovering a brick carrying his brothers name, but plans to purchase one in his honor in the near future.
Brother honors Iwo Jima casualty
A local man’s search for information on his brother has brought him a step closer to honoring the Paducah Marine who died during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. Pvt. Ralph Cecil Jeffers of Paducah ...
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Vehicle rollover on Blandville Road injures one
Deputies with the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department responded late Friday afternoon to a single-vehicle wreck on Blandville Road, near Womble Road. According to Deputy Jerry Jones, the inves...
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