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Heath Elementary School attracts $637,500 grant
Heath Elementary School will add programs and extracurricular activities to an after-school program next fall through a $637,500 federal grant. Archery, robotics, photography and other learning ...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun A truck pre-treats 32nd Street Wednesday morning in Paducah. A winter storm moving across the central United States may bring sleet and freezing rain to parts of western Kentucky and southern Illinois today.
Midwest storm may ice area roads
A winter storm system moving across the central United States may affect southern Illinois and the westernmost counties of Kentucky today. National Weather Service meteorologist Mike York said t...
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File photo Branden Higginson, 16, from Mayfield High School takes a pamphlet of financial aid information from Melinda Jackson, West Kentucky Community & Technical College financial aid officer, during the second annual Super Sunday in 2012. The college fair returns at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Harrison Street Missionary Baptist Church and 1 p.m. at Ninth Street Church of Christ.
College fair targets local black families
Pastor Mark Rowe strives to develop his parishioners as the total person: spiritually, physically, emotionally and academically. And along those lines, Rowe and the faith-based community will op...
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Conner’s Law bill awaiting House hearing
A House bill slated to impose stricter prison sentences on child abusers that drew inspiration from the 2010 death of a 2-year-old Paducah boy may need another year before it becomes law. But th...
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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.
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Paducah City Commissioner Allan Rhodes asks a question about plans to construct walking tunnel under U.S. 45 near North Eighth Street as part of the final phase of the Greenway Trail at Tuesday's City Commission meeting. Rhodes disputed the underpass option, citing cost concerns, and served as the opposing vote in a 3-1 commissioner approval to move forward with the plan.
Commission approves trail underpass
The next phase of Paducah’s Greenway Trail is moving forward with an estimated more than $435,000 underpass despite reservations from one city commissioner and several community members. “I gues...
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Art school announces ‘Survival Skills’ show
Paducah School of Art will offer an exhibition of paintings, drawings and photographs by students in its “Survival Skills for Artists” class. The exhibition will be on display in the Etcetera Coffe...
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Barbee
Toddler death case moving to grand jury
Nicholas Barbee, charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a toddler, has waived a preliminary hearing and his case will move directly to a grand jury. Barbee, 21, was in ...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Dr. Nicholas Lopez, cardiothoracic surgeon at Baptist Health Paducah, discusses one of the hospital's newest medical technologies available for heart and lung patients, the CardioHelp, during a presentation in the Baptist Heart Center auditorium on Tuesday. The CardioHelp is a portable bypass machine that can buy critical time for patients, allowing heart or lung tissues to recover following a procedure or medical emergency.
New technology aids heart, lung patients
Sometimes rest is the best medicine, but when it’s the heart or lungs that need a break, the result is life-threatening as the clock starts to count down. However, new life-supporting medical te...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Cold waters churn in January at Barkley Dam. The debate over restrictions on head and tail waters at 10 Corps-owned dams is still up for discussion.
Corps stays mum despite dam protests
Wade White and Chris Lasher couldn’t ask for a stronger presence at their side. The Lyon and Livingston County judge-executives brought the fight against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ propos...
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3 charged in thefts from Friendship Baptist
Three Paducah residents have been charged in a Feb. 5 theft from Friendship Baptist Church. The McCracken County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation after the Lone Oak church reported a ...
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Dancerise classes are conducted Tuesdays from 4 to 5 p
Dancerise classes are conducted Tuesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. at Lyon County Elementary School gym. A basic sewing class will be conducted March 5 and 7 from 4 to 6 p.m. And a cardiopulmonary ressuscia...
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Intersection receives permissive turn light
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has added a protected/permissive turn phase for the traffic signal of the westbound U.S. 62 traffic at the “T” intersection with U.S. 68 in Reidland. The prot...
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The Lineup
Today Lone Oak Kiwanis, 7 a.m., Lone Oak Little Castle. 554-0431. AARP with IRS offers free tax service to low and moderate income individuals, with special attention to those age 60 and ol...
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Former Paducah Mayor Gerry Montgomery, founding member of the Paducah Ambassadors, says a few words to fellow members of the volunteer group at Tuesday's City Commission meeting after Mayor Gayle Kaler presented a proclamation noting today as Paducah Ambassadors Day. The nonprofit volunteer group was founded 25 years ago, Feb. 20, 1988.
Ambassadors praised for 25 years
Former Paducah Mayor Gerry Montgomery, founding member of the Paducah Ambassadors, says a few words to fellow members of the volunteer group at Tuesday’s City Commission meeting after Mayor Gayle K...
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