May 19, 2013
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Boys and Girls Club to host prayer breakfast
The Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club will host a prayer breakfast at First Baptist Church in Paducah on May 2 in accordance with the National Day of Prayer. The church has invited pastors from ac...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Janice Cavasos (left) with Superior Threads helps Candi Groh (right) of Ohio pick the best thread for her upcoming quilt project. Groh has been an avid quilter for 25 years.
Quilters stitch together, stick together
Marylou McNair has visited the American Quilters’ Society’s Paducah quilt show on and off since 1985. This year marked the Daphne, Ala., resident’s first time back at Quilt Week in 13 years, and sh...
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Staff photo Special Olympics athletes and their families leave the track at Murray State University's Stewart Stadium after the cancellation of the Special Olympics Kentucky Area 1 Spring Games on Saturday. Although the regional games, which were closed due to rain, can't be rescheduled, every athlete who registered for the regional competition will be eligible to compete in the Special Olympics Kentucky State Summer Games.
Rainout fails to dampen Olympians’ upbeat spirits
MURRAY — Just moments after the opening ceremonies of Saturday’s Special Olympics Kentucky Area 1 Spring Games, the event was declared closed. Announcers delivered the news to hundreds of people...
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MSU’s Paducah campus offers open house
An open house at Murray State University’s Paducah Regional Campus, 3000 Irvin Cobb Drive, will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday. Designed for prospective transfer students, the event will provide an ...
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WKCTC plans pops concert
The West Kentucky Community & Technical College Community Chorus Pops Concert takes a new twist this spring. The concert, directed by Norman Wurgler, will take place in the  Clemens Fine Arts Cente...
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Quilt Man leaves mark on Quilt Week attendee
Fowler Black, dressed as “Quilt Man,” stamps the hand of Denise Panter, of Alabama, with a National Quilt Museum logo Saturday afternoon at the American Quilter’s Society’s show at the Julian M. Ca...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Zachery Thomas and date Kaycee Little (right) walk into prom with smiles on their faces on Saturday evening at Marshall County High School.
17-year-old’s dream come true
It seemed like a cut-and-dry injury. Zachery Thomas tripped, hitting his head on a lawnmower at his home in Calvert City and slicing a decent size cut into his forehead last summer. But a few night...
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Gregory
Paducah native finds acting niche
Last year was a difficult one for Paducah-born actress Angie Gregory. Gregory first moved to Los Angeles in 2004. A few years later, a congenital heart defect forced her to shelve her acting dre...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Paducah Ambassadors answer questions about the Paducah area and direct people to other attractions Friday at the AQS Quilt Show. Since most Quilt Week attendees are from out of town, the Ambassadors provide directions, recommend restaurants and help them learn the area.
AQS: Additional venues won’t hurt Paducah’s crowd
It is a tourism official’s worst nightmare: another show, dangerously similar to a city’s main attraction, opens  only a short distance away. Initial reactions to hearing of the American Quilter’s ...
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Chase leads to charges
A Kevil resident was arrested Friday after being accused of taking items from a vehicle and then running, according to a McCracken County sheriff’s news release. Deputies said they responded to ...
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I-24 work zone returns Sunday
A work zone along Interstate 24 between the 3 and 9 mile markers in McCracken County which was temporarily removed to accommodate heavy traffic during the AQS Quilt Show will go back up on Sunday. ...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Paducah police officers stop traffic to allow quilt show attendees to cross Park Avenue on Friday. With almost every parking lot filled early each day with Quilt Week attendees and workers, cars usually end up lining the I-24 Business Loop of Park Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive.
Tourism strains city parking
It is impossible to miss. The usually quiet, roomy streets of Paducah are overflowing with an influx of vehicles with out-of-town plates for one week every spring during the American Quilter’s Soci...
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The Lineup
Today SNbSDance, 7-10 p.m., American Legion Post 26 Hall, Mayfield. Just Friends. $5. SNbS  n n n   Items for the Lineup must be received in writing five days in advance. Mail to: Lineup,...
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Board approves health department bids
BENTON — Without soliciting any outside funding, a more than $2 million construction project to bring the new Marshall County Health Department building up to code is officially under way. Board...
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Schools set assistant principals
When three high schools merge into one larger high school, most parents and students fear getting lost in the shuffle. McCracken County Schools took another step toward making sure that won’t happe...
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