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The annual Chinese New Year Celebration at West Kentucky Community & Technical College will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday in the Clemens Fine Arts Center. The wrong date for the celebration was ...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Michelle Simmons, U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, delivers mail to a house Wednesday on Madison Street. The USPS is considering discontinuing regular mail services on Saturday; delivery of packages would still be available.
Saturday delivery might cease
Longer delivery times and fewer employee hours loom as the immediate effects in Paducah if the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to discontinue Saturday mail delivery. The Postal Service said Wedne...
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Loans to support regional development
MAYFIELD — For the first time in six years, the Paducah Area Community Reuse Organization is divvying out cash for regional development projects. The group, which runs under the umbrella of the ...
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Luna retrial continues today
Prosecutors will pick back up today in Trigg Circuit Court with their case against a Marshall County man charged with murder and arson stemming from the 2007 death of 46-year-old Debra Hendrickson....
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Members of the Paducah Area Community Reuse Organization finance committee and others meet at the Purchase Area Development District office in Mayfield on Wednesday. The group approved loan requests for four regional development projects during the meeting.
PED to work with PACRO sans contract
MAYFIELD — Paducah Economic Development officials will continue working with the group tasked to re-industrialize the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site to help save its endangered workforce desp...
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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. Purchase ...
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Sun files Former Brookport Mayor Judy Askew sits at her desk in 2011. Askew resigned during Tuesday night's city council meeting, citing a hardened relationship with the city's aldermen.
Brookport mayor submits resignation
In person, Judy Askew said she stepped down as mayor of Brookport, Ill., for health reasons. On paper, however, it was a different story. Askew resigned Tuesday night at Brookport’s City Council...
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Man accused of staging burglary
Kevil resident Ray Leigh was arrested Wednesday on a charge of falsely reporting an incident after police found evidence that he had staged a burglary at a relative’s residence. McCracken sherif...
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College, law enforcement community mourn loss
An active member of the western Kentucky law enforcement community died Tuesday in Graves County.  Tye Jackson, 36, served as the director of campus security for Mid-Continent University in Mayf...
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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 573 head. Compared to last week: Feeder steers, $4 to $6 lower. Feeder heifers, steady to $2 higher. Supply included 49 percent feeder heifers and 27 percent over 600 lb...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Alyssa Graham (left), Aleah Graham and Devin Hunter (right) test their music memories Wednesday by attempting to remember some of the keys their grandmother taught them on her piano when they were growing up. Mary Thompson's piano was placed in the Hotel Metropolitan after her death by her sister, Betty Dobson, director of the hotel. (Dobson talks about the history of the hotel and its rebirth in the Life section of Sunday's Paducah Sun, part of the Sun's coverage of Black History Month.)
Remembering the past through piano
Alyssa Graham (left), Aleah Graham and Devin Hunter (right) test their music memories Wednesday by attempting to remember some of the keys their grandmother taught them on her piano when they were ...
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McCracken District Court
Jan. 16 Jackie E. Casey, 65, 7345 Clinton Road, Paducah, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, first offense; 14 days, two-year conditional discharge, alcohol drivin...
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2 win young musician competition at MSU
The Murray State University Department of Music hosted the final round of the annual Young Artists Concerto Competition on Sunday. The concert, co-sponsored by the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, featu...
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WKCTC celebrates Chinese New Year
The Year of the Snake will take center stage at West Kentucky Community & Technical College as the school holds its annual Chinese New Year Celebration. The event runs from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.,...
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Charges multiply in thievery case
A Hampton man faces more charges following a January raid on a suspected chop shop. Joseph Shane Robinson, 38, has been charged with receiving stolen property under $10,000, obscuring the identi...
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