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Easter egg hunt held for special-needs kids
An Easter egg hunt for special needs children will be held 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Heartland Worship Center. Children of all ages are invited. Bryan Phelps, pastor to children, said the hu...
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Correction
The Go Guide that appeared in Thursday’s Current section incorrectly listed an event. The Paducah Improv Studio Series will be held Saturday, March 30, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the Market House Stud...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Ashley Storie, a volunteer development coordinator at Starfish Orphan Ministries, sorts through toys at the ministry's headquarters on Thursday. Storie is the first super star for Lourdes' Dancing With Our Stars fundraiser, which raises money for the American Cancer Society.
Survivor becomes dancing ‘super star’
It would have been understandable for Ashley Storie to cry and go through extreme emotions when told she had a golf ball-sized cancerous tumor in her brain. Instead, when she was diagnosed, Storie ...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun Karah Brayboy, a Reidland High School sophomore, plays the clarinet at the McCracken County Board of Education meeting Thursday. Brayboy was one of four students playing in the marching band's new uniforms.
Detectors in school proposed
The McCracken County Board of Education will draw on members of the school district and the public in considering installing metal detectors at the consolidated high school. The board agreed Thu...
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The Lineup
Friday   Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive, Call 442-8993. Protect yourself from Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Learn to detect potential errors, fraud and abuse....
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Emergency personnel and road workers surround the car of Vernon L. Crockett on Thursday afternoon. Medical responders believe Crockett suffered a medical problem before hitting two cars, a fire hydrant and a utility pole.
Wreck critically injures driver
An 80-year-old Tennessee man suffered an apparent medical problem Thursday and collided with two cars before striking a utility pole on Kentucky Avenue. Paducah police said witnesses told them a...
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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 664 head. Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded $5 to $8 lower. Supply included 46 percent feeder heifers and 30 percent of feeders over 600 lbs. Slaug...
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Teachers get transfer notice
Twenty-six percent of the McCracken County School District’s 876 employees will change positions or locations with the opening of the consolidated high school in August. Superintendent Nancy Wal...
Mar 21, 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 Marshall County E-911 Board — 8:30 a.m. sheriff’s office complex.
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Contributed photo Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Commander Col. James DeLapp (left) and U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell meet in McConnell's Washington, D.C., office on Tuesday. McConnell reiterated his opposition to the closure of Barkley Dam head and tail waters in the meeting.
McConnell meets with Corps
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell became the latest in a string of government officials to meet with representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the closure of Barkley Dam head and tail wate...
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Teletech groundbreaking, reception coming today
Leaders from a Colorado-based call center locating in Paducah will visit today for a groundbreaking ceremony and reception for potential investors. Teletech Holdings announced plans in November ...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun A quilt titled "... and our flag was still there" hangs Wednesday in the National Quilt Museum. The quilt was made by Melinda Bula in El Dorado Hills, Calif., in 2011.
Quilt attracts attention for profound meaning
The best way to stop worrying — about life, loved ones or any other troubles — is to find a distraction. Melinda Bula’s worries came when her only son, Matt, enlisted in the Marine Corps after fini...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun A location set to be a Shoe Carnival is shown Wednesday next to David's Bridal off Hinkleville Road. The Kentucky Oaks Mall area is set to expand with new businesses such as Los Burritos Locos, Yankee Candle, Shoe Carnival and Shoe Dept. Encore will be moving to the area as well.
New, familiar stores heading for Kentucky Oaks Mall
Shoes, margaritas and Yankee Candle wares are coming soon to the Kentucky Oaks Mall area. By fall, five businesses are set to open either in the mall or in storefronts on adjoining property, sai...
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Maxon precinct wet-dry vote lacks 5 signatures
A May wet-dry vote for McCracken County’s Maxon Road precinct hit a snag Wednesday after a petition verification came up five signatures short. Assistant County Attorney Sam Clymer said 318 of t...
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Contributed photo A family walks along one of the hiking trails in Land Between the Lakes adjacent to Lyon County. A new county health rankings report lists Lyon County as the fourth healthiest in the state, a measure Judge-Executive Wade White attributed to an active, outdoor mindset of residents.
Area counties top health rankings
Although a swath of communities across central Kentucky still hold the torch for healthiest in the state, an annual county health rankings report listed two local counties among the top 10. Of K...
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