June 18, 2013
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Police agencies share in equipment grants
Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday that $200,693 in state Law Enforcement Protection Program grants have been awarded to 40 law-enforcement agencies. Under LEPP, administered by the Kentucky Of...
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Freedom to Fish Act becomes law
The Freedom to Fish Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Monday, stopping the Army Corps of Engineers from setting up barriers near dams along the Cumberland River for two years. ...
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Flood leaves less damage than expected
With minimal insurance claims and damage amounts falling below federal emergency declaration requirements, strong storms that soaked areas of Paducah and McCracken County this weekend are leaving l...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Clinton City Council — 6 p.m., City Hall. n Princeton City Council — 5 p.m., 201 E. Main St. n Kevil City Council — 10 a.m., City Ha...
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Flood, storms pass, leaving no fatalities
Saturday’s floods have subsided, leaving thousands of dollars of property damage but no severe injuries or deaths. Keith Todd, public information officer with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet...
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Kathleen Fox | The Sun The AIR Studio, 621 Madison, housed artists who visited through the Paducah Arts Alliance's Artist in Residence program. The PAA is exploring different options for artist housing and residency funding as it moves forward.
Funding up in the air for arts group
A local arts group is doing its best to stay afloat in the face of reduced funding and changes in Paducah’s city government. The Paducah Arts Alliance runs the Artist in Residence program, which...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun A field full of wheat planted by Mike Soper sits in the sun Thursday in Ballard County. Soper planted more of the crop to be harvested this year than the previous year in hopes of making up for last summer's drought.
Planting spikes to make up for drought year
Mike Soper planted 250 more acres of wheat for this year than the previous year in Ballard County. “We’re just trying to recoup some of the drought loss that we had last year,” Soper said Thursd...
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The Lineup
Today   Allied/Honeywell retirees, 8 a.m., The Waffle Hut near Interstate 24, Exit 3.   Woodmen of the World Lodge No. 6002 & No. 57, 6 p.m., St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 2701 Broadway, Pad...
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Lone Oak baseball team heads to championship
Family and friends of the Lone Oak baseball team gathered to offer well wishes to the players and coaches as they set out to travel to Lexington to compete for a state championship. The team bus...
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MCCCE offers recruitment bonus to black teachers
In an effort to increase the representation of black teachers in Kentucky, the McCracken County Community Career Endowment Inc. will again issue a recruitment bonus of $1,000 to newly hired black t...
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Police: Murray resident shot
Three men entered a Murray apartment with intent on robbery but fled after shooting a man, police say. Brandon Fuller, 23, of Murray is in a hospital outside the area in unknown condition after ...
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Duplicate Bridge results
PADUCAH DUPLICATE BRIDGE 1723 Kentucky Ave. The Paducah Duplicate Bridge Club hosts open games on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:30 p.m., and a Thursday evening game begins at 6:30 p.m. A newco...
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Bridge collision injures one
A Metropolis resident was injured Saturday in a three-vehicle collision on the Interstate 24 bridge, McCracken County Sheriff’s Department said. Dennis Nicholson, 62, of Metropolis, was travelin...
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Cope
McCracken inmate dies after allegedly eating meth
A McCracken County jail inmate is dead, and seven more face one or more additional charges after methamphetimine apparently was smuggled into the jail. Tyler Cope, 21, of Paducah, died about 4:3...
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Joshua Reuter, 6, tries to catch a plastic fish at the McCracken County Relay For Life on Friday night in the Expo Center. Reuter and mother Diana came to the event as part of Milburn Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church's Relay team, which raised money in memory of church elder Clifton Powers.
Relay For Life surpasses last year’s total
Despite a last-minute venue change, the McCracken County Relay For Life proved a success, bringing in a record amount of money for the American Cancer Society. Fundraising totals were announced ...
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