June 20, 2013
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Huey Lewis news: Concert changes
The date of this summer’s Huey Lewis & the News concert at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center has been changed to 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. Tickets issued for the original June 12 concert...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Abby Goodwin, 6, gets her first manicure from Jess Dorobiala during the Spa Day on Saturday afternoon at West Kentucky Community & Technical College. The twice-a-year Spa Days offer discounted packages for clients and help to raise money for the 102 cosmetology students at WKCTC to take their state board exams.
Spa Day helps WKCTC students make the cut
April Oropeza’s morning routine used to involve throwing her hair in a ponytail, donning a hard hat and steel-toed boots, and forgoing makeup. Now, the 34-year-old mother of six rises early to s...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Phillip Chesnut of Paducah tops goat cheese and thyme crostini with roasted grapes during the Men Who Cook event on Saturday night at the Paducah Convention Center. Chesnut's specialty as a cook is baking.
Men who cook can raise money, too
They came, they saw, they cooked. And along the way, 30 volunteer chefs raised a new record amount of money going to support abuse awareness and advocacy. The eighth annual Men Who Cook was held...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Don Hodgson, a certified flight instructor at Midwest Aviation, performs routine maintenance on the training plane used to give flight lessons. Hodgson, a Paducah police captain, began using his hobby of flying as a second career last month.
The air up there
Don Hodgson wanted to be two things when he grew up: a policeman and a pilot. He’s been a Paducah police officer more than 15 years. About eight years ago, he began work on the second of those drea...
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USEC shelved SILEX technology in ’03
The technology a company proposed in February to extend jobs and operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site is one that USEC had abandoned. After spending more than $100 million rese...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun John Jenkins of Symsonia enjoys a tobacco cigarette Friday at Mid-Town Drive-In in Mayfield. City officials hope to regain support for an ordinance that could keep smoking out of public places.
Officials weigh Mayfield public smoking ban
The future of a statewide smoking ban may have been extinguished this legislative session, but officials in Mayfield hope to rekindle support for an ordinance that could keep smoking out of public ...
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Training camp boosts kids’ fitness
Paducah Tilghman football coach Randy Wyatt rushed students into the school’s gymnasium. “Come on, it’s a speed and agility camp. Let’s go. Let’s go,” Wyatt said. The enthusiastic group of eleme...
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In our schools
n Paducah Tilghman High School SBDM — 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the library. n McCracken County Board of Education — special meeting, 4 p.m. Monday, board office. n Calloway County Board of Educat...
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Vehicle rollover on Blandville Road injures one
Deputies with the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department responded late Friday afternoon to a single-vehicle wreck on Blandville Road, near Womble Road. According to Deputy Jerry Jones, the inves...
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Dylan to perform at CFSB Center in Murray
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for “An Evening with Bob Dylan” at Murray State University’s CFSB Center. The concert is set for 8 p.m. April 27, according to Dylan’s website, bobdylan.com....
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The Lineup
Today SNbSMilitary Order of the Purple Heart for Western Kentucky, Chapter 585, monthly meeting, 9 a.m., Smokies Restaurant, Fifth Avenue, Calvert City. Veterans of Foreign Wars hamburger s...
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Shawnee tours barking up the right tree
Wildlife enthusiasts will have a new view of Shawnee National Forest near Marion, Ill., thanks to a zip line tour service. Shawnee Bluffs Canopy Tour will open an eight-line service stretching a...
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McCracken District Court
Feb. 13 Alicia L. Jackson, 22, 521 California Court, Paducah, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to render aid or assistance; seven days, two year conditional discharge, pay restitution u...
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Students, professionals discuss careers
Area schools are taking part in a statewide effort encouraging students to become career conscious in high school. Operation Preparation, a joint effort between Department of Education and Depar...
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Lattus takes plea bargain in ’12 slaying
The man accused of fatally shooting the mayor of Hickman last year pleaded guilty Friday in Fulton Circuit Court in Hickman. Thomas Lattus, charged with murder and first-degree burglary in the s...
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