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Today   West Kentucky Songwriters Chapter, Nashville Songwriters Association International, 6-8 p.m. Curris Center, Murray State University. 293-7252.   Ledbetter Masonic Lodge 952 F&AM, 7 ...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Denis Hodge, Crittenden County High School boys basketball coach, signs a copy of his newly-released book, "Life Without My Point Guard," during a book-signing at Marion Baptist Church in Marion on Sunday. Hodge shares personal experiences as an athlete, parent, coach and solider, and talks about coping with the loss of his 12-year-old son, Jake.
Community rallies support for charities
MARION — Good works can often come out of the bleakest of tragedies. Just as one farming community struggled to recover from the grips of the summer’s drought, two charities — born from despair ...
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The Lineup
Monday West Kentucky Songwriters Chapter, Nashville Songwriters Association International, 6-8 p.m. Curris Center, Murray State University. 293-7252. Ledbetter Masonic Lodge 952 F&AM, 7 p.m...
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Symphony organizes ‘Beat Beethoven!’ run
The Paducah Symphony Orchestra will hold its second annual “Beat Beethoven!” 5K run and walk at Shelter 10 of Noble Park on March 16. Registration is open until March 14. This run ties in the mu...
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Photo courtesy of Katie Moyer, Kentucky Hemp Coalition Bales of hemp wait to be collected from a Kentucky field after a harvest. Kentucky was once a leading industrial hemp producer before federal legislation banned it's production.
Hemp has roots in Kentucky history
The Bluegrass state has a long history with a green weed that could be making a comeback in local fields. Advocates of legalizing agricultural hemp farming point to Kentucky’s past as the countr...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Maj. Randy Harris loads daily medical supplies into an EMS vehicle Wednesday at Mercy Regional on South 6th Street. The new Mercy Regional EMS annex opened last summer.
Annex aids in cutting response times
The Mercy Regional EMS station in downtown Paducah is barely nine months old, but it’s already helping first responders. Mercy’s main station on Coleman Road receives the most calls for service....
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Courtesy of Anndrea Hermann, president of The Hemp Industries Association Hemp plants are legally grown and processed in Canada for use in a variety of manufacturing applications. Kentucky lawmakers are considering regulations if U.S. bans on the plant are lifted.
Hemp debate rolls into state legislature
Proponents of returning legal industrial hemp production to Kentucky have a long way to go before any seeds are sown. A bipartisan collection of state officials is expected to offer support Mond...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Jamie Logeman stocks Marlboro cigarettes Jan. 17 at the Smoke Shop on North 8th Street. According to new polling data, almost 60 percent of Kentuckians favor a statewide smoke-free law.
Smoking regulations gaining traction across state
Facing some of the highest rates of lung cancer and heart disease in the nation, Kentuckians’ increasing favor of smoke-free laws falls in line with recommendations out of Frankfort. The House H...
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Traffic stop ends in drug charges
An Ashland man faces four drug charges following a traffic stop Saturday in Paducah. Paducah police pulled over Raymond Johnson, 34, for allegedly speeding at 1:42 p.m. on Blandville Road. Offic...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun George Luna wipes tears from his eyes as he testifies in Trigg Circuit Court on Friday during the fifth day of his retrial on murder and arson charges stemming from the 2007 death of Debra Hendrickson. Luna publicly told his side of the story for the first time during his testimony, but jurors still found him guilty of both charges after less than an hour and a half of deliberation.
Luna details death, fire in testimony
CADIZ — For the first time since Debra Hendrickson’s September 2007 death, the man convicted, for a second time, of killing her publicly delivered his side of the story. George Luna took the sta...
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McCracken District Court
January 22 Ronald L. Hall, 48, 523 Milliken Rd., Paducah, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, first offense; 30 days, two year conditional discharge, alcohol drivi...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun A Paducah child, 3, was shot Saturday afternoon inside his home at 1510 N. 12th St. The boy died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Child dies after shooting
Police charged a Paducah man in a shooting that killed a 3-year-old boy Saturday. The child died following a shooting inside the 1510 N. 12th St. home where he lived. Nicholas D. Barbee, 21, of ...
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In our schools
n Paducah Board of Education — 6 p.m. Monday, board office, 800 Caldwell St. n Heath Elementary School SBDM — 4 p.m. Tuesday, school library. n Sharpe Elementary School SBDM — 3:45 p.m. Tuesd...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun
A fresh look for pediatric rehab in Murray
Lily Kirks (middle), 3, plays a game with Maghan Rogers (left), a speech pathology graduate student, and Megan Smetana (right), speech language pathologist, on Friday in the Speech Language Patholo...
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Pallbearers carry Tye Jackson's casket from Cougar Hall following his memorial service Saturday afternoon at Mid-Continent University in Mayfield. Jackson served as MCU's director of security and a part-time sheriff's deputy in Livingston County, and was active in crisis intervention.
College mourns loss, celebrates life of officer
MAYFIELD — In the early hours of Tuesday, Tye Jackson was on the phone helping someone whose life was in crisis. Jackson, 36, director of security at Mid-Continent University, was an active memb...
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