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Public gets look at Tilghman renovations
People gather in the lobby of Paducah Tilghman High School on Tuesday night during an open house that showcased about $9 million in renovations. The project began about three years ago. Improvement...
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Searchers find bodies of missing swimmers
The bodies of two Grand Chain, Ill., men were recovered from the Ohio River Tuesday after emergency workers searched overnight for the missing swimmers. The McCracken County coroner’s office con...
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Residents OK alcohol sales in Princeton for first time
For the first time, Princeton will allow the sale of by-the-drink and packaged alcohol. Voters supporting alcohol sales inside city limits outweighed the number of dry voters Tuesday by nearly 2...
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2 masked robbers take cash, cigarettes from Walgreens
Paducah police are investigating an early-morning armed robbery at the Walgreens pharmacy on Lone Oak Road. Two men dressed in black entered the store before 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, police spokeswoma...
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Public gets look at Tilghman renovations
Paducah Tilghman High School principal Art Davis guides a tour around the newly renovated cafeteria at an open house at the school Tuesday night. Renovations to the school began about three years a...
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Baker
Man accused of injuring newborn
McCracken County detectives arrested a man nearly four months after they say he critically injured a 5-month-old in his care.  Brian Baker, 29, was arrested  Monday after an investigation showed...
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Sue Clark, proprietor of the Fox Briar Inn on Broadway, weaves on the barn loom in the lobby of the inn. The loom is available for guests to use thanks to a long-term loan from the Rose Hill Museum in Lyon County.
17th-century loom offers trip back in time
A 17th-century barn loom donated by the Rose Hill Museum in Lyon County is giving visitors to Paducah an idea of what life was like in an earlier, simpler era. “I think it’s beautiful because it...
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Overcoming many obstacles
Motivational speaker and musician Patrick Henry Hughes sings the Ray Charles classic “Georgia” on Monday for the Paducah City Schools faculty and staff at Paducah Public Schools’ opening day kickof...
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In the shadow of the Queen
With smoke from its stacks wafting above downtown, the American Queen attracts people from all around and even some of the smallest. Dedra Kay Williams, 2, and her parents, Dedra and Miner, decided...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Cadiz City Council — 6 p.m., City Hall. n Carlisle Fiscal Court — 9:30 a.m., courthouse. n Marshall Fiscal Court — 9:30 a.m., courth...
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Rolling roadblock planned Thursday near Benton exit
Motorists should be alert for a rolling roadblock on the Purchase Parkway near the Benton exit in Marshall County at midnight Thursday. The rolling roadblock is to allow Paducah Power System to ...
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Grant will enable 7 new homes
State grant money will help fund the building of seven homes in Paducah’s Fountain Avenue neighborhood. “They are going to be beautiful brand new homes in the Fountain Avenue neighborhood, and o...
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Rise in salmonella concerns officials
Abnormal amounts of salmonella cases reported across Kentucky have health officials concerned. In monitoring positive cases of the intestinal-attacking bacteria, the Kentucky Department for Publ...
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Truck hits pedestrian
A woman suffered minor injuries on Monday after Paducah police said she dodged into traffic on Irvin Cobb Drive. Paducah officer Josh Bryant said Diana Frey, 45, told police that she had been dr...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Sharon Greeno, owner and operator of Curl's beauty salon on North Seventh Street in Paducah, does Geneva Vawes' hair on Friday afternoon. Vawes has been getting her hair done at Curl's about 40 years.
Economy trims local salons’ customers
Sometimes it can be hard to make heads or tails of today’s sluggish economy, but some local beautician establishments could prove to be a weather vane of people’s fiscal constraints. As many fin...
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