Area riverports receive state grants for upgrades Western Kentucky’s two major riverports will receive infrastructural renovations soon to improve the efficiency of cargo operations with the help of state grant money awarded Thursday. Gov. Stev...
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BY WILL PINKSTON wpinkston@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Clarification In a story on Page 1A of the Paducah Sun on Dec. 2, titled “PPS rates going up,” it stated the city regulates Paducah Power System. Actually, Paducah Power has a board that sets electrical rates. T...
Livingston Livestock LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 922 head. Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded $2-$5 lower, with supply including 19 percent of feeders over 600 pounds and 46 percent heifers. Slaugh...
Wreck causes minor injuries, traffic snag A two-car wreck on Joe Clifton Drive left a Paducah woman injured Thursday. Paducah police Sgt. Joe Hayes said Virgil Dempsey, 69, of Paducah was driving on Joe Clifton Drive when a car ran a re...
Graves County High student dies in wreck on way to school It was a route that Kim Fortner was familiar with. The 17-year-old Graves County High School junior routinely drove her sister to the high school in the morning. On Thursday, however, they did not ...
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BY CORIANNE EGAN cegan@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Car’s passenger gives testimony in Pittman trial BENTON — Through tears, Holly Heitt told a Marshall County jury on Thursday that she does not remember anything from the night of Aug. 15, 2011. Heitt was the passenger in 20-year-old Tiffany Pi...
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BY MALLORY PANUSKA mpanuska@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Grand jury to hear deputy shooting case The case of a McCracken County sheriff’s deputy who police say shot and killed a man in self defense could be heard by a grand jury as early as January, Graves County Commonwealth Attorney David Ha...
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BY CORIANNE EGAN cegan@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun
Groceries for Good SuperValu employee Mary Jones (from left), Paducah Day Nursery’s Deana May and Paducah Sun marketing director Kendra Mitchell smile Wednesday at SuperValu on Lone Oak Road after receiving proceeds ...
Illinois couple located after police search A southern Illinois couple wanted by law enforcement agencies after a shooting in Johnson County, Ill., was located at a Kentucky truck stop Wednesday, police said. John L. Cunningham, 41, and h...
Heath students stuff Lourdes’ truck Olivia Davis (left) and Lauren Raymos (right), both Heath Middle School gifted and talented leadership students, help load donated non-perishable food items onto a semi truck Wednesday in Lourdes...
Carneal seeks appeal Missy Jenkins Smith remembers very well the day she was shot. Even 15 years later, Smith said she still remembers every moment of the morning Michael Carneal opened fire on his classmates at Heath ...
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BY CORIANNE EGAN cegan@paducahsun.comAssociated Press
Police need help identifying woman Police request the public’s assistance identifying a woman suspected of using a Tennessee woman’s identification to cash stolen checks locally. According to sheriff’s detectives, Lori Pearson of...
Art show expands under new direction Although it is entering its fourth year, the face of the Affordable Arts Show has changed under new ownership. The show, originally run by the Paducah Renaissance Alliance, has been gifted to th...
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BY LAUREL BLACK lblack@paducahsun.comThe Paducah Sun