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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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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive, 442-8993. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Paducah Lions Club, lunch, noon, Broadway United M...
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US 45 wreck sends one to hospital
A two-vehicle crash along U.S. 45 on Monday sent a 17-year-old to the hospital to be checked for injuries. According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department, Paducah resident Lauren Prescot...
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Estate planning workshop at college
Medicaid planning, Veterans Affairs benefits, and trust considerations are just a few of the topics to be covered in an estate planning workshop at West Kentucky Community & Technical College on Au...
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First business eyes Fountain Avenue
Paducah’s Fountain Avenue neighborhood is just a few approvals away from welcoming its first commercial occupant. City Planner Steve Ervin said Monday that a tentative and preliminary project is...
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Crews search into night for missing men in river
Emergency crews were called out to the Ohio River near Joppa, Ill., Monday night to search for two men who reportedly went missing while swimming. Paul Carter, McCracken County director of emerg...
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McCracken District Court
Jan. 10 Joseph A. Quarles, 27, 958 Farmer Trace, Princeton, alcohol intoxication in a public place, second degree disorderly conduct: Sentenced to 10 days. Matthew L. Pool, 30, 13001 Grief Ro...
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