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2 Calloway children missing
Two children have been reported missing in the New Concord area of Calloway County. The boys were last seen at their home, 3744 Dunbar Road, at 4 p.m. Thursday. A dispatcher at the Calloway C...
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Dixon Springs camp getting new roofs
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday more than $386,000 to replace roofs at the Dixon Springs Boot Camp in Pope County as part of his Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. “Inve...
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150 jobs coming to former Tyler Mountain plant
McCracken County is set to help roll out an automotive business with the announcement Thursday of a Michigan-based company set to bring 150 jobs and make an $11 million investment. SRS Industrie...
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City, county to make economic announcement today
The Paducah City Commission will hold a special meeting today to announce a memorandum of agreement with Paducah Economic Development for a new company in the area. Chad Chancellor, chief execut...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Rebecca Harned, CNA, gets into the driver seat of a new 2013 Ford Focus used for the Lourdes HomeCare and Hospice program, while Shannah Poindexter, community relationship director at Lourdes HomeCare and Hospice, holds the door at Lourdes North Plaza on Wednesday. The program bolstered its fleet of vehicles to 50, helping to reach patients across western Kentucky and southern Illinois.
Hospital hospice program bolsters road fleet
Considering at the end of every trip waits a person in need of a local hospital’s home-care team, travel logs tallying more than 92,000 miles each month is the small price of helping patients, but ...
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Grocery store gas theft leads to 2 Graves County arrests
A Mayfield couple was arrested after being accused of stealing gasoline from a Sedalia grocery. Deputy Sheriff Brandon Collins was dispatched about 2:30 a.m. to a call of a suspicious vehicle at...
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Chili judging to benefit Ballard veterans museum
A chili judging is planned Saturday to benefit the Kentucky Veteran and Patriot Museum. The fundraiser will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wickliffe City Hall.There is an entry fee of $20 and a ...
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The Lineup
Today    Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. 442-8993. AARP w...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun City employees work Wednesday afternoon to clear out and clean up the rear area of the Julian M. Carroll Convention Center which used to be attached to the Executive Inn. The city initiated cleanup at the property after reports of vandalism and break-ins.
Paducah accelerates cleanup of former hotel’s concert hall
Boards will soon cover broken windows and doors of the Executive Inn Showroom as the city nears completion on the gutting of the remnants of the downtown hotel. The city has used its own employe...
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Jerrell asks attorney to withdraw appeal
Just days after Louisville attorney Kent Wicker filed a motion appealing a disputed Fiscal Court ordinance on behalf of McCracken County Clerk Jeff Jerrell, the document is set to be withdrawn. ...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n McCracken County Fiscal Court — called meeting, 7:30 p.m., conference room. n Murray City Council — 6:30 p.m., City Hall. n Paducah ...
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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 505 head. Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to $2 higher. Supply included 43 percent feeder heifers and 18 percent of feeders o...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Jeff Parsons, also known as "Jeff the Coin Guy," displays a collectible military item at the Country Inn & Suites in Paducah on Monday during a television commercial to promote his six-day traveling road show, Uncle Buck's Trading Post. Despite past legal and finanicial trouble associated with a company Parsons owned, law enforcement officials say he is running a legal business at the hotel, where he pays cash for various collectibles. He began his buying Monday and plans to continue until 6 p.m. Saturday.
Coin guy hands out cash in Paducah
Dozens of local residents have left Paducah’s Country Inn & Suites this week with crisp bills in hand after selling their wares to a man who calls himself “Jeff the Coin Guy.” Jeff Parsons, a Sp...
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Barkley airport tower ceasing operation May 5
The air traffic control tower at Barkley Regional Airport faces a May 5 closing, according to Eddie Grant, airport spokesman. Grant said a measure of convenience and efficiency, not safety, is w...
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Jackson Purchase pursues higher rates
Citing an expected rate increase from its power supplier, Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation announced it will have to pass along the costs to customers and increase its own electric rates. Jac...
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