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New website for school goes live
McCracken County extracurricular events and merchandise for the new McCracken County High School got a boost Thursday with the launch of a new website. The site, www.gomccracken.com, launched af...
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Author Ramage to give reading, signing
Paducah native and author Rosalyn Rikel Ramage will host a reading and book signing for two of her books Saturday at the Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway. Weather permitting, Ramage will read fro...
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Wreck sends 4 people to hospital
A Wednesday wreck on John Puryear Drive blocked traffic for almost an hour at the off-ramp of Interstate 24’s Exit 11. McCracken County deputy Derick Pugh said his preliminary investigation show...
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Foglesong
Mayor, commission candidates release finance reports
With less than two weeks until Election Day, City Commission and mayoral candidates are making a final push for votes. Campaign finance reports — submitted to the state as of an Oct. 5 deadline ...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive, Call 442-8993. Protect yourself from Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Learn to detect potential errors, fraud and abuse. ...
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Halvorson wins honor
From running a batch of successful businesses to mothering and home-schooling four children, all while furthering her education, Tammi Halvorson has woman of achievement written all over her. Wi...
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Work zone crash injures road workers
Two transportation workers, a deputy jailer and another driver were injured Thursday when a SUV skidded into a work area. Transportation Cabinet spokesman Keith Todd said two cabinet employees were...
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Brown exits animal control director job
Jeff Brown is no longer the McCracken County Animal Control director, and Chief Deputy Mike Turnbow has taken over interim administrative duties at the county’s animal shelter. Judge-Executive V...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Pat Sparks, a development leader at LYNX Services, takes the first swing at a battered old car Thursday as part of a destructive fundraiser for the McCracken County Relay For Life, while Wes Dixon, community services representative, cheers her on. The fundraiser is in honor of Sparks who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer over the summer.
Event takes whack at cancer
Something strangely therapeutic lies within taking a sledgehammer to a car window, and it’s precisely that unexpected venting of frustrations that went through Pat Sparks as she lifted her hammer t...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun From left, Gary Adkisson, general manager of The Paducah Sun and of the Four Rivers Business Journal, Tammi Halvorson, 2012 Woman of Achievement winner, and Kim B. Knopf, CEO of Innovative Mattress Solutions, pose for a photo Thursday during the awards luncheon in Paducah.
Knopf shares story of success
Starting out with nothing but sheer guts, self-determination and a really solid work ethic, Kim Knopf climbed her way to the top of the corporate world, serving now as an inspiration for fellow pow...
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Sun files One of the participants of the 2011 Paducah Zombie Walk grabbed for the camera as an estimated 350 people shambled along Broadway in downtown Paducah. The ghoulish fun at this year's Zombie Walk will begin at 5:45 p.m. Saturday at Ninth Street and Broadway.
Zombie Walk turnout could be staggering
Organizers are looking for a few good walkers to shuffle, shamble and stagger their way through the fourth annual Paducah Zombie Walk. Zombies will depart from Ninth Street and Broadway at 5:45 ...
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Cash
Police name trooper who killed gunman
Four days after a fatal shooting in Graves County, police released the name of the state trooper involved. State police on Wednesday identified the trooper as Jody Cash. Trooper Jay Thomas, Pos...
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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 636 head. Compared to last week: All classes of feeder cattle were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls, steady to $2 higher. Slaughter cows: breaker, 75 to 80 percent le...
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Murray State suspends Jackson for entire season
Murray State announced Wednesday afternoon that men’s basketball player Zay Jackson has been suspended for the entire 2012-2013 season. MSU athletic director Allen Ward said Jackson won’t be all...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Murray City Council — 6:30 p.m., City Hall. n Paducah-McCracken Joint Sewer Agency — 5 p.m., meeting facility, Northview Street.
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