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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Workers secure scaffolding on the Noble Park pool's new double slide Monday morning. The double slide and the pool's spray pad are among the additions to the pool, which has undergone a complete makeover in its off season.
Noble Park pool one month from opening
Paducah Parks Services Director Mark Thompson was at the site of the new Noble Park pool early Monday, surveying the largest pool renovation project in the city’s history. Piles of dirt line the po...
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Department of Energy photo LATA Kentucky achieved 2 million safe work hours despite work challenges such as removing transite paneling from a seven-story portion of the C-340 Metals Plant, whose demolition was completed Feb. 12.
LATA passes safety mark for DOE cleanup
A prime contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah site has reached 2 million safe work hours while completing cleanup objectives to reduce environmental risk. DOE cleanup contractor...
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Gilbertsville resident faces DUI charge
Police arrested a Gilbertsville resident after he drove his vehicle into a ditch, McCracken County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Police said James Long, 30, was driving east on Clark’...
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Duplicate Bridge
ECHO DUPLICATE BRIDGE 1723 Kentucky Ave. The Paducah Duplicate Bridge Club is offering bridge lessons each Tuesday morning beginning at 11:30 at the Bridge Center. A sanctioned novice game is...
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Calloway officials mourn longtime clerk, friend
Ray Coursey Jr. didn’t let adversity get in the way of making sure the Calloway County Clerk’s office ran like a well-oiled machine even during the most difficult of times. Known for his hard wo...
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Quilt Show ends on profitable note
As the 2013 AQS Annual Quilt Show wound down, businesses and instructors reflected on a busy and profitable week. According to Orion Burns, general manager of Quilt in a Day at 119 N. Fourth St....
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Lower Town festival seeks volunteers
Organizers consider the Lower Town Arts and Music Festival a unique breed. “One of the things that really distinguishes this festival from a festival you’re going to go to in Chicago ... is that...
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The Lineup
Tuesday 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.   Paduca...
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Beware flooded roadway
Flooding from weekend rain temporarily closed some area roads Saturday night. A section of Ky. 121 in Calloway County closed for less than an hour. Keith Todd, spokesman for the Kentucky Transpo...
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From left, the 2007 and 2008 McCracken County zoning maps, which County Attorney Mike Murphy provided, show an array of changes that are not backed up with proper documentation.
Map changes challenged
According to official maps, as many as or more than 500 McCracken County properties have changed in zoning designations with no official documentation to back up the changes. While Judge-Executive ...
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Immigration bill faces fight
WASHINGTON — Some feisty Republicans are challenging a claim widely held among GOP leaders that the party must support more liberal immigration laws if it’s to be more competitive in presidential e...
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Horoscopes by Holiday
Sunday, April 28, 2013 ARIES (March 21-April 19). Manual labor, especially having to do with cleaning up your environment, is the fastest way to feeling better. Clear a counter, desk or table, a...
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Husband angers wife with selfish decisions
Dear Annie: I am currently in school and working four different jobs. I am also the mother of three children. My husband is very selfish. He doesn’t think twice about sending our children to a sitt...
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Boys and Girls Club to host prayer breakfast
The Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club will host a prayer breakfast at First Baptist Church in Paducah on May 2 in accordance with the National Day of Prayer. The church has invited pastors from ac...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Janice Cavasos (left) with Superior Threads helps Candi Groh (right) of Ohio pick the best thread for her upcoming quilt project. Groh has been an avid quilter for 25 years.
Quilters stitch together, stick together
Marylou McNair has visited the American Quilters’ Society’s Paducah quilt show on and off since 1985. This year marked the Daphne, Ala., resident’s first time back at Quilt Week in 13 years, and sh...
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