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Wreck involving wheelchair injures two
A single vehicle wreck involving a man in a wheelchair sent two men to the hospital Saturday, police said. McCracken County sheriff’s deputies were alerted to the wreck at 8 p.m. in the 3700 blo...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Reidland-Farley firefighters stand around the wreckage of a Dodge pickup truck that crashed into the side of a house on Husband Road Sunday. Two people were taken to the hospital following the wreck.
Pickup truck crashes into Farley area house
Authorities worked into the evening hours Sunday to remove a wrecked pickup truck from the side of a Farley residence after its crash sent two to the hospital. McCracken County sheriff’s deputie...
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Duplicate Bridge
ECHO DUPLICATE BRIDGE 1723 Kentucky Ave. 554-9853 ECHO NOTES: No game tonight (Monday). Monday Night Open Pairs 1. Jo Echols and Bill Lentz. 2.-3. (tie) Blondell Behrendt and Jim ...
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Reunions
n TVA Retirees Association picnic will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Noble Park. Everything furnished. n A reunion/picnic of all former employees of the B.F. Goodrich chemical plant in Calvert Cit...
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All about gourds
Volunteer Ronnie Moyers uses a bandsaw to trim pieces of gourds Saturday at the annual Gourd Patch Arts Festival in Mayfield. Moyers, of Graves County, helped children assemble the pieces into anim...
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JODY NORWOOD The Sun   Reading Partners and Literacy Support volunteer Kent Price speaks with McNabb Elementary School fourth grader T'Angelo Henderson during the program Thursday. The United Way's Reading PALS inititiative began three years ago and has expanded into three city and one county elementary school, matching mentors with second, third and fourth grade students.
Students find mentors with Reading PALS
Students at four area elementary schools build bonds with mentors and focus on the importance of reading for one hour each week as part of the United Way’s Reading Partners and Literacy Support pro...
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County support voiced for sick workers
As McCracken County pledges support for sick nuclear workers seeking compensation for exposure to hazardous nuclear materials, members of the state’s congressional delegation say they are continuin...
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Rebecca Armstrong, 31, talks with an obstetrician at the Childbirth Fair at Western Baptist Hospital on Saturday. Armstrong, a Paducah resident, says she has already chosen to have her first baby close to home at Western Baptist.
‘The more ... the better’
Rebecca Armstrong believes preparation is key to a successful journey into motherhood. “I’m a first-time mom, so the more information, the better,” Armstrong, 31, said. Armstrong was one of a...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun Fifth-grader Josh Harpole meets with friends and supporters during a benefit concert in his honor Saturday at the Graves County Fairgrounds. Funds raised from the two-day benefit will go to construct the Harpole family a handicap-accessbile home.
Concert benefits family
A Graves County family in need of a handicap accessible home is closer to their goal following two days of community fund raising. Josh Harpole, 11, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy three y...
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Scholarship auction for WKCTC planned
Looking for two seats to watch the Tennessee Titans close out their regular NFL season hosting the Jacksonville Jaguars in December? A Second Street condo rooftop in downtown Paducah to host a cock...
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In our schools
n Farley Elementary School SBDM — 7:30 a.m. Monday, library. n McCracken County Board of Education — 6 a.m. Tuesday, board office; and 5:30 p.m. Thursday, regular board meeting, board office. ...
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JODY NORWOOD The Sun Artist Carol Harlan displays her donated painting "Blossoms and Pears" during the Heart and Soul art auction Saturday night at Walker Hall in Paducah. The seventh annual event helped raise funds for the Easter Seals of West Kentucky.
Art auction raises funds for Easter Seals
The seventh annual Heart and Soul art auction helped raise more than $15,000 for the Easter Seals of West Kentucky, according to preliminary numbers Saturday night. Danny Carroll, president of t...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Roby Kight holds pecans Thursday that are ready to harvest from his Kight's Pecan Orchard in Lone Oak. When the nuts are ready, their hulls will split open to expose the pecan.
Coming out of their shells
Predicting this year’s pecan crop can be a tough nut to crack for local producers. Pecan growers in western Kentucky said pecan trees are heavy with what could be an exceptional harvest despite ...
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The Lineup
Today Grahamville Masonic Lodge 707, country ham breakfast, 7 to 10 a.m.   Community breakfast, Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church, 8-10 a.m., free. 4-Rivers Military Officers Asso...
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Lady Bombers sent to win it
Members of the Ballard Memorial Lady Bombers volleyball team cheer as they prepare Friday to head to the All A State Tournament in Jeffersontown. Six-year head coach Adam Solomon will lead the team...
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