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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun CEO Larry Barton speaks during a renaming ceremony for Baptist Health Paducah on Tuesday in the lobby of Doctor's Office Building 2. The name change from Western Baptist to Baptist Health Paducah is effective immediately.
Hospital lights up new front banner
Baptist Health Paducah officially lit up for the first time beneath its new beacon sign Tuesday as the hospital’s health network unveiled its re-branded image at medical centers across the state. ...
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The Lineup
Today AARP with IRS offers free tax service to low and moderate income individuals, with special attention to those age 60 and older, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, McCracken County Library, 555 Washin...
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VMV adding 25 Paducah jobs amid upgrades
Locomotive export demand is bringing 25 full-time jobs to Paducah, along with an almost $1 million investment. State officials announced Tuesday that VMV Paducahbilt will expand in Paducah. It p...
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Artists selected for Mayor’s Art Club
The public is invited to City Hall at noon Feb. 14 for a reception to meet the artists selected for the inaugural Mayor’s Art Club. The first installment of artwork by artists Joan Dance and Pa...
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Dismissed teacher heading to court
Less than two weeks after being fired, a former Reidland High School teacher filed a motion for a temporary restraining order in U.S. District Court. Shawnda Pacheco, an 11-year veteran of the M...
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Sorority celebrating Founders’ Day
The Paducah Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will observe its annual Founders’ Day celebration on Saturday at Greater Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church, 1324 Bloomfield Ave. ...
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Officials plead case at Army Corps meeting
A much-anticipated meeting between area officials and the Army Corps of Engineers made little headway on Tuesday, lasting only 30 minutes and ending in no promises of changes to the corps’ plan to ...
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George Luna
Jury hear Luna’s story, police talk about 2007 night of friend’s death
CADIZ – Law enforcement officials say George Luna was intoxicated and acting strangely the night that his friend Debra Hendrickson, 46, died inside her Benton mobile home. But Luna told them rep...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Defense attorney Gary Haverstock watches as his client, Zavrial "Zay" Jackson, signs a revised plea deal  Monday. Jackson must serve 60 days in jail, but gets credit for 11 days already served.
Jackson pleads guilty
Zavrial “Zay” Jackson raised his right hand Monday in front of Circuit Judge Craig Clymer in Paducah and pleaded guilty to all counts against him. He then got into a car with his attorney and drove...
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Truck’s fuel spill hinders Purchase parkway traffic
A fuel leak from a county road department truck contributed to hazardous driving conditions along a portion of the Purchase Parkway through Marshall County on Monday, officials said. Passing mot...
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Schools evacuate for security concerns
Investigators continue their inquiries into separate security threats that caused two crosstown middle schools to evacuate students Monday. McCracken County Public School officials reported Lone...
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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 Paducah City Commission — 5:30 p.m., City...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Jacob Ledsinger of Paducah sifts a bowl of seasoned fries in the kitchen at Wing Stop in Paducah, ahead of the Super Bowl Sunday rush of customers. Professional football's biggest day of the year marks one of the largest sales days for the chicken wing restaurant.
Super foods score for restaurants
Getting the game-time atmosphere perfect for the Super Bowl has come down to tradition for many. Just as the turkey has become nearly synonymous with Thanksgiving, so too have chicken wings and...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun George Luna stands with his defense during the first day of his re-trial on murder and arson charges Monday in Trigg Circuit Court. Luna is accused of fatally beating 46-year-old Debra Hendrickson on Sept. 8, 2007, and burning down the Benton mobile home where they were both staying.
Luna murder, arson re-trial under way
CADIZ — Janice Level was forced Monday to rehash the details from the night more than five years ago that her sister, Debra Hendrickson, died inside a Benton mobile home as the man accused of causi...
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The Lineup
Today AARP with IRS offers free tax service to low- and moderate-income individuals, with special attention to those age 60 and older, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Jackson House, 301 S. Ninth St. Walk-ins wel...
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