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Police arrest burglary suspect, warn of others
A Saratoga man was arrested Wednesday on several warrants, some stemming from the burglary and arson of a Princeton home in July. Asa H. Stephens, 29, was arrested by state troopers and deputy sher...
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US, Bechtel Jacobs settle disposal case
LOUISVILLE — The federal government and a U.S. Department of Energy contractor have reached a $230,000 settlement over allegations that the company improperly handled and disposed of radioactive wa...
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Hot August hangout
Contributed by BbQ & more Susie Coiner, co-owner of BbQ & more, 321 Broadway, samples a breakfast combination of sausage and bacon Thursday alongside Rick Price, national sales manager for Memph...
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Jamiston Stewart
Scuffle in street ends in arrest
A man that Cadiz police officers say was intoxicated was subdued with a Taser before he was arrested Tuesday, police said. Maj. Duncan Wiggins of the Cadiz police said Wednesday that his departm...
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Contributed by Levi Holsapple of The Herald Ledger Jonathan Gilland, co-owner of H&G Limestone Products, greets Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday afternoon in Eddyville. Beshear announced incentives for a new $1.4 million manufacturing plant that H&G will use to make a fine powder-like material from limestone. The new plant provides 10 jobs and qualifies the company for about $300,000 in state incentives.
H&G Limestone Products announces Eddyville plant
EDDYVILLE — A new $1.4 million plant that will create 10 jobs in Eddyville expects to begin selling its product by Nov. 1. Gov. Steve Beshear announced the H&G Limestone Products plant to a crow...
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Metals building coming down at diffusion plant
Work is ongoing at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to raze a 65,000-square-foot facility known as the C-340 Metals Plant, which was used to make uranium metal during the Cold War. Department...
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Whitley
Deputies capture fugitive
A late-night search on Pool Road on Tuesday night ended with the arrest of an Evansville, Ind., man wanted for burglary. McCracken County Sgt. David Shepherd said U.S. marshals tracked Jackie Wh...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun The Motor Vessel Ray A. Eckstein rests at dock at the foot of Broadway Wednesday as on-lookers disembark following a christening ceremony for the Marquette Transportation Company vessel. The christening comes 12 years after the ship's construction.
Vessel receives send-off
It was a fanfare 12 years in the making and though the Motor Vessel Ray A. Eckstein might not be the newest ship in Marquette Transportation Company’s towboat fleet, its christening marked an impor...
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New Paducah Boy Choir announces auditions
Director Tony Whitfield has announced that auditions will be held for the new Paducah Boy Choir. Auditions begin this week and will continue next week at Van Fleet Music Studios, 870 Old Mayfiel...
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Grassroots anti-merger body surfaces
In response to a vocal group of Paducah-McCracken County merger advocates, a grassroots organization surfaced, a member said, to educate area voters about the other side. Allan Kleet, a McCracke...
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Lyons
Police investigation discovers meth labs in Farley area
Authorities discovered methamphetamine labs in a residential neighborhood in the Farley area following an investigation into alleged abuse, police said. McCracken County sheriff’s deputies were ...
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Photo contributed Milo and JohnnyJake Johnson, played by Garret Mathany and Johnny Dowers, run into shady characters like the parson, played by W. Earl Brown (right), as they attempt to sing their way to success. The writers and actors of "Pickin' and Grinnin'" say their experiences in such places as Nashville, Tenn., and western Kentucky inspired many of the incidents in the film.
‘Pickin’ and Grinnin’ ’ brings familiar themes to big screen
A movie premiering at Maiden Alley Cinema on Saturday is expected to have audiences nodding their heads, both to the beat of the songs and in recognition of the subject matter. The road-trip mus...
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Abraham
Candidates draw for ballot order
The McCracken County Board of Elections recently drew numbers out of a hat to determine the placement order on the ballot for Paducah’s mayoral and commission races. Two mayoral candidates and eigh...
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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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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive; 442-8993. Learn to detect potential errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. Paducah Toastmaste...
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