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Young Leaders luncheon set for Thursday
Kim Knopf knows a thing or two about the potential of young professionals. In her early 20s, and only one year removed from her college days at the University of Kentucky, Knopf scrapped togethe...
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NRC to discuss Honeywell plant
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a conference with officials from Honeywell’s Metropolis, Ill., works in Atlanta. The purpose is to discuss apparent violations associated with Hon...
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Gourd race workshop scheduled in Mayfield
Ronn Moyers will conduct a workshop to construct the cars for the annual Gourd-mobile Derby at the Ice House Arts Center, 120 N. Eighth St. in Mayfield. Participants will build a racecar using gour...
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The Lineup
Wednesday Lone Oak Kiwanis, 7 a.m., Lone Oak Little Castle. 217-0402. Disabled American Veterans, Miles Meredith Chapter 7 of Paducah, weekly Commander Coffee Call, 9 a.m. to noon. Thu...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n McCracken County Planning Commission — 1:30 p.m., courthouse. n Paducah Area Transit System Board — 3 p.m., PATS office, 850 Harrison St.
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Greenway Trail to close Thursday afternoon
Greenway Trail from Noble Park to Stuart Nelson Park will close from 3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday for the Heath Cross Country Invitational. Stuart Nelson Park’s softball fields and disc golf cou...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun McCracken County Jailer Bill Adams (left) leads Keith Oakley on a tour through the living quarters of the new McCracken County Detention Center annex Tuesday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Adams said they will be moving class D felons into the facility today.
County officials celebrate jail annex opening
With the snip of bright yellow caution tape and a flurry of excitement Tuesday, officials celebrated the trifecta of services offered inside a roughly $4.2 million government investment on Adams St...
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Photo contributed Paul Aho's "Everything Else," an acrylic painting on wood, will be on display at the Paducah School of Art's annual faculty exhibition. The show features art from full- and part-time faculty members who work in a variety of media, including sculpture, ceramics, and photography. 
Faculty exhibition shows creativity
Every year, instructors at the Paducah School of Art take the time to put theory into practice. On Thursday, the public is invited to see the fruits of that labor at PSA’s annual faculty show, whic...
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Quilt museum plans Kidz Day in the Arts
The National Quilt Museum will celebrate its seventh annual “Kidz Day in the Arts” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Saturday is also “Community Day,” the one day of the year everyone is admitted...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Jake Stafford, McCracken County Animal Control warden, releases a river otter Tuesday at the boat ramp to Clark's River underneath the Clark's River Road bridge. Police cornered the otter underneath a parked car at the McCracken County Public Library, for fear it might bite passers-by if confronted.
Police: ‘He otter known better’
Following a brief standoff with authorities in downtown Paducah, a wild suspect was taken into custody after hiding from law enforcement beneath a parked car Tuesday. But to say the encounter wa...
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Shredding at the skate park
Tyson Lents catches air while skating Tuesday afternoon at the Paducah Skatepark. Lents comes from Benton almost every week to use the park, and has been skating about nine years.
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Advocate and author Jodee Blanco speaks to Lone Oak High School students in the Lone Oak Middle School gym Monday afternoon. The Guess Anti-Bullying Foundation brought Blanco to local schools in an effort to raise awareness about bullying.
‘One heart at a time’
The National Crime Prevention Council reports that bullying has reached epic proportions, with a third of youth experiencing bullying once a month. But for survivor, author, and anti-bullying advoc...
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Agriculture business plans Paducah move
With operations spanning three local states, the regional agricultural business Hutson Inc. has its eyes set on a new Paducah venue, as it hopes to capitalize on the area’s prime location. In Ju...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Ballard Fiscal Court — 9 a.m., courthouse. n Calloway Fiscal Court — 5 p.m., Judicial Building, district court room. n Carlisle Fisc...
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Fountain Avenue developer moves closer to approval
Plans for the first-ever commercial occupant inside Paducah’s revitalized Fountain Avenue neighborhood is headed to the City Commission for approval within the next month. Members of the city’s ...
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