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Police seize Mexican meth, arrest 4
Paducah police arrested four people on drug charges and seized more than $18,000 during an investigation Wednesday and Thursday morning. After receiving a tip from the Kentucky State Police Drug...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Ten year old Nic Beyer (left) and Mayor Gayle Kaler share a special moment just before doing a science experiment in front of the 4th grade classes on Thursday morning at McNabb Elementary. Kaler arranged for 'Science Guy' Jason Lindsey to visit the school and surprise science obsessed Beyer by being his assistant.
‘Science Guy’ gets a sidekick
Gayle Kaler received many emails from Paducah residents after being elected mayor in November. But she was taken back when one of those emails was from a 10-year-old boy. Nic Beyer, a fourth-gra...
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United Way campaign brings in $988,324
The United Way of Paducah-McCracken County celebrated its 78th annual campaign with a luncheon and award ceremony Thursday. “We continue to be amazed at the generosity and support from our commu...
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Paducah Water celebrates expanded site
General manager Glen Anderson (right) shows off the new boardroom to Roger Truitt (left) during an open house at Paducah Water at 1800 N. Eighth St. on Thursday. The boardroom is named after Bob Jo...
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State police continue death investigation
The Kentucky State Police seeks the public’s help in an investigation into the death of man in Fulton this month. State police opened their investigation March 12 after receiving a call from Ful...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Gov. Steve Beshear joins Teletech Holdings representatives and officials from Paducah, McCracken County and Paducah Economic Development in front of the old Commerce Center at Fourth Street and Kentucky Avenue on Thursday they simulated a groundbreaking for a new Teletech location.
Beshear, local leaders welcome 450 jobs
The first public reception at Paducah’s new Commerce Center on Thursday was historic, marking the groundbreaking for McCracken County’s biggest jobs announcement in at least a decade. Colorado-b...
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Easter egg hunt held for special-needs kids
An Easter egg hunt for special needs children will be held 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Heartland Worship Center. Children of all ages are invited. Bryan Phelps, pastor to children, said the hu...
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Correction
The Go Guide that appeared in Thursday’s Current section incorrectly listed an event. The Paducah Improv Studio Series will be held Saturday, March 30, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the Market House Stud...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Ashley Storie, a volunteer development coordinator at Starfish Orphan Ministries, sorts through toys at the ministry's headquarters on Thursday. Storie is the first super star for Lourdes' Dancing With Our Stars fundraiser, which raises money for the American Cancer Society.
Survivor becomes dancing ‘super star’
It would have been understandable for Ashley Storie to cry and go through extreme emotions when told she had a golf ball-sized cancerous tumor in her brain. Instead, when she was diagnosed, Storie ...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun Karah Brayboy, a Reidland High School sophomore, plays the clarinet at the McCracken County Board of Education meeting Thursday. Brayboy was one of four students playing in the marching band's new uniforms.
Detectors in school proposed
The McCracken County Board of Education will draw on members of the school district and the public in considering installing metal detectors at the consolidated high school. The board agreed Thu...
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The Lineup
Friday   Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive, Call 442-8993. Protect yourself from Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Learn to detect potential errors, fraud and abuse....
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Emergency personnel and road workers surround the car of Vernon L. Crockett on Thursday afternoon. Medical responders believe Crockett suffered a medical problem before hitting two cars, a fire hydrant and a utility pole.
Wreck critically injures driver
An 80-year-old Tennessee man suffered an apparent medical problem Thursday and collided with two cars before striking a utility pole on Kentucky Avenue. Paducah police said witnesses told them a...
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Livingston Livestock
LEDBETTER — Markets totaled 664 head. Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded $5 to $8 lower. Supply included 46 percent feeder heifers and 30 percent of feeders over 600 lbs. Slaug...
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Teachers get transfer notice
Twenty-six percent of the McCracken County School District’s 876 employees will change positions or locations with the opening of the consolidated high school in August. Superintendent Nancy Wal...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Marshall County E-911 Board — 8:30 a.m. sheriff’s office complex.
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