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Reunion
Albert Houser family reunion will begin at 4 p.m. today at Houser Grove Church of Christ. Bring a favorite dish for the potluck meal at 5 p.m. For information contact Peg Houser at 554-3191 or Tom ...
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The Lineup
Today 4-Rivers Military Officers Association of America, 8:30 a.m., Lone Oak Little Castle Restaurant. 415-9959.   Dance, 7-10 p.m., American Legion Post 26 Hall, Mayfield. Just Friends. $5....
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Contributed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers A large crane prepares to place a 270-ton rotor on a platform above where three remaining generators still turn in the powerhouse at Barkley Dam at Lake City on Thursday. Each of Barkley's four generators is capable of producing 32,500-kilowatt hours.
Hydro-electric plant begins first phase of renovation
LAKE CITY — Helping to keep the lights on in tens of thousands of households, the Barkley Dam hydropower plant took major steps in refurbishing one of its aging generators Thursday. As part of a...
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McCracken schools vote to keep tax rate
The McCracken County Board of Education voted Thursday to keep its general fund tax levy at 50.4 cents per $100 on real and personal property as the district’s loss of state funds balance out an in...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun The Marshall County Rescue Squad recovers its vessel after helping recover a woman who may have jumped off the Interstate 24 Tennessee River bridge in Marshall County on Thursday morning. Initially, a towboat rescued the woman from the river.
Rescue squad saves woman after 80-foot fall from bridge
GILBERTSVILLE — Authorities scrambled to the aid of a Graves County woman who police said may have jumped from a bridge spanning the Tennessee River. Emergency workers were alerted to the situat...
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McCracken District Court
Jan. 26 Billy D. Harrell, 53, 38 Aspen St., Calvert City, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, second offense; 18-month license suspension, serve 20 days, 10 days c...
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Photo contributed Susan Ackermann (center) stands with a family she has helped reunite in El Salvador. When Ackermann fell ill with colon cancer earlier this month, partners and friends at the Starfish Orphan Ministry flew her to Paducah and gave her a place to stay while she recovered from her operation.
Missionary finds ‘second home’ in Paducah
Sometimes good deeds pay off in unexpected ways. That’s what self-described “exhausted missionary cook” Susan Ackermann discovered when she fell ill this month and flew from El Salvador to Paducah ...
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Man indicted in stabbing
A Calloway County grand jury returned an indictment Thursday for a man accused of fatally stabbing his mother last month. Commonwealth Attorney Mark Blankenship said Michael Joseph Burke is char...
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Purchase Parkway chase ends in arrest
A Paducah man was arrested Wednesday in Marshall County after Deputy Sheriff David Maddox said police followed him for nearly five miles while he drove on the wrong side of the road. Maddox said...
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Arts and Crafts Festival set
Regional tourism organization Kentucky’s Western Waterland will hold its 37th annual Arts & Crafts Festival Sept. 1-3 in Grand Rivers. The festival is a fundraiser for KWW, a membership organiza...
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The Lineup
Today SNbSSenior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive; 442-8993. Protect yourself from Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Learn to detect potential errors, fraud and abuse. Repo...
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Photo contributed "To See is to Draw is to Own," crafted from pencils and other materials by artist Rob Millard-Mendez, will be on display at the Yeiser Art Center on Saturday. The sculptor says his work takes inspiration from his formative years fishing with his father in Massachusetts.
New art exhibit sets sail at Yeiser
A new fleet will sail into the Yeiser Art Center this Saturday when an exhibit from artist and teacher Rob Millard-Mendez opens. Millard-Mendez said his portion of the exhibit takes inspiration ...
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Hickman riverport reopens to tows after dredging
To avert a lengthy harbor closure in Hickman, an already drought-stricken agricultural community, officials launched efforts for an emergency dredging that keeps the river traffic flowing. Using...
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McCracken District Court
Jan. 24 Katherine Keeling, 24, 3045 Alabama St., Paducah, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs; serve 4 days, 26 days conditional discharge for 2 years; 60-day licen...
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2 accused of forging drug prescriptions
Two people were arrested Tuesday after state police say they were accused of forging prescriptions earlier in the month. Jamie T. Brown, 35, of Paducah faces 18 total charges — nine for obtainin...
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