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Mid-term late start classes registration begins
Mid-term late start classes are available at West Kentucky Community & Technical College. Registration continues for late start and online classes, which begin March 11 and March 18. Courses are...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Ashley Browning (from left) and Christy Moore, Debra Hendrickson's nieces, cry tears of relief in Trigg Circuit Court on Monday as they learn that George Luna is sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole or probation for killing their aunt in 2007. A jury convicted Luna of murder and arson on Friday after a five-day retrial.
Luna receives life sentence without parole
CADIZ — Locking up George Luna for life will not bring Debra Hendrickson back to life, but her family believes that justice has once again been served. “We feel our justice this time is more ser...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Students and visitors at West Kentucky Community & Technical College are served fried rice and egg rolls during the third annual Chinese New Year celebration at the college Monday. Volunteers from the college's Diversity Committee performed a comedy and also a performance of the 12 animals associated with the new year celebration.SNbS
Celebrating the year of the snake
Laughter, speeches and lots of fried rice were on the menu Monday afternoon at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The auditorium of the Clemens Fine Arts Center was filled in celebra...
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Police: Wreck injures Paducah woman, baby
A single-vehicle wreck in western McCracken County sent a mother and her 3-month-old daughter to the hospital on Monday. McCracken County sheriff’s deputies were notified of the wreck at about 1...
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Matlock
Family seeks leniency
Two days after a shooting that killed a 3-year-old boy in his care, Nicholas Barbee hopes he will be allowed out of jail to attend Braydion Matlock’s funeral. Matlock’s grandmother, Kathy-Marie ...
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Police: Paducah man faces burglary charges
A Paducah man faces multiple charges after officers investigated a possible break-in at a local pharmacy Monday, police said. Paducah police Officer Matthew Scheer was sent to Rick’s Pharmacy, 3...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Paducah Tilghman High School students Marissa Davis (right) and Blake Archer sit on either side of Paducah school board chairwoman Danette Humphrey during Monday's meeting at the board office. Ten students from the city school system participated in the Bobby L. Jones Future School Board Members program that allows students to learn about leadership roles and meeting procedures to run the board meeting.
Students serve short terms on board
Students might have run the show during Monday’s Paducah Independent Schools board meeting, but not to worry, the district’s newest board-members-in-training didn’t vote for an early summer. Instea...
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The Cairo Bridge between Wickliffe and Cairo, Ill., is 76 years old and has been termed "functionally obsolete" by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. A lengthy study will begin soon on whether the bridge can be upgraded or replaced.
Study to explore Cairo Bridge future
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced the kickoff of a study to look at options for improving or replacing the U.S. 51 Ohio River Bridge, also known as the Cairo Bridge, between Wickliffe a...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Jo Cusker, an employee at The Green Door Floral, prepares to make a bouquet of red roses. Owner Betty Hall said she has pre-ordered hundreds of roses in preparation for Valentine's Day on Thursday.
The love scramble is on
In just three days, millions of people will give gifts and attend restaurants in honor of love’s patron saint, Saint Valentine. While the idea is romantic — one day of flowers, chocolate and over-s...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Arlington City Council — 5 p.m., City Hall. n Calvert City Council — 5:30 p.m., City Hall. n Fulton Fiscal Court — 9 a.m., judge-exe...
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Grandfather of victim remembers boy fondly
Scott Matlock always will hold close the memories of his joyful 3-year-old grandson, Braydion, cartwheeling around the house and jumping off the furniture like the little ball of energy he was, enj...
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Duplicate Bridge
Echo Duplicate Bridge Center 1723 Kentucky Ave. Monday Morning STaC Pairs Flight A 1. Fran Russell and Ron Brockman. 2. Dennis Bristol and Warren Swift. 3. Ron and Janet Brot...
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The Lineup
Today   West Kentucky Songwriters Chapter, Nashville Songwriters Association International, 6-8 p.m. Curris Center, Murray State University. 293-7252.   Ledbetter Masonic Lodge 952 F&AM, 7 ...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Denis Hodge, Crittenden County High School boys basketball coach, signs a copy of his newly-released book, "Life Without My Point Guard," during a book-signing at Marion Baptist Church in Marion on Sunday. Hodge shares personal experiences as an athlete, parent, coach and solider, and talks about coping with the loss of his 12-year-old son, Jake.
Community rallies support for charities
MARION — Good works can often come out of the bleakest of tragedies. Just as one farming community struggled to recover from the grips of the summer’s drought, two charities — born from despair ...
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The Lineup
Monday West Kentucky Songwriters Chapter, Nashville Songwriters Association International, 6-8 p.m. Curris Center, Murray State University. 293-7252. Ledbetter Masonic Lodge 952 F&AM, 7 p.m...
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