Winning paper
Daniel Duncan, Murray State University senior economics major, won first place in a recent business paper competition at Brescia University in Owensboro. His paper was a proposal for a ‘fat tax...
School names new president
The trustees of Friends University, a Christian-based liberal arts institution in Wichita, Kan., selected T.J. Arant, son of Charles and Sarah Arant of Sedalia, as president of the university. ...
Sports honors
Two Graves County Middle School students won ribbons in the Special Olympics competition at Murray State University on Saturday. Morgan Elliott (left) placed fourth in the 100 meter dash and se...
Rally to conclude empathy project
The Graves County School District early in the school year hosted Darrell Scott, father of Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School shootings. The journals she left behin...
Duke TIP recognizes Marshall 7th-graders Academically talented seventh-graders in Marshall County are being recognized for exceptional scores on the ACT or SAT.
From Benton Middle School: Andrea Anderson, Abigail Fiessinger, Kathryn Ha...
Hospital fundraiser
Laurie Latham (left), director of the Western Baptist Hospital Foundation, and Gina Leeper (far right), the foundation’s business development representative, presents a check for $11,890 to sta...
Aiding the Red Cross
Heidi Cox (right) of the Paducah Red Cross accepts a check for $1,000 from Pat Kanachki, representing Paducah Moose Lodge 285 and Chapter 939. The money, which will benefit the Red Cross Heroes...
Education Second-year law student M. Taylor Rains of Paducah is the new Student Bar Association president of the University of Kentucky College of Law, after serving a year as SBA presidential adviser.
He...
Neighbors Teen to compete in June pageant
Summer Rose Saputo, the granddaughter of Claudia and Robert Kramer of Paducah, James and Brenda Lane of Karbers Ridge, Ill., and Bill and Nancy Grimes of Pev...