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Traffic stop ends in drug charges
An Ashland man faces four drug charges following a traffic stop Saturday in Paducah. Paducah police pulled over Raymond Johnson, 34, for allegedly speeding at 1:42 p.m. on Blandville Road. Offic...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun George Luna wipes tears from his eyes as he testifies in Trigg Circuit Court on Friday during the fifth day of his retrial on murder and arson charges stemming from the 2007 death of Debra Hendrickson. Luna publicly told his side of the story for the first time during his testimony, but jurors still found him guilty of both charges after less than an hour and a half of deliberation.
Luna details death, fire in testimony
CADIZ — For the first time since Debra Hendrickson’s September 2007 death, the man convicted, for a second time, of killing her publicly delivered his side of the story. George Luna took the sta...
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McCracken District Court
January 22 Ronald L. Hall, 48, 523 Milliken Rd., Paducah, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, first offense; 30 days, two year conditional discharge, alcohol drivi...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun A Paducah child, 3, was shot Saturday afternoon inside his home at 1510 N. 12th St. The boy died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Child dies after shooting
Police charged a Paducah man in a shooting that killed a 3-year-old boy Saturday. The child died following a shooting inside the 1510 N. 12th St. home where he lived. Nicholas D. Barbee, 21, of ...
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In our schools
n Paducah Board of Education — 6 p.m. Monday, board office, 800 Caldwell St. n Heath Elementary School SBDM — 4 p.m. Tuesday, school library. n Sharpe Elementary School SBDM — 3:45 p.m. Tuesd...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun
A fresh look for pediatric rehab in Murray
Lily Kirks (middle), 3, plays a game with Maghan Rogers (left), a speech pathology graduate student, and Megan Smetana (right), speech language pathologist, on Friday in the Speech Language Patholo...
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Pallbearers carry Tye Jackson's casket from Cougar Hall following his memorial service Saturday afternoon at Mid-Continent University in Mayfield. Jackson served as MCU's director of security and a part-time sheriff's deputy in Livingston County, and was active in crisis intervention.
College mourns loss, celebrates life of officer
MAYFIELD — In the early hours of Tuesday, Tye Jackson was on the phone helping someone whose life was in crisis. Jackson, 36, director of security at Mid-Continent University, was an active memb...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Janice Level (front) cries in Trigg Circuit Court on Friday afternoon as she learns that a jury convicted George Luna of murder and arson stemming from the 2007 death of her sister, Debra Hendrickson. Friday wrapped up Luna's retrial on the charges, which were the maximum jurors could have convicted him of in connection with the crime.
Luna convicted again
CADIZ SEmD George Luna is once again a convicted murderer and arsonist. It took a jury of nine women and three men less than 90 minutes Friday to convict Luna of murder and arson charges stemmin...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden speaks with Larry Cox, a representative of the state Agriculture Department, during a meeting of western Kentucky law enforcement agencies Friday. Sheriffs say they need more information on Senate Bill 50, which deals with the growing of hemp.
Area sheriffs discuss hemp legislation
Local sheriffs are waiting to see how proposed hemp legislation will affect their drug-fighting efforts. Sixteen law enforcement officers representing area sheriff’s departments and the Paducah ...
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Bardwell man dies in two-car collision at convenience store
A Bardwell man died after a two-car collision Thursday evening at the Five Star convenience store on Alben Barkley Drive. Witnesses said Chester H. Gray, 75, pulled his 2008 Chevrolet Impala fro...
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