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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Capt. Darryl Tubbs of the Paducah Fire Department checks equipment in a fire truck's storage unit on Monday afternoon. The department will be receiving two new trucks as part of the city's replacement plan.
Fire truck purchase tops busy agenda
To the untrained eye, fire trucks don’t seem to have changed much. Most departments keep the outsides shiny and red, a symbol of protection and strength. On the inside, however, it’s a totally diff...
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Symphony Sing-Off aims high
Event organizers for The Symphony Sing-Off have decided to set the bar higher — two times higher, to be exact — for the second year of the Paducah Symphony Orchestra’s signature fundraising event. ...
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An opportunity to survive
Peggy Tippin doesn’t remember dying. What she remembers is that Jan. 22 was a stressful Tuesday. It was the first day back to classes for students at Daymar College and as the director of student s...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. 442-8993.   AARP wit...
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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 City Commission — 5:45 p.m. City...
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Another day on the job
Despite a wind-driven rain blowing through the skeletal construction steelwork on Sunday, a worker uses a torch on a portion of beam at the new Independence Bank site, also known as Jefferson Squar...
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Duplicate Bridge
Bridge Notes: The Paducah Duplicate Bridge Club is offering free modern bridge lessons to introduce more players to the game. There will be four lessons in the series beginning March 26 at the Brid...
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The Lineup
Today   AARP with IRS offers free tax service to low- and moderate-income individuals, with special attention to those age 60 and older, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Paducah-McCracken County Senior Center, 140...
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Training camp boosts kids’ fitness
Paducah Tilghman football coach Randy Wyatt rushed students into the school’s gymnasium. “Come on, it’s a speed and agility camp. Let’s go. Let’s go,” Wyatt said. The enthusiastic group of eleme...
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In our schools
n Paducah Tilghman High School SBDM — 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the library. n McCracken County Board of Education — special meeting, 4 p.m. Monday, board office. n Calloway County Board of Educat...
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Huddle House reports theft
Police seek a man who reportedly took a bank bag holding $67 from Huddle House, 5425 Cairo Road, on Friday evening. Angela Harmon, the assistant manager, told police the man came to the counter ...
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Photo contributed Paducah native Jon Cowherd started his musical career at a young age, encouraged by his parents, Ron and Janice Cowherd. Now a successful jazz pianist and composer, Cowherd will be making a rare stop in his hometown for a performance with Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band at the Carson Center on Monday.
Bringing the music home
Paducah marks just one stop on a 17-day tour of Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, but it will be a special one for jazz pianist, composer, and band co-founder Jon Cowherd. The New York-based mu...
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History of USEC
n 1976: Department of Energy breaks ground at Piketon, Ohio, on a $4.4 billion gas centrifuge technology plant to replace the gaseous diffusion process of enriching uranium. n 1985: DOE briefly...
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The Lineup
Monday  AARP with IRS offers free tax service to low and moderate income individuals, with special attention to those age 60 and older, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Paducah-McCracken County Senior Center, ...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Toby Jackson, 4, of Paducah and his father Blake Jackson get a thrill from taking a ride on "Little Obie" on Saturday during the seasonal grand opening of the Paducah Railroad Museum. Toby says he loved his first ride on the miniature train.
Little Obie pulls into Paducah
The faces of children and adults lighted up as they took rides on the Canadian National Railroad’s “Little Obie” at the Paducah Railroad Museum’s seasonal grand re-opening. The miniature train o...
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