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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun Fans react to the opening of the 56th annual Lions Club WPSD Local 6 Telethon of Stars on Saturday night. The event serves as a fundraiser for Easter Seals West Kentucky, TLC of Southern Illinois, St. John's Community Services-CDS of Tennessee and Easter Seals Southeast Missouri.
Annual telethon gets under way
Like clockwork, the 56th annual Lions Club WPSD Local 6 Telethon of Stars got under way on time Saturday night. The 15-hour live event broadcast on WPSD-TV serves as a fundraiser for several are...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun Students board buses Friday in front of Livingston Central High School. Vanguard Contractors of Paducah won the low-bid to finish a $2.97 million renovation project at the school.
Board plans $2.7 million in upgrades to Livingston school
Livingston Central High School is getting a $2.97 million facelift to make the school more energy efficient and upgrade the building. The Livingston County Board of Education awarded a low-bid c...
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Man arrested in Cadiz stabbing
A Murray man was arrested following an early morning stabbing Saturday in Cadiz. Cadiz police officers were called to the Barkley Manor Apartments at 5:30 a.m. when a resident reported an assaul...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Enija Brown, child representative from Easter Seals West Kentucky, sings along with cousin Tykeyah Jones as Ball in the House performs the national anthem at an autograph party for the 56th annual Telethon of Stars in Walker Hall on Saturday. The event gave Telethon headliners an opportunity to meet the people the event benefits.
Stars, clients come face to face
A year’s worth of work came down to the last 15 hours Saturday, when Telethon of Stars celebrities met with clients from Easter Seals West Kentucky, TLC of Southern Illinois, St. John’s Community S...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Crews from A&K Construction in Paducah continue renovation work on the Paducah Freight House at 300 S. Third St. The building is slated to become the new office headquarters for the Paducah Economic Development, EntrePaducah and Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce.
Renovation under way for chamber building
Once a staple of the local river industry, the Paducah Freight House is well on its way to becoming the new headquarters for three prominent local offices. Engineers from Paducah-based A&K Const...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Graves County ROTC member Cody Copeland places a ceremonial wreath in front of a Vietnam Wall Memorial in honor of Cpl. Kenneth Wayne Pease on Saturday afternoon at the annual Veterans Day ceremony in Mayfield's Harmon Park. In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War, the ceremony honored its veterans and fallen soldiers.
Veterans Day ceremony focuses on Vietnam
Though he returned from Vietnam in 1970, Bobby Hodge still tears up when he thinks of the war. Hodge, of Fancy Farm, served in Vietnam in Troop H, 17th Cavalry of the 198th Infantry Brigade in 1...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Joel Culbertson works at a road widening construction site on U.S. 45 just north of Mayfield. Workers started building a retaining wall Thursday.
Work aims to improve traffic flow
Construction on a bustling portion of two-lane road north of Mayfield will eventually improve traffic flow through the area as workers start to ramp up efforts to add two more lanes of travel. O...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun One woman was injured Friday afternoon when two vehicles collided at the intersection of Kentucky Avenue and South Sixth Street. Both drivers and a second passenger declined medical treatment.
One injured in two-car collision downtown
A Wickliffe woman was injured Friday in a two-car collision at the intersection of Kentucky Avenue and S. 6th St. According to reports filed by Paducah Police Officer Travis Counts, the collisio...
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Contributed photo John Carrico, vice president of administrative services at West Kentucky Community & Technical College, places an American flag near a grave marker in the Hayes-Hough Cemetery.
Campus unusual location for cemetery
Like hundreds of citizens nationwide, John Carrico recently placed a small American flag near the tombstone of a deceased U.S. veteran — an act of remembrance many do to commemorate Veterans Day ea...
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Region honors veterans
In honor of Veterans Day, communities across western Kentucky will be paying tribute to those who have served their country. Events in McCracken County include the Veterans Day Concert, which wi...
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Leeper
Leeper hopeful for state Senate presidency role
After throwing his hat in the ring this week, Sen. Bob Leeper thinks he has a decent shot at becoming the next Kentucky Senate president. The Independent, GOP-leaning Paducahan said Friday that ...
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The Lineup
Today Dance, 7-10 p.m., American Legion Post 26 Hall, Mayfield. Just Friends. $5. n n n Items for the Lineup must be received in writing five days in advance. Mail to: Lineup, The Paducah ...
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 Sun file photo Mayor Bill Paxton (right), Chad Chancellor, Judge-Executive Van Newberry, Gov. Steve Beshear, regent Constantine Curris and Murray State University president Randy Dunn break ground last May for the MSU Paducah campus.
A&K wins MSU Paducah campus bid
The construction contract on Paducah’s expanded Murray State University campus has been awarded, and crews are slated to begin hitting the ground in roughly 10 days. Paducah-based A&K Constructi...
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Man killed when motorcycle hits tree
A Lyon County man was killed Friday when his motorcycle struck a tree in Trigg County. William R. Cotton, 53, and his 1981 Honda motorcycle went off Wallonia Road at 10:48 a.m. Cotton, of Eddyvi...
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Churches unite in wake of tragedies
Several sudden deaths in Massac County have prompted the area’s churches to take action, scheduling a prayer vigil and a four-week session on suicide prevention. Tiffany Benberry, a spokeswoman ...
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