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Three face burglary charges
Two McCracken County men and a teenager face charges in connection with a suspected burglary of more than $30,000 in jewelry and electronics from a Hendron home, police said. Sheriff’s deputies ...
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Duplicate Bridge
ECHO DUPLICATE BRIDGE CENTER 1723 Kentucky Ave. Monday Morning Charity Club Championship Overall Winners 1. Sharon Henneke and Ronald Brockman. 2. Joel Pendergraft and Denni...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Paducah Civil Air Patrol Composite Squadron 1st Lt. Eric Milles ties down the CAP's new Cessna 172, a prop plane allocated to the western Kentucky squadron in late October. The plane will open up new opportunities for the CAP's training, Milles said.
New plane means new opportunities
A red, white and blue single-engine Cessna 172 sits on the tarmac at Midwest Aviation on a regular basis nowadays. The prop plane, property of Paducah’s Civil Air Patrol, may look like a run-of-the...
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Wreck survivor still hospitalized
A Benton woman involved in a wreck Friday that killed a Memphis, Tenn., motorcyclist remained in the hospital Sunday. Cynthia J. Clark-Pesce, 39, was listed in critical condition Sunday at Vande...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Joe Smith loads a reel of film on Thursday in a projection room at Princess Theaters of Mayfield. Most distribution companies will stop producing 35 mm film by spring of 2013, and the process of switching to a digital format may prove too costly for smaller theaters like Smith's.
A threat to theaters
Joe Smith of Mayfield started his career in his backyard, where he screened 8 mm movies on a bed sheet hanging from his mother’s clothesline. Owning Princess Theaters in his hometown was a dream co...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Clinton City Council — 6 p.m., Senior Citizens Center, Clinton. n Eddyville City Council — 6 p.m., City Hall. n Kevil City Council —...
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The Lineup
Today Allied/Honeywell retirees, 8 a.m., The Waffle Hut near Interstate 24, Exit 3.   Woodmen of the World Lodge No. 6002 & No. 57, 6 p.m., St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 2701 Broadway, Paduca...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Ten local students were honored as recipients of the Boyles-Coleman Scholarship during the annual Paducah/McCracken County NAACP Chapter's Freedom Fund Banquet at the Robert Cherry Civic Center on Sunday. The program included a message from David Floyd, director of the USDA Job Corps Center in Golconda, Ill., on the importance of exercising the right to vote.
NAACP banquet celebrates progress, stresses action
Speaking from experience in such a dynamic time as the civil rights movement, David Floyd stressed to today’s youth the importance of casting their ballot, and fighting for a cause they believe in,...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun Todd Jackson (left), facilities director, and Michael Ceglinski, McCracken County High School principal, discuss construction progress on the new baseball diamond and soccer fields Friday at the school. Jackson said work is being done outside the school at 6601 Old Hinkleville Road to prepare the fields before inclement weather this winter.
High school construction to move inside
McCracken County High School’s campus is taking shape as contractors prepare to move the bulk of construction inside until spring. Todd Jackson, facilities director for McCracken County schools,...
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Farley program focuses on learning for infants, toddlers
Learning ways of incorporating learning into the lives of infants and toddlers will be the focus of six programs available to Farley Elementary School district parents. The Toyota bornlearning A...
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Sun files Medications collected by the Paducah Police Department during a drug take-back initiative in April 2011 were collected in a box weighing more than 14 pounds. Prescription drugs are one of the area's top illegal narcotic concerns, according to drug detectives.
Prescription abuse keeps police busy
While it’s the illegal drugs such as methamphetamine or cocaine that tend to pervade public awareness, increasingly, it’s the drugs in the medicine cabinet that keep law enforcement busy. And al...
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In our schools
n Calloway County Board of Education — 6 p.m. Thursday, Calloway County Middle School, 2112 College Farm Road.
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Correction
In a story in Saturday’s Sun about donations for Murray State’s new practice facility, Bill Morgan’s granddaughter was incorrectly identified as Emily Gann West. Her name is Emily Gann Mathis.
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Lorri Otey does paperwork on early voters on Friday afternoon at the McCracken County Clerk's Office. There are high expectations for voter turnout on Tuesday's election.
Record turnout predicted
County clerks across the region agree with state predictions that a record number of voters will cast ballots in Tuesday’s election. McCracken Deputy County Clerk Lorri Otey predicts a roughly 7...
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Bazaars
n St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ill. 146, Elizabethtown, Ill., will have its annual holiday bazaar from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church. Crafts, gift items and baked goods will be featured...
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