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The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n McCracken County Planning Commission — 1:30 p.m., emergency management complex, 3700 Coleman Road. n Paducah Area Transit System Board...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun The McCracken County Sheriff's Department tactical team approaches a motel room door with assault rifles drawn and behind a riot shield at Travelers Inn & Suites in Lone Oak on Monday night. Police were called to the scene for a report of an armed man inside the motel room, but no one was located once deputies entered.
Questions surround Lone Oak standoff
Authorities admit a two-hour standoff outside a Lone Oak motel room that resulted in more questions than suspects was odd, but police plan to continue their investigation despite few details. Mc...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Stella Owens takes an iPhone picture of her son and his friend with Bryan Hall, defensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens. Hall spent over an hour at the Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club on Monday to visit with the club's members and answer questions.
Coming home a champ
Baltimore Ravens’ defensive tackle Bryan Hall has taken to heart a simple message — opportunities are made at the hands of hard work — because after all, he knows how hard work can make dreams a re...
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County OKs clerk’s budget
More than a month later than the Department of Local Government suggested, the McCracken County Fiscal Court approved the county clerk’s 2013 budget expenses. The more than $20.8 million estimat...
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The Lineup
Tuesday Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m. to 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.   AAR...
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Sun files Natalie Kinnison, 25, of Paducah walks her labradoodle, Sergeant, through Noble Park in March 2012. The McCracken County Fiscal Court will review community feedback about a potential countywide leash law.
Discussion set tonight on leash law
The McCracken Fiscal Court is soliciting feedback regarding a potential leash law at a workshop scheduled for tonight. Commissioner Jerry Beyer suggested the Fiscal Court look into a leash law a...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Caldwell Fiscal Court — 8 a.m., courthouse. n Livingston Fiscal Court — 5 p.m., courthouse. n McCracken Fiscal Court — 5:30 p.m., wo...
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Family that flies together....
odd McBee’s resume is impressive and diversified with a degree in natural resource conservation management from the University of Kentucky and 10 years of experience with the Civil Design Group in ...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun McCracken County deputies close off the lot of the Travelers Inn & Suites on Lone Oak Road during a stand-off on Monday night. Sheriff Jon Hayden said the deputies were investigating a report of an armed man inside one of the hotel's first-floor rooms.
Armed man prompts SWAT investigation
A report of an armed man brought McCracken County’s SWAT team to a Lone Oak area motel late Monday night. Sheriff Jon Hayden said his department received a call about 9 p.m. from a woman who was...
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Police: Three face weapons, drug charges
Three men face multiple drug and weapons charges after a police search in Eddyville on Monday, police said. State police, probation officers, sheriff’s deputies and Eddyville police searched a r...
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Repair Affair program applications accepted
The Midtown Alliance of Neighbors’ Repair Affair program is now accepting applications through March 15. Repair Affair is a one-day event where teams of local volunteers help low-income homeowne...
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Three men face drug charges, police say
Three Paducah men face drug charges after allegedly selling marijuana near a school on Monday, police said. Sheriff’s detectives were investigating tips of illegal drug activity in the Forest Hi...
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lmost out of public view sits one of Paducah’s most charming bachelor pads
lmost out of public view sits one of Paducah’s most charming bachelor pads, and an equally charming bachelor to boot. It’s a long trek up the flight of stairs that lead to the loft where Fowler Bla...
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McCracken employee fired after theft arrest
A 12-year McCracken County road department employee accused of trading stolen county property for prescription drugs has been officially removed from his position. Fiscal Court commissioners una...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Retired Kentucky Supreme Court Justice J.W. "Bill" Graves examines a portrait of himself after it was unveiled on Monday afternoon at the McCracken County Courthouse with his wife, Mary Ann Graves, and Paducah attorney Mark Bryant. The McCracken County Bar Association honored Graves with the portrait, which will be displayed in the courtroom.
Court honors Justice Graves with portrait
Belting out the lyrics of the jingle that made J.W. “Bill” Graves a household name in the 1980s, friends and colleagues of the retired Supreme Court Justice gathered inside McCracken Circuit Courtr...
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