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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Paducah Tilghman High School students Marissa Davis (right) and Blake Archer sit on either side of Paducah school board chairwoman Danette Humphrey during Monday's meeting at the board office. Ten students from the city school system participated in the Bobby L. Jones Future School Board Members program that allows students to learn about leadership roles and meeting procedures to run the board meeting.
Students serve short terms on board
Students might have run the show during Monday’s Paducah Independent Schools board meeting, but not to worry, the district’s newest board-members-in-training didn’t vote for an early summer. Instea...
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The Cairo Bridge between Wickliffe and Cairo, Ill., is 76 years old and has been termed "functionally obsolete" by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. A lengthy study will begin soon on whether the bridge can be upgraded or replaced.
Study to explore Cairo Bridge future
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced the kickoff of a study to look at options for improving or replacing the U.S. 51 Ohio River Bridge, also known as the Cairo Bridge, between Wickliffe a...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Jo Cusker, an employee at The Green Door Floral, prepares to make a bouquet of red roses. Owner Betty Hall said she has pre-ordered hundreds of roses in preparation for Valentine's Day on Thursday.
The love scramble is on
In just three days, millions of people will give gifts and attend restaurants in honor of love’s patron saint, Saint Valentine. While the idea is romantic — one day of flowers, chocolate and over-s...
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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 Fiscal Court — 9 a.m., judge-exe...
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Grandfather of victim remembers boy fondly
Scott Matlock always will hold close the memories of his joyful 3-year-old grandson, Braydion, cartwheeling around the house and jumping off the furniture like the little ball of energy he was, enj...
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Duplicate Bridge
Echo Duplicate Bridge Center 1723 Kentucky Ave. Monday Morning STaC Pairs Flight A 1. Fran Russell and Ron Brockman. 2. Dennis Bristol and Warren Swift. 3. Ron and Janet Brot...
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The Lineup
Today   West Kentucky Songwriters Chapter, Nashville Songwriters Association International, 6-8 p.m. Curris Center, Murray State University. 293-7252.   Ledbetter Masonic Lodge 952 F&AM, 7 ...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Denis Hodge, Crittenden County High School boys basketball coach, signs a copy of his newly-released book, "Life Without My Point Guard," during a book-signing at Marion Baptist Church in Marion on Sunday. Hodge shares personal experiences as an athlete, parent, coach and solider, and talks about coping with the loss of his 12-year-old son, Jake.
Community rallies support for charities
MARION — Good works can often come out of the bleakest of tragedies. Just as one farming community struggled to recover from the grips of the summer’s drought, two charities — born from despair ...
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The Lineup
Monday West Kentucky Songwriters Chapter, Nashville Songwriters Association International, 6-8 p.m. Curris Center, Murray State University. 293-7252. Ledbetter Masonic Lodge 952 F&AM, 7 p.m...
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Symphony organizes ‘Beat Beethoven!’ run
The Paducah Symphony Orchestra will hold its second annual “Beat Beethoven!” 5K run and walk at Shelter 10 of Noble Park on March 16. Registration is open until March 14. This run ties in the mu...
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Photo courtesy of Katie Moyer, Kentucky Hemp Coalition Bales of hemp wait to be collected from a Kentucky field after a harvest. Kentucky was once a leading industrial hemp producer before federal legislation banned it's production.
Hemp has roots in Kentucky history
The Bluegrass state has a long history with a green weed that could be making a comeback in local fields. Advocates of legalizing agricultural hemp farming point to Kentucky’s past as the countr...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Maj. Randy Harris loads daily medical supplies into an EMS vehicle Wednesday at Mercy Regional on South 6th Street. The new Mercy Regional EMS annex opened last summer.
Annex aids in cutting response times
The Mercy Regional EMS station in downtown Paducah is barely nine months old, but it’s already helping first responders. Mercy’s main station on Coleman Road receives the most calls for service....
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Courtesy of Anndrea Hermann, president of The Hemp Industries Association Hemp plants are legally grown and processed in Canada for use in a variety of manufacturing applications. Kentucky lawmakers are considering regulations if U.S. bans on the plant are lifted.
Hemp debate rolls into state legislature
Proponents of returning legal industrial hemp production to Kentucky have a long way to go before any seeds are sown. A bipartisan collection of state officials is expected to offer support Mond...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Jamie Logeman stocks Marlboro cigarettes Jan. 17 at the Smoke Shop on North 8th Street. According to new polling data, almost 60 percent of Kentuckians favor a statewide smoke-free law.
Smoking regulations gaining traction across state
Facing some of the highest rates of lung cancer and heart disease in the nation, Kentuckians’ increasing favor of smoke-free laws falls in line with recommendations out of Frankfort. The House H...
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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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