May 21, 2013
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Districts respond to unpaid lunches
Local schools daily plan and prepare thousands of meals, but food service directors face challenges with how students pay for lunches. Students moving through lunch lines may not give much thoug...
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Wildcats alumni visit Paducah
Fifteen years after leaving college hoops, members of “The Untouchables” still enjoy taking in a game with fans. Walter McCarty, Cameron Mills, Jeff Sheppard and Wayne Turner — members of the 19...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Mary Cox, 12, of Marshall County looks shocked after jumping into the freezing water Saturday at the Polar Plunge at the Kentucky Dam Village Marina. This was Cox's second year jumping in the event to raise money for Special Olympics Kentucky.
Polar Plungers get cold for a cause
GILBERTSVILLE — When Stephanie Lee heard that her husband, Jamie Lee, planned on participating in this year’s Western Kentucky Polar Plunge, she reacted the way most concerned spouses would. “I ...
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In our schools
n McCracken County Board of Education — 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, board of education office, Berger Road. n Marshall County Board of Education — special session, 5 p.m. Wednesday, board room. n Reid...
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McCracken District Court
Jan. 31 Michael W. Freeman, 42, 132 Maxola Ave., Wickliffe, theft by deception, including cold checks; 10 days, serve six, two year conditional discharge, pay restitution. Ralph L. Freeze, 24...
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More people lacking employer-offered insurance benefits
A new poll indicates more and more working-age Kentuckians rely on public insurance or opt for none at all as the numbers of residents with employer-provided coverage continues to drop across the c...
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Huey Lewis & the News coming to Carson Center
Tickets to the Huey Lewis & the News concert on June 12 at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center will go on sale to the public March 4. Huey Lewis & the News is an iconic American pop-rock ban...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Jordan Matlock and Maria Lopez (right), parents of 3-year-old Braydion Matlock, hold each other after their son's funeral Friday afternoon at Heartland Worship Church. The boy was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetary.
Family, friends gather, celebrate Braydion’s life
Braydion Matlock may be gone from the earth, but to those who knew and loved him, he will live on forever. The 3-year-old died a week ago inside his North 12th Street home from a gunshot wound a...
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U.S. Department of Energy Scott Pile, Calloway County Middle School academic team coach, gives a victory clap to Claire Umstead. Other team members are (from left) Chauncy Roberts, Michael Okuda, Joza Mikulcik (partially hidden) and Marshall Thompson (background).
Science Bowl success
Thirteen area middle school teams tested their academic prowess Friday, but Calloway County won its third competition in four years. The annual Regional Science Bowl for middle school students w...
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Contributed photo A portable biomass burner unit -- used to convert agricultural products like switch grass and energy sorghum into usable heat energy -- sits parked near the CFSB Center at Murray State University. West Kentucky AgBioworks Initiative received state funding in January to help development two more units for installation at the university's equine center.
Murray State grabs grant for bio energy
As attention turns to alternative energy sources to supplement traditional fossil fuels, a local agricultural department received state funding to turn up the heat on a sustainable biological energ...
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The Lineup
Today Country Ham Breakfast, 6-10 a.m. Grahamville Masonic Lodge #707. Community breakfast, 8-10 a.m. Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church, free and open to all. 4-Rivers Military O...
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Mills replaces Epps in UK basketball lineup
Substitutions are part of basketball, even long after hoops stars have left the court. Jamie Futrell, Bristol Broadcasting general manager, said Friday a family medical emergency has forced an u...
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Symphony receives Kentucky Arts grant
State arts leaders gathered Wednesday for Arts Day, an annual meeting in Frankfort that fosters discussions about arts in Kentucky. The day is also an opportunity for arts leaders to thank members ...
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Taylor to stand trial on assault charge
A man convicted of kidnapping and murdering 21-year-old CaSondra Evrard is still battling another charge for allegedly assaulting a corrections employee while locked up in the McCracken County Regi...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun This portion of the Greenway Trail offers solitude Friday afternoon in Noble Park. The third section of the trail should open sometime next year.
Options discussed for Greenway extension
The Greenway Trail has caused the city to venture over the floodwall and through the woods, but burrowing under a major highway may be the next quest to connect the trail back to its beginnings in ...
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