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Donations sought for cemetery upkeep
Volunteers and monetary donations are needed for cleanup day June 1 at the Liberty Baptist Church cemetery in Lyon County. Mowing fund donations, made payable to the cemetery, may be sent to Sha...
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Photo contributed by Tab Brockman Sen. Mitch McConnell addresses Murray State University's graduating class at commencement exercises Saturday morning in the CFSB Center. A total of 1,248 students graduated from the university this month.
McConnell addresses 2013 Murray State graduates
MURRAY — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell had a message Saturday for Murray State University students. “Your education has actually just begun,” McConnell said to 1,248 graduating students at the 2013 ...
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Keith Todd/Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Skid marks show the path the school bus traveled Friday before overturning off U.S. 60 about 13 miles east of Smithland. The driver, Robin Black of Sturgis, voluntarily submitted to a toxicology test.
Police identify driver of bus
State police said Robin Black, 49, of Sturgis drove the school bus carrying the Union County softball team which overturned Friday about 13 miles east of Smithland in Livingston County. Black wa...
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NICHOLAS RESIDE | The Sun Susie Coiner, co-owner of bbQ & More on Broadway, stocks Jeff Beal's signature sauce Saturday after announcing the winners of Briskets on Broadway. Beal won first place in the second annual competition.
Briskets on Broadway picks annual winners
The second annual Briskets on Broadway minted new competition winners Saturday, with Jeff Beal winning first place, Daryl Tilford second and Will Gilbert third. The competition, held at bbQ & Mo...
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As tough as iron
Participants in Saturday’s Iron Mom Half Marathon make their way off the starting line at Second and Jefferson streets. More than 960 runners from 17 states registered to run in the 13.1 mile race ...
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Nick Reside/The Sun Infiniti Plastics Technologies in the I-24 Park at 5400 Commerce Drive received incentives in 2004 when it promised to hire 106 employees and invest $47 million in manufacturiing equipment by 2009. The company has about 30 workers, according to Paducah Economic Development President Chad Chancellor.
Infiniti draws ultimatum to create jobs
A Paducah plastics operation has less than 30 days to produce roughly 80 jobs before economic development officials take the company to court. Infiniti Plastics Technologies — a 100,000 square-f...
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ADAM SHULL | The Sun Large yachts and houseboats rest in slips at Green Turtle Bay, a resort and marina in Grand Rivers, on Saturday afternoon. A change in how the state collects taxes on large documented vessels is among the challenges to marinas turning a profit on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, according to Bill Gary IV, vice president and marina manager at Green Turtle Bay.
Boat business slipping?
GRAND RIVERS — Some marina owners say a state property tax that hasn’t always been stringently collected is now cutting into their profits. And though some say the change is a threat to their op...
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Livingston Central's softball team sent this photo on Twitter for the Union County students injured Friday afternoon. The message says 'Pray 4 Union.'
Bus crash on US 60 spreads 25 people among trio of hospitals
SMITHLAND — A school bus carrying softball players headed to a game in Livingston County overturned Friday, sending 25 people to area emergency rooms and snarling traffic more than five hours. R...
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The Lineup
Today Military Order of the Purple Heart for Western Kentucky, Chapter 585, monthly meeting, 9 a.m., Smokies Restaurant, Fifth Avenue, Calvert City. Paducah Railroad Museum, Marine Way and ...
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Legislation buys time for Barkley tower
The air traffic control tower at Barkley Regional Airport will stay open through the federal fiscal year, which ends this September. The extension is a result of the Reducing Flight Delays Act o...
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Garden club prepares for event
The Paducah Garden Club welcomes spring through a salute to the outdoors with its Mayfair Tour. The Mayfair Tour, which the garden club hosts every two years and began in 1990, is planned for Tu...
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Relocated U.S. 641 section to become ‘super two lanes’
A relocated U.S. 641 from Marion to Interstate 69 is likely to begin as a “super two-lane” highway with the possibility of eventual widening to four lanes. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secret...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Audience members listen during the Murray State University Board of Regents' regular meeting at Pogue Library on Friday. The board voted 7-4 not to renew President Randy Dunn's contract, and he later accepted a position in Ohio.
Dunn rebounds with Youngstown presidency
MURRAY — Within hours of a second Murray State University Board of Regents vote not to renew President Randy Dunn’s contract on Friday, Dunn accepted a new position as president of Youngstown State...
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Wreck causes Murray outages
A Friday morning wreck in Murray caused power outages in some Murray State University buildings. A car driven by Christopher Rowell, 26, of Murray was on North 16th Street when his rear wheels b...
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Names released for boating incident on Kentucky Lake
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has released the names of two men involved in a fatal boating incident on Kentucky Lake. Richard C. Bowen, 53, of Jackson, Mo., was driving...
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