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May 1 Dale W. Lynn, 28, 5121, Nace Lane, Paducah, theft by failure to make disposition; 45 days conditional discharge for two years. Pay $585 in fines. Jared Courtney, 26, 5056 Old Mayfield R...
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Fiscal Court studying intersection request
With traffic studies and public comments in hand, Fiscal Court commissioners will decide soon whether to move forward with a requested closure of a Y-shaped intersection near the new McCracken Coun...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Jerry Walker Jr. (left) talks with attorneys Richard and Dennis Null before pleading guilty and entering into a pre-trial diversion agreement to six tampering with evidence charges Tuesday in Calloway Circuit Court. The charges stem from a series of letters Walker wrote in the weeks and months after a fatal 1998 Murray State University dorm fire.
Walker pleads guilty to tampering charges in dorm fire
MURRAY — Since 1999, Jerry Walker Jr. has admitted he wrote a series of letters to himself and other students in the weeks and months following a fatal 1998 Murray State University dorm fire. On...
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Lighting up Broadway
Paducah Parks Department employees David Jones (left) and Glen Woodford string a net of Christmas lights over sidewalk shrubs on Tuesday on Broadway. The men and their workers will assemble lights ...
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Agenda
The agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Paducah Riverfront Development Authority — called meeting, 1:15 p.m., City Hall.
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2 to be tried together in Bouie case
Donald Fowler and his girlfriend, Lindsay Clapp, will be tried together next November in the fatal shooting of a Memphis man outside a Paducah apartment complex. Fowler is charged with murder an...
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Food pantries struggle before holiday
LONDON — Food pantries in southern and western Kentucky are saying they don’t have enough supply to meet the growing demand — and Thanksgiving is approaching fast. The Come-Unity Cooperative Car...
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Maxon Road wreck injures 2 drivers
A wreck Tuesday afternoon at Maxon Road and U.S. 60 sent two drivers to a hospital, according to police. Betty Davis, 73, of Burton, Mich., attempted to cross U.S. 60 on Maxon Road about 4:15 p....
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Paducah Tilghman senior Joeshawn Starks hands a balloon to Landon Hinz, 4, during intermission of Texas Roadhouse's "Stomping for a Cure" event Tuesday at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center. Starks and other Paducah Tilghman football players ran a booth at the event, which featured nine dance teams performing to raise money for breast cancer charities.
Teams stomp for cancer cure
A lot of reasons led to the Lone Oak High School cheerleading squad participating in Tuesday night’s “Stomping for a Cure” event at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center. Head coach Beth Poole, w...
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Correction
Saturday’s story titled “A&K wins MSU Paducah campus bid” reported that the county will provide annual bond payments at $325,000, MSU will pay up to $290,000 and the city will pay $125,000. This is...
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Police search for shooting suspect
Kentucky State Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who may have been involved in a shooting last week. Trooper Brett Miller said police received calls Thursday night from pe...
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Sun files Jerry Walker Jr. (right) stands with his attorney, Dennis Null, in Calloway Circuit Court in August during his arraignment on six tampering with evidence charges stemming from a fatal 1998 Murray State University dorm fire. A status hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. today on the charges.
Walker to face six tampering charges in court
Jerry Walker Jr. is due in Calloway Circuit Court this morning for a hearing on six tampering with evidence charges stemming from a fatal 1998 Murray State University dorm fire. That fateful Hes...
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Vigil helps community begin to heal
METROPOLIS, Ill. — While people across the country celebrated veterans Monday, a group of Massac County residents braved chilly temperatures and basked in candlelight for a different type of rememb...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Bardwell City Council — 5 p.m., City Hall. n Barlow City Council — 5:30 p.m., City Hall. n Caldwell Fiscal Court — 8 a.m., courthous...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive, call 442-8993. Learn to detect potential Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Report errors or suspected fraud to SMP. Pad...
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