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Local suicide rates exceed state average
Elevated Purchase Area suicide rates against the backdrop of the state average paint a glaring picture that have health officials stressing preventive action. Although the state average suicide ...
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Graves’ Sweet 16 entry seeks place in history
It’s a whirlwind turnaround for Graves County’s boys basketball program, which won its eighth regional championship on Sunday and had little time to prepare for today’s Sweet 16 opening-round game ...
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LAUREL BLACK | The Sun Community Kitchen director Sally Michelson (left) watches as Mike Rothwell, chairman of the Community Ministries board, accepts a check from Michael and Victoria Terra, coordinators of the Empty Bowls Project, at the Community Kitchen on Tuesday. The Feb. 23 event raised $20,000, which will help the Community Kitchen purchase items for its free hot lunches.
Check ends 2013 Empty Bowls Project
Organizers and volunteers at this year’s Empty Bowls Project weren’t sure the event was going to run smoothly. The Feb. 23 meal to raise money for the Community Kitchen was held in a different p...
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2 face trafficking charges
Two Paducah men were arrested Wednesday after police received complaints about drug activity in the Forest Hills subdivision. The McCracken sheriff’s department’s drug division investigated Core...
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Massac family loses home, contents in fire
It started as a good morning Tuesday for the Meyer family. Adam Meyer and his wife, Melissa, had gotten their three children off to school and went into town to run some errands. The couple had jus...
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Chase ends in arrest
A police chase that began in New Concord ended in Henry County, Tenn. Calloway County Deputy Sheriff Danny Williams said he tried to stop a speeding car on Blood River Road about 4:20 p.m. Monda...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun An outgoing United Express flight takes off from Barkley Regional Airport at 2:55 p.m. Tuesday. Blizzard conditions led to around 700 canceled flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Monday and Tuesday, leading to delays and cancellations at the local airport.
Chicago snowstorm thins Barkley flights
Blizzard conditions in Chicago canceled the Tuesday afternoon flight into Barkley Regional Airport. With forecasts of blustery winds and 10 inches of snow in the Windy City by Tuesday night, and...
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Foundation awards grants
The Community Foundation of West Kentucky distributed more than $270,000 in grants and scholarships to 10 recipients during a Philanthropy 360 Gathering at the Market House Theatre Monday night. ...
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Bridge club offers lessons
The Paducah Duplicate Bridge Club is offering a series of four modern bridge lessons free to introduce more players to the game. Beginning March 26, the lessons will be held at the Bridge Center...
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Asphalt sampling may cause delays on I-24 Thursday
A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to restrict westbound traffic to one lane at various locations along Interstate 24 in western Kentucky early Thursday. The moving lane ...
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Judge pushes back Jasmine Taylor trial
The last of seven defendants charged in connection with the kidnapping and death of CaSondra Evrard will not be tried until June following a continuance issued Monday. Jasmine Taylor, 24, was sl...
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Dine out for the United Way
The Paducah Sun’s Carolyn Raney, Maggie Wade and Gary Adkisson pose with JoJo, the Pizza Inn’s pizza-tossing, mustachioed mascot, to bring attention to the Paducah fundraiser the restaurant is host...
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Agenda
The Agenda is a listing of government meetings today. n Cadiz City Council — 6 p.m., City Hall. n Carlisle Fiscal Court — 9:30 a.m., courthouse. n Marshall Fiscal Court — 9:30 a.m., courth...
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Wreck sends 3 to hospital
A Princeton family was sent to the hospital after a single-vehicle wreck Monday on Interstate 24 at Paducah. Sheriff’s deputies were alerted to the wreck at 5:10 p.m. near the 10-mile marker, re...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Graves County cheerleaders hold up a sign while fans cheer on Monday afternoon at Graves County High School. The pep rally was in honor of the boys basketball team, which won the First Region championship on Sunday afternoon.
Eagles ready to fly to state tournament
Some sendoffs included a couple of pom pons and a rendition of the school’s fight song Monday in Graves County, It was clear that Graves County High School students were going to celebrate the Eagl...
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