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Contributed photo Security cameras at U.S. Bank branch at 3051 James-Sanders Blvd. captured images of a man suspected of robbing the bank Friday. K-9 units with the Paducah Police Department tracked the man behind nearby Gander Mountain before losing the trail.
Robber may have had accomplices
Five days after a bank robbery in one of Paducah’s highest-traffic areas, detectives say they are following leads that the suspect may have had help. Paducah police Capt. Brian Krueger said inve...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Libby Shadoan, 9, of Paducah; Chloe Estes, 6, of Grand Rivers; and Alyssa Fluharty, 11, of Paducah blow up blue balloons during a celebration of Wolrd Diabetes Day at Western Baptist Hospital on Wednesday evening. Children with juvenile diabetes, their siblings and families gathered to launch glow in the dark balloons to mark the occasion.
Lighting the night sky on World Diabetes Day
Scrawled in pen across the surface of a glow-in-the-dark balloon, Chloe Estes’ name was just one of many that helped light the night sky around the world in recognition of World Diabetes Day. Re...
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Toy Run returns to city
Motorcycle enthusiasts taking part in the annual yuletide ride to bring gifts to needy children will meet Saturday in Paducah. The 29th annual Toy Run will begin at noon at Bargain Hunt, 1927 Ir...
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Affordable Art Show seeks applicants
This year’s Affordable Art Show is accepting applications through Nov. 21. The show is for professional artists selling quality pieces of two- or three-dimensional art priced from $15 to $1,000....
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Police arrest 1, seek another
State police arrested a Clinton man on multiple charges Tuesday, while troopers still seek a second man, police said. The arrest stems from a shooting in the area of Ky. 994 on Nov. 8 that injur...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun West Kentucky Community & Technical College LPN nursing student Jennifer Metcalf (left) measures the height of Amy Ferguson on Wednesday as part of a free kidney health screening held at Washington Street Baptist Church. The free testing put on by the National Kidney Foundation out of Louisville Ky included five stations available to the public. Filling out a medical history questionnaire, getting measurements taken, offering a urine sample, lab work and one on one medical review kept the areas nurses and nursing students busy from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The focus of the clinic was to raise awareness for early detections of Kidney Disease.
Kidney health screening
Jennifer Metcalf (left), West Kentucky Community & Technical College LPN student, measures the height of Amy Ferguson on Wednesday as part of a free kidney health screening Wednesday at Washington ...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m.4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Dr.; 442-8993. Protect yourself from Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Learn to detect potential errors, fraud and abuse. Report erro...
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City, county ask to put end to merger debate
With Paducah-McCracken County merger advocates still stinging from a resounding defeat at the polls last week, city and county leaders say they want to put the idea behind them and move on. On e...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Michael Terra throws a bowl to be donated to the Empty Bowls Project at a throw-a-thon at the Paducah School of Art, 409 Broadway, on Wednesday. The local artist and project organizer said he aims to make 1,500 bowls for this year's project, topping last year's 1,425.
Project seeks helping hands
Many people might find the thought of watching hundreds of ceramic bowls dull, but Victoria Terra calls it the best volunteer job ever. For the past two years, Terra has set up the bowls for the...
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Paducah police, mall partner for training exercise
Paducah police will hold a tactical training exercise involving simulated gunmen inside Kentucky Oaks Mall after the mall’s closing on Sunday. The scenario is designed to prepare officers for th...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Michael Joseph Burke looks at two people in the courtroom audience during a hearing Tuesday in Calloway Circuit Court in Murray as his attorney, Cheri Riedel, works out a date for a competency hearing. Burke is charged with murder stemming from the stabbing death of his mother July 9.
Competency hearing set
MURRAY — On the heels of the completion of a psychological evaluation, a Murray man accused of stabbing and killing his mother appeared in Calloway Circuit Court on Tuesday. Michael Joseph Burke...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Sandra Wilson and Allan Rhodes, who were elected as city commissioners in last week's election, are welcomed to the commission chambers by Mayor Bill Paxton during Tuesday's commission meeting. Wilson and Rhodes were in the audience for the entire meeting, and expressed thanks to voters for electing them.
College requests more funding for art school
The realization of the city’s dream of a Paducah School of Art Lower Town campus may require more of a financial commitment than originally planned. The city initially pledged to pay $75,000 per...
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The Lineup
Today Lone Oak Kiwanis, 7 a.m., Lone Oak Little Castle. 217-0402.   Papermill Retirees, Spouses, and Friends, 8:30 a.m., The Parlor in Lone Oak. 554-3492.   Disabled American Veterans, M...
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State police seek clues in 1985 slaying
State troopers are asking for help warming up a case that went cold, as the slaying of a Clinton grocer 27 years ago remains unsolved. Duane W. Caldwell died Jan. 7, 1985, after a man shot him d...
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Veterans Day essay winners additions
Winners in the 2012 Veterans Day Essay contest sponsored by the Paducah Parks Services and the Daughters of the American Revolution omitted from the list in Monday’s paper include grades K-2: n ...
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