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Dogwood blooms expected in April
The Civic Beautification Board’s 49th annual Dogwood Trail Committee is planning to judge trees between April 14-21. Due to spring weather arriving late, an exact date has not been set. Ro Morse...
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Lumber company announces expansion in Metropolis
On the heels of two large economic development announcements in McCracken County, Metropolis, Ill., also announced new jobs moving in just across the river. Mayor Billy McDaniel confirmed the jo...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Jenny Lynn Bond (right) addresses Thomas Lattus on Thursday in Fulton Circuit Court during Lattus' sentencing on a murder charge stemming from the death of her father, Hickman Mayor Charles Murphy, in January 2012. Lattus was sentenced to 371⁄2 years in prison.
Mayor’s killer gets sentenced to 37 years
HICKMAN — Thomas Lattus faces spending more than three decades behind bars for the murder of Hickman Mayor Charles Murphy following an emotional sentencing Thursday. Lattus admitted shooting Mur...
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Draft report details Dunn’s MSU contract
A released Murray State University contract report sheds light on some of the factors weighing on regents’ decisions against renewing President Randy Dunn’s contract. The Ad Hoc Contract Committ...
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The Lineup
Today Senior Medicare Patrol, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1400 H.C. Mathis Drive, Call 442-8993. Protect yourself from Medicare errors, fraud and abuse. Learn to detect potential errors, fraud and abuse. ...
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Motorcycle chase leads to arrest
An attempt by the Kentucky State Police to stop a speeding motorcyclist in Graves County led to a 13-mile pursuit and the arrest of a Wingo man on Thursday. Lt. Brent White clocked a 1998 Suzuki...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Ella Bailey, 13, (left) is shocked as she sees the long ponytail of hair that her teacher Karen Glass (right) holds in her hand while hairdressers from Al's Ratt-n-Roll Salon cut their long locks during the Locks of Love Annual Hair-Cutting and Donation on Thursday at Paducah Middle School. Five people -- two teachers and three students -- participated. The hair is donated to  Locks of Love to be turned into hairpieces for financially disadvantaged children who have lost their own hair because of  medical conditions.
Paducah Middle puts hair on the line
Ella Bailey, 13, (left) is shocked as she sees the long ponytail of hair that her teacher Karen Glass (right) holds in her hand while hairdressers from Al’s Ratt-n-Roll Salon cut their long lock...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Ella Bailey, 13, gasps as Jennifer Pitt from Al's Ratt-n-Roll Salon shows her the 10 inches of hair that was cut off her head during the Locks of Love Annual Hair-Cutting and Donation on Thursday at Paducah Middle School. Five people, including two teachers and three students, braved the scissors to donate their hair to the Locks of Love cause, which donates hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children who have lost their own hair because of medical conditions.
Paducah Middle puts hair on the line
ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Ella Bailey, 13, gasps as Jennifer Pitt from Al’s Ratt-n-Roll Salon shows her the 10 inches of hair that was cut off her head during the Locks of Love Annual Hair-Cuttin...
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CORIANNE EGAN | The Sun Mayor Gayle Kaler speaks during a called City Commission meeting on Thursday. The city and county are partnering to give incentives to Canada-based company Macco Organiques, which announced its expansion to Paducah on Thursday morning.
City, county announce 40 jobs
A Canada-based chemical manufacturing company will expand its organization into McCracken County in the next two years. State documents from the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority d...
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2 Calloway children missing
Two children have been reported missing in the New Concord area of Calloway County. The boys were last seen at their home, 3744 Dunbar Road, at 4 p.m. Thursday. A dispatcher at the Calloway C...
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Dixon Springs camp getting new roofs
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday more than $386,000 to replace roofs at the Dixon Springs Boot Camp in Pope County as part of his Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction program. “Inve...
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150 jobs coming to former Tyler Mountain plant
McCracken County is set to help roll out an automotive business with the announcement Thursday of a Michigan-based company set to bring 150 jobs and make an $11 million investment. SRS Industrie...
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City, county to make economic announcement today
The Paducah City Commission will hold a special meeting today to announce a memorandum of agreement with Paducah Economic Development for a new company in the area. Chad Chancellor, chief execut...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun Rebecca Harned, CNA, gets into the driver seat of a new 2013 Ford Focus used for the Lourdes HomeCare and Hospice program, while Shannah Poindexter, community relationship director at Lourdes HomeCare and Hospice, holds the door at Lourdes North Plaza on Wednesday. The program bolstered its fleet of vehicles to 50, helping to reach patients across western Kentucky and southern Illinois.
Hospital hospice program bolsters road fleet
Considering at the end of every trip waits a person in need of a local hospital’s home-care team, travel logs tallying more than 92,000 miles each month is the small price of helping patients, but ...
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Grocery store gas theft leads to 2 Graves County arrests
A Mayfield couple was arrested after being accused of stealing gasoline from a Sedalia grocery. Deputy Sheriff Brandon Collins was dispatched about 2:30 a.m. to a call of a suspicious vehicle at...
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