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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun The new surgical waiting room is designed with warm lighting and private seating areas on Friday at Baptist Health Paducah. The new waiting room was designed with family privacy and comfort in mind.
Baptist unveils expanded waiting room
Waiting can often be the hardest part when it comes to a loved one’s operation. So Baptist Health Paducah unveiled the next phase to its ongoing surgical expansion. Designed with patient comf...
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Paducah Symphony announces season of greats
When Raffaele Ponti began conducting the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, he tried to keep his repertoire on the modest side. “I was coming into an orchestra I didn’t really know. It’s hard to make a...
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More time left to order ‘Flashback’ book
The popularity of the Purple Flash throughout the region, and even across the country and around the globe, inspired The Paducah Sun to extend the deadline to order a special commemorative book abo...
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Wreck kills woman; infant survives
A wreck Thursday afternoon in Trigg County killed a 63-year-old woman. State police said Waynette Cain, 63, of Cadiz was driving south on Ky. 139 when she lost control of her car. The car left t...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun Jeff Spicer of Paducah takes his time carefully painting a portrait on the corner of Broadway and Second Street on Friday afternoon for the Art a 'la Cart program. Spicer, whose specialty is oil and pastel portraits, has been painting for 37 years.
Spring weather calls for Art a ’la Cart
Jeff Spicer of Paducah takes his time carefully painting a portrait on the corner of Broadway and Second Street on Friday afternoon for the Art a ’la Cart program. Spicer, whose specialty is oil an...
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Wreck occurs near Ledbetter bridge
A Ledbetter resident driving on U.S. 60 toward Paducah drove into a ditch near the Ledbetter bridge about 9 p.m. Friday, a Livingston County sheriff’s deputy said. The driver, Michael Burns, 41,...
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MALLORY PANUSKA | The Sun Michael Joseph Burke stands with his attorney, Cheri Riedel, in Calloway Circuit Court on Friday as he pleads guilty but mentally ill to first-degree manslaughter stemming from the fatal July 9 stabbing of his mother, 55-year-old Karen McClellan. The commonwealth recommended a 20-year prison sentence, and Judge Dennis Foust set sentencing for April 12. Attorney Ches Clark is at left.
Burke enters plea of guilty, mentally ill in mom’s death
MURRAY — Michael Joseph Burke faces two decades behind bars after admitting in a Calloway Circuit Courtroom on Friday that he fatally stabbed his mother more than 40 times last summer. Dressed i...
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3 face drug charges for prescription pills
The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Paducah residents on drug charges involving prescription pain pills Friday. After receiving an anonymous tip, detectives launched an investig...
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St. Patrick’s Day revelry spreads to park with leprechaun hunt
While green beer and parades are the two things most commonly associated with St. Patrick’s Day, the holiday has a deeper meaning for some. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated throughout much of the...
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JODY NORWOOD | The Sun Randy Dunn (left), Murray State University president, talks Friday during a break at the Board of Regents meeting with chairman Constantine Curris. The board voted 7-4 not to extend Dunn another contract.
Board denies MSU Dunn’s contract
MURRAY — Constantine Curris, chairman of the Murray State University’s board of regents, said personal and political agendas did not sway a 7-4 vote Friday not to renew President Randy Dunn’s contr...
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Man faces drug, weapon charges
A reported disturbance led to the arrest of a Paducah man and the seizure of drugs, drug paraphernalia and weapons. Paducah police responded Tuesday afternoon to the area of North Eighth and Cam...
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WILL PINKSTON | The Sun David Clark, general manager of Paducah Power System, explains the utility's reasoning for proposed rate increases during an editorial board meeting at the Sun's offices on Thursday. PPS will hold a hearing at 5 p.m. Monday in its office at 1500 Broadway to hear from the public about two proposed rate increases.
Paducah Power plan proposes two more home rate increases
Paducah Power System proposes two rate increases by April 1, 2014, that would raise rates for residential customers by 12.5 percent. The first increase for residential customers is a 7.5 percent...
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$230,000 endowment begins at WKCTC
An endowment will help business-minded students from McCracken and Graves counties pursuing a four-year degree. The Noble and Garline Clark Endowment for West Kentucky Community & Technical Coll...
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Paul Howard of Paul Howard Landscaping works to straighten a retaining wall being built on the football field of the new Paducah Middle School on Thursday. The wall is to be 15 feet tall and 1,094 feet long.
Middle school build progressing
Paducah Middle School students aren’t the only ones nearing the final nine weeks of the scholastic year. Their old school building is, as well. Construction of the 94,000-square-foot middle scho...
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Fugitive awaits extradition from Massac
A fugitive from Indianapolis was arrested Wednesday by Massac County sheriff’s deputies. Amos Crenshaw, 29, was found at 12:30 p.m. at a Joppa residence, according to a news release Thursday. ...
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