Paducah News

By Devin Griggs For the Tribune-Courier editor@tribunecourier.com With rising waters comes a rising tide of complaints about mosquitoes in Marshall County.

Evelyn L. Hickman, 80, of Lone Oak died Monday, June 17, 2013, at 2:15 a.m. at her residence.

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A court has pushed back the trial date for the last of seven defendants to be tried in the killing of a western Kentucky woman.

Paducah & Louisville Railway says a derailment last fall that prompted the evacuation of a small town near Louisville was caused by a broken rail.

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Memorial services for Donnie Crabtree, 53, of Paducah will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at House of Prayer, 6070 Paducah Road, La Center, with Marshall Crabtree and Billy Dale Crabtree officiating.

Paducah, Ky. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has scheduled a public information meeting for discussion of a replacement scoping study of the U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland in Livingston County.

The Paducah Sun reports the City Council voted 6-4 to pass the measure on Monday, but it requires a second vote before it is final.

By Venita Fritz Tribune-Courier General Manager vfritz@tribunecourier.com The Kentucky Public Service Commission will conduct public hearings over a proposed rate hike for electric customers in western Kentucky who could see their bills increase by nearly 20 percent.

On Thursday June 06, 2013 at approximately 5:00 P.M. the Kentucky State Police was contacted by a Joseph Nichols who stated his residence, located on KY 1684, had been burglarized with several items missing.

Notice is hereby given that James Properties Inc. has filed an application with the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet to place engineered soil fill material on their property to raise the ground elevation for future commercial development.

Sunday wrapped up the 400 mile yard sale that stretched across the state from the west near Paducah, to the east in Maysville, Kentucky.

At the National Quilting Museum there's a strict rule about not touching the quilts and fabric art hanging throughout the 27,000 square feet of exhibit space.

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<![CDATA[PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) -- Two McCracken County residents have filed formal complaints saying the zoning of their properties was changed without their permission. They are the first complaints filed by residents since the McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden, Commonwealth Attorney Dan Boaz and County Attorney Mike Murphy asked Attorney General Jack Conway's office last month to investigate hundreds of zone changes after allegations that they weren't properly approved. Conway's office said Thursday the request is still under review.

Helen Wilton Graff, 89, died at 3:38 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at Culpepper Place in Paducah, Ky.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Roselea Olive Sisk; two sons and a daughter, John Sisk of Benton, Randy Sisk of Prescott, Ariz., and Donna Robinson of Vacaville, Calif.

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