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Local Leaders Respond to DOE Clean-up Decision

PADUCAH, KY - Paducah and McCracken County leaders offered the following response to the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the selection of Fluor Federal Services as the primary contractor to begin the Decommissioning and...

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DOE Selects Paducah Plant Deactivation Contractor

PADUCAH, KY - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a Task Order under the Nationwide Environmental Management ID/IQ Unrestricted Contract to Fluor Federal Services, Inc. for deactivation activities at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant...

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Appeals Courts Rule Differently on Health Care Law

WASHINGTON DC - UPDATED STORY: There's another legal battle involving President Barack Obama's health care law. Two federal appeals courts today have issued contradictory rulings on a key financing issue. The rulings came within hours of...

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Red Cross Has Urgent Need for Blood Donations

PADUCAH, KY - The American Red Cross is facing a looming blood shortage, leading to an urgent need for donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve and give. Donations through the Red Cross are down approximately 8 percent over the last 11...

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Greenway Tunnel Put Into Place

PADUCAH, KY - Construction workers on Monday placed the 50-foot tunnel into position on Highway 45 at the base of the Brookport bridge, to allow safe access for bicyclists and joggers along Paducah's Greenway Trail. The tunnel will connect a...

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Anyone Caught on Brookport Bridge Will Be Cited

PADUCAH, KY - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is again reminding everyone that as far as the Brookport Bridge is concerned, a "ROAD CLOSED" sign is the same as a "NO TRESPASSING" sign. The agency says anyone who is walking, hiking, biking, or...

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Fort Knox to House Immigrant Children?

LOUISVILLE, KY - U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says Fort Knox has been talked about as a possible site to temporarily house immigrant children pouring across the country's border. But a Democratic congressman indicates the Army post is not under consideration...

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Honeywell, Union Squabble Over Wearing Stickers

METROPOLIS, IL - The union representing workers at Honeywell Metropolis accused company management Monday of breaking labor laws by making employees remove stickers that express their opinion on contract negotiations, which had just begun that...

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Local Leaders Respond to DOE Clean-up Decision

16 minutes ago - PADUCAH, KY
Ballard County Middle Has New Interim Principal

40 minutes ago - LACENTER, KY
DOE Selects Paducah Plant Deactivation Contractor

53 minutes ago - PADUCAH, KY
Illinois Insurance Subsidies in Place for Now

2 hours ago - CHICAGO, IL
Police Investigating Attempted Cattle Theft

3 hours ago - MASSAC CO, IL
Appeals Courts Rule Differently on Health Care Law

3 hours ago - WASHINGTON DC - (4) comments
2014 Big Brown Truck Pull Aug 2

4 hours ago - PADUCAH, KY
Hickman County Fair Continues Through Saturday

5 hours ago - CLINTON, KY
Man Dies From Injuries in July 6 House Explosion

6 hours ago - WEST FRANKFORT, IL
Work on US 68 Near Marshall Co High Begins Wed

6 hours ago - MARSHALL CO, KY - (2) comments
Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Two Men

7 hours ago - CADIZ, KY
Area Highways in $1 Billion Construction Plan

8 hours ago - CHICAGO, IL

Sports

Petrino Returns To Louisville For 1st

Bobby Petrino turned Louisville into a top-10 team nearly a decade ago. Now, more than two years after a scandal derailed his career, ...

Louisville AD Jurich Gets Maker's Mark

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Collmenter Helps Give Arizona 3-Game

Gonzalez Gets Key Hit, Dodgers Beat

Rory McIlroy Wins British Open For 3rd

Events

Riverfront Concert Features Barham &

PADUCAH, KY - As part of Paducah's Summer Riverfront Concert Series, this Thursday from 6-8:30 pm on the Wilson Stage, Tyler Barham and ...

Annual Hummingbird Festival at LBL

School Supplies Giveaway at Metropolis

Marshall County Exceptional Center Fish

Debt Free Seminar

Marshall County Exceptional Center

Obituaries

Mr. E. B. Fennel, age 67, of Almo, Kentucky died at 11:04 pm Monday at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital. Mr. Fennel was born March 23, ...

Dieckmann, Kaysyn

Vail, Charles

Stringer, Dora

Marley, Joseph

Rupcke, Alice

National & World

Appeals Courts Rule Differently on

UPDATED STORY: There's another legal battle involving President Barack Obama's health care law. Two federal appeals courts today ...

Report: Retaliation For Complaints

Obama Gives Protection to Gay,

Eye on the Market: With David O.

Lawyer: Unclear Where Casey Kasem's

FDA Warns Against Powdered Caffeine

Health

Illinois Insurance Subsidies in Place

Officials say Illinois health insurance customers shouldn't feel any immediate effect of a federal appeals court panel's ruling as a ...

Red Cross Has Urgent Need for Blood

FDA Warns Against Powdered Caffeine

Baptist Health Welcomes Two New

New Long Term Hospital Coming to

Lourdes Mission Fund Receives Gift from

Living

Prime Time with God: Finish the Job

Today's Prayer Dear Lord, Please help me to develop a thirst for you, to spend time with you EVERY day, to be aware of your presence at ...

Herb Baked or Broiled Tomatoes

Summer Squash Casserole

Ripe Tomato Relish

Fay's Hot Potato Salad

Glazed Sweet Potato Muffins

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