J.T. Crawford Sponsored by Visit Cape Amelia Beames guided her rented Chevy Malibu down the center of a long dirt road, the dust flying and rising in a swirling cloud behind her. Ten miles from her departure from asphalt, she reached her...
Bill and Lois Moore decided to take a spin into Paducah. What they found was a new place for their carousel and a new life on Paducah’s scenic riverfront. Sponsored by Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub By Elene Wrye It could be unassuming at...
J.T. Crawford, 2012 The Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln’s executive order freeing slaves in the United States, went into effect January 1, 1863. Yet over a century later, full freedom for black Americans was not yet realized. Segregation...
Back at the very beginning of 2020, when cold, grey skies shrouded the sun day after day, blanketing our city in a typical, winter pall, we found a great deal of comfort in planning the late-spring edition of Paducah Life Magazine. An interesting...
J.T. Crawford, Associate Editor COVID-19. Black Lives Matter. What do the two have in common other than that they are at the forefront of our society at the same time? They are both complicated, multi-pronged topics that require critical thinking...
J.T. CrawfordPhotos by Bill Fox “Wow. This place is really beautiful. Somebody really cared.” David Crosby stood in awe of the magnificence of Paducah’s Carson Center. He and Graham Nash stood just offstage, peering around a curtain at the...
J.T. Crawford “He was one of those people that only had to sleep about four hours a night,” says Lynn Sill as she sorts through stacks of aging papers, posters, and photos piled up on her kitchen table. The heap of memories reflects just a small...
Murray State University Paducah Regional Campus Establishes Groundbreaking Occupational Therapy Program J.T. Crawford If you go around the classroom and talk to the Occupational Therapy students at the Murray State University campus in Paducah...
J.T. Crawford It was a humid, warmer-than-average, spring day in Paducah. Bright, bell-like tones rang out just south of Broadway somewhere around 6th and 7th streets. Those in the neighborhood, from old to young, took to the sidewalks, walking...
NOTE: Intermingled with the sorrow over the passing of John Prine is a sense of hope and renewal carried by the countless number of musicians he inspired. One of those is Ballard County native Kelsey Waldon, a personal friend of Mr. Prine...