When sisters, Margaret Love and Eliza Anne B. Love, began cutting out fabric and piecing together quilt squares in 1860, they knew they were preparing something special, something for the future. Both young women waited in anticipation of their...
You may have seen them recently on Flag Day. Or, maybe you saw them out and about on Memorial Day. Regardless of when or where it might be, it’s hard to miss the teams of Boy Scouts from Troop 1 that place 153 American flags in local yards of...
The Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club of Paducah has been a vital force in the Paducah-McCracken County community for over sixty years. It began with a dream of Oscar M. Cross, a probation officer, who saw a need for young men to set higher goals for...
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. In fact, events in my life have gone so counter to expectation over the years that I have come to embrace the belief that our strengths often become our weakness and our weakness our strength. What...
I believe in love. Because if you start weeding out people in your LIFE who don’t dress like you, speak like you, have the same pets you do, or deliver babies in the same way, you miss out on a LOT of really interesting, meaningful, and even...
The Paducah Garden Club has been “digging” Paducah’s gardens for 100 years and counting
The Paducah Garden Club celebrated its 100th anniversary in true garden club fashion by hosting a garden party at the lovely home of Mr. Basil and Genie Drossos. The excitement in the atmosphere was simply contagious. As club members sported...
Kristin Williams arrived on the streets of Paducah as an economic developer to create more corporate activity for her new hometown. She then crafted a relationship with John Williams, Jr. that led to a marriage of 13+ years. And for many companies...
Gay Speirbhain has traveled all over, in both location and imagination. A Tennessee native and 50-year resident of New Mexico, Gay has made a delightful addition to Paducah’s creative community. But don’t let her southern charm fool you...
The New Paducah Middle School reminds us of what it means to work for the common good