Paducah Symphony Orchestra Names New Manager

Whitney Jones — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:00:20 +0000

The Paducah Symphony Orchestra has named Paducah native Amy Sanders as its new Artistic Services Manager. Sanders will coordinate children’s programming and handle all of the group’s marketing and communications.

Paducah Sun Seeks to Keep Hearings Open

Todd Hatton and Paducah Sun — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:47:01 +0000

The Paducah Sun reports it has filed a petition in Calloway Circuit Court to keep pre-trial hearings open in the arson/manslaughter case against Jerry Wayne Walker, Junior. Commonwealth's Attorney Mark Blankenship wants to close the hearings to both the media and the public, citing "media attention" to the case as the reason. Walker is set to appear in his second trial later this year over charges he set the 1998 Murray State dorm fire that killed Michael Minger and injured another student. Walker's earlier trial in 2001 ended in a hung jury. Circui