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With Love, From Kentucky, is a new business downtown preparing to open. Karen Harris, owner, and members of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce are hosting a ribbon-cutting event at the store located at 106 Broadway Street Thursday at 11 a.m.

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With Love, From Kentucky, is a new business downtown preparing to open. Karen Harris, owner, and members of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce are hosting a ribbon-cutting event at the store located at 106 Broadway Street Thursday at 11 a.m.

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Earth Day is a way to celebrate and promote earth justice. On Saturday, West Kentucky Community and Technical College officials, students and Paducah-based partners invited the community to learn about intentional and impactful sustainability practices.

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To challenge food insecurity, a diverse group of Paducah stakeholders and advocates assemble every year for the Empty Bowls Project of Paducah Throwathon.

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In celebration of Black History Month, The Carson Center will present TheaterWorksUSA鈥檚 production of 鈥淲arriors Don鈥檛 Cry鈥 at 10 a.m. 抖阴直播软件, Feb. 28, as part of the center鈥檚 Class Acts Education Series.

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The legendary Judy Garland would have turned 100 years old this year, and the 抖阴直播软件 Symphony Orchestra is getting a head start in the birthday festivities.

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Wyatt Dawson (left) and Brian Vacca hold their steins strong as Todd Holloman (center) calls the action during the men鈥檚 stein holding competition during Maiden Alley Cinema鈥檚 Oktoberfest Saturday. Dawson held his cup high for the longest of any competitor all day Saturday, keeping it aloft …

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Above: A crowd braves the rain during Pokey LaFarge鈥檚 set at YACtober Festival in midtown Paducah鈥檚 Carson Park Saturday afternoon. The Yeiser Art Center鈥檚 first ticketed music festival drew hundreds of people from around the region to western Kentucky this Thursday, Friday and Saturday to h…

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Several hundred people from around the region turned up to Carson Park in midtown Paducah this Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the first ever YACtober Festival, organized by the Yeiser Art Center. The gallery contains photos from Friday and Saturday's festivities.聽

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Dear Annie: I am 65 years old. I am divorced, and my children are out on their own. I made sure they had a decent life. I have an associate degree and am lacking four classes to finish out my bachelor鈥檚 degree.

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Dear Annie: About five years ago, my nephew, who was working in a foreign country, married a local woman. They visited my nephew鈥檚 father in the U.S. a few times. During one visit, I gave my nephew鈥檚 wife a brooch that belonged to my grandmother to welcome her to the family. She鈥檚 a lovely y…

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Dear Annie: My 20-year-old daughter, 鈥淛essica,鈥 was adopted when she was 2 by her mom and her first husband, and I adopted her when she was 15. She decided to reach out to her birth mother in a very small town with very limited opportunities last February, and then she moved across the count…

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Dear Mothers: Thank you so much for loving your children unconditionally. May your letters comfort any child who doesn鈥檛 feel completely loved and accepted by their parents for any reason.

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Dear Annie: I was married 45-plus years when my husband passed away. After being alone for a few years, I married a longtime family friend. His wife had passed away several years earlier. He pursued me and is a good man, and we seem to be happy together.

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Dear Annie: For close to 50 years, my friend 鈥淐hloe鈥 and I have met for dinner once a week, and she always discusses her husband鈥檚 past affair, which occurred over 50 years ago and lasted a year. They are still married and had a few children after the affair ended. She seems to refuse to bel…

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Dear Annie: My girlfriend and I met about two years ago. She has two younger kids, ages 3 and 6. I have older kids, 15 and 16. She鈥檚 a 鈥渉elicopter parent鈥 who wants to micromanage everything her kids do. Well, when it comes to my kids, she wants to scrutinize everything they do, too. She say…

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Dear Annie: In a recent column, a reader stated his wife has a serious addiction to pain pills after years of being prescribed them, hasn鈥檛 worked in those years, spends most of her time in bed, breaks into pill safes and begs for more pills. You told him that his wife has a severe opioid ad…

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for nearly three decades. Up until seven years ago, my husband, who is very sensitive, had a difficult time making friends. Oh, he鈥檚 super funny, charismatic and adventurous, but he struggled outside the home.

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Dear Annie: My mother passed away earlier this year. I鈥檓 sad to say that I did not like her. She was never nice to me. I was having a hard time in my life and for a while didn鈥檛 talk to anyone. My mother would say mean things to me like, 鈥淵our father wants to take you out of the will,鈥 along…

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Dear Annie: I am a 39-year-old man who is married to the greatest wife in the world. We have three boys and one girl; our oldest is 19, and our youngest is 8. A couple of years ago, I started a cabinet-making business, and it is growing faster than I could have imagined. Our oldest son works…

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Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been dating for two years. He鈥檚 a hard worker, which appealed to me, as I鈥檝e always been the breadwinner in previous relationships. But lately, I feel like he鈥檚 not putting any effort into the relationship.

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Dear Annie: You recently printed a letter from two physicians with an alcoholic daughter. Al-Anon is the organization that supports friends and families of alcoholics, and Alcoholics Anonymous is support for the individual with a drinking problem. You recommended Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Dear Annie: While reading the letter from the 鈥淧arent Who Does Not Want to Get Divorced,鈥 the way she was describing her husband sounded very much like he might have narcissistic tendencies.

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Dear Annie: I am a woman in my mid-30s, and my wife is in her early 40s. We met a little less than two years ago and haven鈥檛 left each other鈥檚 side since. We got married about a year ago. Needless to say, we both fell fast and hard for each other. When I met her, my whole world changed, and …

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 34 years. We have two grown children, both of whom still live with us. They work and pay rent toward our mortgage. I have no problem with their living at home, and I don鈥檛 think my husband does either. The problem I have is that both my husb…

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Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been in a relationship for 10 years. We鈥檝e had a lot of trials but always managed to hold onto each other and weather the storms. The last major trial was that I cheated on him with one of our best friends. I feel terrible about it; in fact, I think I may …

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Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been talking about moving in together for a very long time. I became pregnant and had our baby, but he didn鈥檛 move in with me because he was upset that I was talking to other people about our problems.

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Dear Annie: My wife 鈥淢onica鈥 has been having a mostly texting affair with 鈥淢ike鈥 for almost two years. There are emails where they address each other with, 鈥淗ey, babe.鈥 It is disgusting. I accidentally discovered this years ago, and again recently after I thought they had not talked for years.

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Dear Annie: I am a 75-year-old woman in good health, and I鈥檝e been married for 54 years. I have wonderful children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. My problem is that many lifelong friends and most of my family members don鈥檛 seem to want to maintain a relationship with me. When I cont…

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Dear Annie: I would like your opinion on a recent incident that happened to me. I went to my son鈥檚 house to go out to dinner with him and his family to celebrate his birthday. When I arrived, the only person there was my granddaughter. My son was meeting us at the restaurant, and my daughter…

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Dear Annie: About two years ago, my wife of 20 years, 鈥淐ynthia,鈥 and I divorced. Our two children are grown and out of the house. Our divorce wasn鈥檛 the norm; we did it without a lawyer or mediator. Everything was civil; no one cheated or was abused. I think we both just changed over time.

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Dear Annie: Our family is like most families 鈥 dysfunctional. Our father worked two jobs most of his life to better himself for the good of his family. My mother was a spender, but my father controlled the money. When my father passed, my mother was finally free to live as she wanted.

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Dear Annie: My wife and I have been together since we were just out of high school. We鈥檝e been married for 18 years, and we have three glorious children. We have a great relationship, but I recently discovered she was extremely promiscuous in high school and found out she slept with many of …

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Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been together for six years now. Two years ago, I cheated on him, and he found out shortly after when he looked at my phone and saw that I was texting the other guy. At the time, I panicked and said that my best friend, 鈥淒eb,鈥 had been using my phone. I th…

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Dear Annie: My wife has been on pain medication for almost a decade, and it has turned into a serious addiction. I have to monitor her pills weekly 鈥 though, recently, it鈥檚 been daily. She hasn鈥檛 worked at all the last decade, ever since she started getting prescribed the painkillers. She la…

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Dear Annie: I am a 70-year-old retired man with no children. My wife died in 2016, and we had a very happy relationship together for more than 28 years.

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Dear Annie: My husband and I are trying to figure out how to emotionally support our adult daughter, who is 40 years old. She is going through a very emotional period in her life.

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Dear Annie: I know this awesome guy. Let鈥檚 call him 鈥淟uke.鈥 We鈥檙e both teens, and we see each other because our little sisters are best friends and our dads get along well. I really like Luke 鈥 a lot. He鈥檚 very polite, kind and funny. My problem is that I don鈥檛 know if he feels the same way …

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Dear Annie: After my mother died, my father married a woman he found online. She only visited us once in person before she moved in and they got married. She wasn鈥檛 always the nicest, and honestly, I was scared of her. She鈥檇 even 鈥渏okingly鈥 call me Cinderella when she wanted me to do tasks a…

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Dear Annie: I am in my late 50s, the proud mother of two grown men who have families of their own. I鈥檝e been successful in my career and always accomplished whatever I set my mind to. But I always had a secret. I have ADHD. I was diagnosed in my late 20s. I never told anyone aside from my hu…

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Dear Annie: I love reading your column. I found out three years ago that my husband of 33 years was having an affair with his bookkeeper. We have a business together, but I stepped out of the business part years ago to become a nurse.

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Dear Annie: I鈥檝e known this guy 鈥淗enry鈥 for about six years now. We never got the timing right, and we鈥檝e cheated on our significant others with each other. When I was single, he wasn鈥檛, and vice versa. Now I鈥檓 in a healthy and happy relationship. Henry and I still talk, and it鈥檚 hard to let…

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Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for five years. We have a beautiful daughter, and we鈥檝e got a son on the way. But I keep finding my husband using dating websites and chatrooms for singles. When I ask him about it, he gets angry and says, 鈥淭hat鈥檚 from months ago!鈥 But whenever …

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Dear Annie: I have a neighbor who is 90 years old. Her only caregiver was her adult son, who just died last week after a long struggle with opioid addiction. Since then, I and another neighbor have been checking on her several times a day, as she needs a lot of care. We鈥檝e been grocery shopp…

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Dear Annie: I am a 29-year-old woman, and I鈥檝e been having an ongoing debate with my boyfriend of 10 years.

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Dear Annie: I want to know why people think it鈥檚 OK to harass and abuse other people. My ex brought his girlfriend home, and they spent the night in the garage. That was when we were still married.

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Dear Annie: My heart hurts so much. Last January, my nephew was diagnosed with leukemia. He is 3 years old. He is only a little boy. He is so strong, and he tries to be a happy little guy. My sister is always talking about my nephew and how his appointments go, and that is fine; I want to he…

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Dear Annie: My significant other and I were in a relationship for 15 years. One evening, I was feeling insecure and asked whether there was someone else. Very soon after that, my significant other completely cut off all contact with me.

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Dear Annie: I am a 49-year-old father of twins, a boy and girl. They are 18 and will be headed for college soon, and I am starting to get pretty worried about the nest鈥檚 being empty once they depart.