Leanne Fuller

1 week ago | paducahsun.com | Leanne Fuller

A new monument unveiled Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky, honors Lewis and Harriet Hayden, two formerly enslaved people from Lexington who escaped to freedom and became nationally renowned abolitionists. The Haydens were husband and wife, and the statue in their honor depicts them standing side by side, holding each other’s hands. Their clasped hands are raised toward the sky, and they look up, as the monument’s name suggests, “Towards Freedom.”kAm&?G6:=65 @? yF?6E66?E9 3J E96 8C@FA {6I:?8E@?

1 week ago | wpsdlocal6.com | Leanne Fuller

John Woeltz, the Paducah native turned cryptocurrency investor accused of kidnapping and torturing a man in Manhattan in an attempt to get his Bitcoin password, has been linked to a similar case in Paducah, a television news station in New York reports. CBS News New York broke the story Monday, reporting that Paducah police received a call about Woeltz in February regarding another accusation of kidnapping.

1 week ago | paducahsun.com | Leanne Fuller

John Woeltz, the Paducah native turned cryptocurrency investor accused of kidnapping and torturing a man in Manhattan in an attempt to get his Bitcoin password, has been linked to a similar case in Paducah, a television news station in New York reports. CBS News New York broke the story Monday, reporting that Paducah police received a call about Woeltz in February regarding another accusation of kidnapping. kAm%96 E6=6G:D:@? DE2E:@? C6A@CED E92E 2? 6>A=@J66 2E 2 w@=:52J x?? :? !25F429 42==65 A@=:46 @?

1 week ago | timesleader.net | Leanne Fuller

Two people were seriously injured in an explosion at a construction site at a church in McCracken County Monday. The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and other first responders were on the scene around 12:49 p.m. Monday in response to reports of an explosion at Lone Oak First Baptist Church. Sheriff Ryan Norman confirmed that the explosion happened at a building on the church’s property, and he said the two people who were injured are employees of A&K Construction.

2 weeks ago | mayfield-messenger.com | Leanne Fuller

A World War II veteran who fought in the Battle of the Bulge celebrated his 103rd birthday Thursday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Paducah. The man of the hour, Lawrence Durbin, began his service in 1942 in the Army’s 99th Infantry Division. Long after the war ended, his community has continued to remember his service. He was named a Distinguished Veteran by the city of Paducah in 2018.