The signature fundraiser for the Merryman House Domestic Violence Center will celebrate its 10th year of the family-friendly event — duck adoptions opened Friday for the annual Paducky Derby rubber duck race, set for Saturday, Oct. 26.

An Associated Press analysis has found that hospitals are rarely fined for violating a federal law that is supposed to guarantee that patients with medical emergencies get the treatment they need. Only a dozen hospitals have been penalized over the last two years for violations of that law. That's despite more than 100 hospitals turning away pregnant patients in that time, leaving some to miscarry in restrooms, deliver babies in cars or develop risky infections. Some hospitals have repeatedly violated the law without consequence.

The Paducah Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at the Paducah Innovation Hub, 500 South 25th Street.

The City of Paducah Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the Commission Chambers of City Hall, located at 300 South Fifth Street, Paducah, KY 42001.

The first Kids 4 Good Center opened its doors today in El Dorado, Illinois. It's a unique "shopping" experience for kids, allowing them to give to others.

The Eddyville Riverport & Industrial Development Authority Inc. Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the Eddyville Riverport and Industrial Development Authority Inc. office.

The Hendron Fire Department Board of Trustees plans to meet at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 at 4300 Old Mayfield Road, Paducah, Kentucky 42003.

The University of Tennessee at Martin Advisory Board is meeting at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, in Room 206AB of the Ed and Carolyn Boling University Center.

The Carbondale Planning Commission reports the regular meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18, is cancelled.

The Rend Lake College Board of Trustees will hold a 5 p.m. budget hearing, and a meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Rend Lake College Event Center, 468 North Ken Gray Parkway.

Fulton City Independent Schools Board of Education will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17.

As authorities search for a highway shooter in Kentucky, a Friday night tradition of football, pep bands and grandstands of cheering fans has been sidelined for some towns. Games were canceled at a handful of high schools near where the assailant opened fire on Interstate 75 in southeastern Kentucky. Twelve vehicles were hit and five people wounded in the attack last Saturday. Security is being bolstered at high school football games that will play on as scheduled. Authorities continue searching a rugged, wooded area where Joseph Couch, the suspected gunman, is presumed to be hiding.

The Martin Police Department reports that several 'vague threats' made towards 'Martin Schools' were a hoax originating from Georgia.

The Paducah Police Department arrested Tyrone L. Pearson, 44, of Louisville, Friday morning in connection with a July report of a vehicle stolen from a car dealership in Lexington.

Cooking demonstrations, food samples, and free fresh produce—The 'Tastes of Fall': Customer Appreciation Day event is on Saturday and will have a little something for everyone.

The revelation supports previous student accounts that Gray had left his Algebra 1 class in Winder, Georgia, the morning of September 4 shortly before carrying out the year’s deadliest US school shooting.