Paducah Public Schools

by Jaron Von Runnen The Paducah Sun July 30, 2025 Used with permission. Amid an ongoing heat wave, local schools have been cracking down on student athletes’ safety while they...

More than 70 students were involved in a Jumpstart/Leadership experience July 14-17 at Paducah Middle School that focused on specific academic, social/emotional and leadership tar...

By Alexis Barrett, Charity Blanton The Paducah Sun July 22, 2025 Used with permission At Monday’s Paducah Board of Education meeting, representatives with two companies provid...

Will Spencer The Paducah Sun June 28, 2025 Used with permission People are often interconnected with places across time, a key artistic tenet for Paducah native and poet Maris...

Paducah Middle Choir Director Samantha Veal is the distinguished recipient of the 2025 Robert K. Baar Award for Choral Excellence. Veal received the award at the Kentucky American...

by Will Muiter The Paducah Sun July 16, 2025 Used with permission. After being drafted as the 554th overall pick in the 18th round in the MLB Draft, former Paducah Tilghman Bl...

Christal Crane has been named Assistant Principal at Clark Elementary School for the 2025-26 school year. Crane served as the Academic Dean at Clark Elementary for one year (2024...

Barry and Michael Wood have been selected to coach Boys and Girls Golf at Paducah Tilghman. Married for 15 years, Barry and Michaela share a deep love for the game of golf. Barr...

Paducah Middle School has chosen Hope Morris to serve as assistant principal for the 2025-26 school year. Morris has been a member of the Paducah Middle Team since 2013. She ta...

Paducah Tilghman High School selects Amy Bakehouse to serve as the Dean of Students for the 2025-2026 school year. Bakehouse currently is in her third year as the District Beha...

McNabb Elementary selects Victor Zimmerman to serve as assistant principal for the 2025-26 school year. Zimmerman comes to McNabb Elementary School from Paducah Middle School, w...

Ceinna Roberts (PTHS Class of ’25) signed a scholarship to play basketball for Shawnee Community College at a signing ceremony held at Paducah Tilghman High School on June 16. Ro...

PTHS senior Brayden Wilson signed a track scholarship with Kentucky State University at a signing ceremony held on May 21. Wilson was state runner-up in the Triple Jump at the Cl...

Morgan Elementary selects Kendrick “Drake” Dunnaway to serve as assistant principal for the 2025-26 school year. He comes to Morgan from Clark Elementary where he was assistant ...

A new scholarship has been established as a memorial to the late Dr. Robert H. Grubbs. Grubbs, a 1960 graduate of PTHS, was a renowned chemist and professor at the California In...

Paducah Public Schools employees Jason Bogard and Leo McKinely were honored with the Whitlow Commitment to Excellence Award at the May meeting of the Paducah Board of Education. ...

Howard Dillard Jr. has been selected as Paducah Tilghman Girls’ Basketball Head Coach. Coach Dillard brings 25 years of dedicated high school and college coaching experience to th...

Due to the threat of severe weather from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. tonight, PTHS graduation is postponed to Saturday, May 17, 11:00 a.m. at McRight Field. Please note: Ø > Ga...

David Davis has been selected as Paducah Tilghman Boys’ Basketball Head Coach. Davis comes to PTHS from Meridian Community School District (Mounds, Illinois), where he served as ...

Paducah Tilghman High School selects Erin Shively to serve as assistant principal at the school’s extension campus, Choices Educational Center, for the 2025-26 school year. Curre...