paducah convention center

New Hotel Announced for Paducah Convention Center Site

Shelly Baskin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:56:50 +0000

The riverside lot in Paducah next to the Julian Carroll Convention Center is the site of a proposed $18 million hotel project. Mayor Bill Paxton says Nashville based Senate Hospitality and two Louisville developers plan to break ground on the project next year.

Paducah/McCracken County CCC Requests Funds

Gary Pitts — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:40:24 +0000

The Paducah McCracken County Convention Corporation is requesting funds from both the city and the county governments. CCC spokesman Hal Sullivan says they will need $100,000 dollars from entity to aid in the operation of the convention and expo centers. He says the funds would be used to pay for management services from the Carson Center, as well as insurance and maintenance.

CCC gets Embezzlement Investigation Report

Gary Pitts — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:51:08 +0000

An investigation into the embezzlement of more than $230,000 dollars from the Paducah-McCracken County convention and expo centers is complete.

Kerr and Wilson to Plead Guilty to Embezzlement

Shelly Baskin and Rose Krzton-Presson — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:28:47 +0000

The pair accused of embezzling more than $230,000 from the Paducah Expo and Convention centers will change their pleas to guilty in a deal with federal prosecutors. J. Patrick Kerr’s lawyer Mark Bryant says Kerr and his alleged accomplice Susan Wilson will pay more than $25,000 in restitution, but he declined to give further information until Friday.