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Paducah Mayor Sounds off on Civic Center Embezzlement

By Drew Adams

Murray, KY – Paducah Mayor Bill Paxton commented on the recent arrest of the Julian Carroll Convention Center Director in last night's city commission meeting. Mayor Paxton says he wants people to know he has complete confidence in the convention center board. Former director John Patrick Kerr was arrested Sunday after admitting to stealing more than $200,000 in convention center funds. Kerr is currently being held in the McCracken County jail.