Good morning, Paducah.

Crews will paint a red, white, and blue veterans crosswalk saying "Gone But Not Forgotten" to link City Hall and Dolly McNutt Memorial Plaza; South 5th will be closed today 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. An interpretive panel opens on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m.

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South 5th Street will be closed today from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in front of City Hall while crews paint a red, white and blue veterans crosswalk reading Gone But Not Forgotten with a kneeling-soldier image.

An interpretive panel will be unveiled Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. (Park on Washington or Clark streets or the Clark Street lot.)

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A ribbon-cutting Friday marked a new aircraft maintenance technology program at West Kentucky Community and Technical College after $2.3 million in state legislative funding.

With FAA approval, WKCTC will welcome the first students in the spring semester to train for aircraft inspection and repair jobs that pay about $70,000 a year.

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At a special meeting, Murray State's Board of Regents named Kelly Scriggs interim vice president for finance and administrative services (begins Nov. 16) and said she is a candidate for the permanent role and will serve as board treasurer.

The board also appointed Joel Sims interim director of procurement services (begins Nov. 8).

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At a special called meeting Friday, Murray State's Board of Regents appointed Kelly Scriggs as interim vice president of finance and administrative services and Joel Sims as interim director of procurement services; Scriggs will start Nov. 16 and is a partner at a Paducah accounting firm (Williams, Williams & Lentz), and Sims will start Nov. 8.

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