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Senator Rand Paul was in South Carolina sounding very much like someone who's polishing his foreign policy creds and his stump speech. The junior senator from Kentucky will be visiting New Hampshire and Iowa in the coming months.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that Senator Paul said the only decision he's made is not to run against his father, Texas Congressman Ron Paul. Dad Ron was the presidential pick of CPAC, a conservative group that met in Washington in February.

...A general theory of regional development is emerging within the future growth of the eight counties of the Jackson Purchase. Strong economic and population growth will be directed into the counties that share common borders with Kentucky Lake. Counties that border the Mississippi River are slipping into a  deeper economic depression as jobs and population leave the area.

Ryan Alessi analyzes state census information as it relates to state senate districts. Democratic districts lost more constituents than GOP districts.

Why does this matter to West Kentucky? Because new district lines have to be drawn before the 2012 filing deadline.

Paducah City Schools: Clark Assistant Principal Stephen G. Ybarzabal has been selected by the Clark Site Based Decision Making Council to be principal of Clark Elementary School. Ybarzabal will assume his duties following Principal Sara West’s retirement at the end of the school year.

Mayfield, KY– The Graves County Elementary School Science Fair included projects from some 25 fourth graders who placed well in school competition.

The top three are pictured here, from left. Avery McClain of Central Elementary won the grand prize of first place and $60 for determining the best environment in which to grow rock candy. Anjona Datta of Farmington placed second, won $30, and investigated the amount of dye in a piece of M&M candy. Carson Sims of Symsonia placed third, won $20, and measured the differences in speed of throwing a baseball from various positions.

Paducah Middle School's Odyssey of the Mind teams placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th at Saturday’s Western Region Odyssey of the Mind competition. Odyssey of the Mind is an international education program that provides creative problem solving opportunities for students. In the competition teams pick from five creative challenges and present solutions.