 In 1929, Paxton's son, Edwin J. Paxton, who had taken over as editor, bought out the rival "News-Democrat".After the merger, the newspaper became "The Sun-Democrat", and operations were moved to the current location at 408 Kentucky Avenue in 1934.The name changed to "The Paducah Sun" in 1978 at the request of Jack Paxton, editor at the time and grandson of Edwin J. Paxton.