West Kentucky Community and Technical College will have commencement exercises at 7 p.m. Friday at the Paducah Expo Center. U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Hopkinsville, will be the keynote speaker.
The following area residents, listed by home county, are among candidates for associate's degrees, diplomas and certificates.

Associate degrees
MCCRACKEN: Shelly E. Aldrich, Alison R. Alexander, Nicole Lynne Armstrong, Kimberlee B. Arthur, Chris C. Augustus, Jenna Beth Baker, Shannon Matthew Ballard, Gretchen E. Barnette, Heather M. Barrett, Mark J. Beals, Jennifer E. Becker, Jacob Wicker Bell, Gary W. Blair Jr., Linda L. Bliss, Alisha Kay Bobo, Vanessa F. Bonds, Summer L. Boyd, Tara Nichole Brasher, Rollie O. Brown, Ashlee Nickole Buchanan, Jennifer Nicole Burgess, Lori Ann Burnett, Laurie Risha Burnett, Joshua Burzynski, LaDonna J. Butler, Laura Renee Canupp, Ashley Leann Carter, Angela L. Carter, Crystal D. Carter, Paul John Chapman, Michael Choate, Samantha Jade Clark-Klope.

Susan E. Clifford, Kelley D. Cline, Mandy Jo Collier, Chanecia D. Coney, Tina Marie Cope, Rikky Lawrence Covert, Emily Rose Craft, Jordan Michael Culp, Ben Lee Curtis, Robin Kathrine Davis, Anthony L. Davison Sr., Eric Lane DeHart, Teresa G. Dickson, Michelle Ann Dixon, Daniel S. Dodd, Bradley Owen Dougherty, David Terrell Downs, Mary Patricia Durrett, Jesse C. Edwards, Justin Lovett Edwards, Matthew A. Elliott, Christopher L. Embry, Ruby Helen English, Krista Nicole Evans, Benjamin Michael Farthing, Jonathan David Faughn, Jeffrey Fawkes, Robert Wade Felker, Sherrian D. Fentress, Daniel Scott Fletcher, Johnna Elisa Floyd, Crystal A. Fraley, Gloria Francis.

Michael Jerry Franklin, Jennifer Rebecca Frazier, Tyler Frazier, Matthew J. Freeman, Chrystal D. Galloway, Tammy Jo Gardner, Callie T. Gaskins, Joshua James Goodwin, Jennifer M. Graham, Trevelyn Joyce Gray, Angela Shea Green, Christopher Mark Haas, Natalie Brooke Hall, Michelle D. Hardin, Andrew James Harned, Donna Lewice Harris, Karl Hatton, Jonathan Michael Hayden, Carrie L. Herrington, Laurie Ann Hines, Clayton Claudell Hinson, Jeff T. Hoover, Amanda Renee Hudson, James Elwood Hunt, Kym R. Hurst, Heather Melaine Hutson, Elmer Jackson, Lauren A. James, Selma S. James, Janet K. Jeffers, Amanda Bethany Johnson, Jacqueline Lorraine Johnson, Sheri Johnson.

Jenele Montriesa Jones, Jessica Lynn Jones, Kevin Robert Jones, Crystal Shae Jones, Tony D. Jones II, Melissa Rae Kaufman, William D. Keeley, Leslie D. King, Stephanie Dawn Kingston, Amy M. Kloss, Letha Junelle Lamb, Kendra R. Lambert, Ashley Richard Langham, Kristi Leigh Lanier, Martha Kate Lanier, Kristie Lynn Loe, Tiffany L. Looper, Jennifer Sue Lynn, Edmund Gerald Malone, Jason L. Mardis, Vanessa Michelle Martin, Rachel L. Mathenia, Brenda Joyce Matthews, Kimberly N. May, Brandon Turner Mayo, Kezia C. McClain, Ashley N. McMurtry, Kent L. McReynolds, Kristen Michelle Meehan, Travis M. Miller, Sarah Leigh Miller, Tabatha R. Miller, Courtney S. Mitchell, Nancy R. Mitchell, Shawna Gayle Mobley, Nathan D. Mueller, William Alexander Murphy, Johnna Marie Myers, Robert Perry Myers.

Jacob Brandon Nance, Sarah E. Nance, Marcia A. Napolitano, Leigh Ann Neal, Shane Anthony Newborn, Phillip Joel Nichols, Aaron Quentin Nickols, Zack Travis Northington, Jesse Aaron O'Donley, Jonathan David Osborne, Ashley Elizabeth Parker, Nicole Deshun Parker, Sanjay Mani Patel, Pinalben J. Patel, William E. Peck, Debra Anne Pfeiffer, Julian Van Phan, Jeanette Marie Phillips, Jamel Pickett, Jeanna Alisha Pope, Curt A. Prebe, Somer Renee Ragsdale, Ashley J. Ramage, Octavio G. Ramos, Mica M. Redman, Sarita Hall Redmond, Sarah Ellen Reed-Hughes, Mabel L. Reyes, Robbie E. Reynolds, Rachel Erin Rhoades, Angela Riley, Sarah B. Roper, Jane M. Russell, Jennifer D. Rutherford.

David Benjamin Sanders, Carmen Renee Sanford, Amber Dasha Scarbrough, Kimberly Ann Scheer, Jeff Wayne Seaton, Sandra F. Seay, Steven A. Shepherd, Angie Renee Short, Jennifer Loryn Simmons, Brittany Shae Skabo, Ernest David Smith, Derek L. Smoot, Mindy D. Spann, Sharon C. Spann, Verda E. Spears, Rhonda J. Spitzer, Rebecca N. Steger, Kimberly Frances Stevens, Curt M. Stewart, Michael E. Stewart, Jodie Ross Stewart, Matthew D. Stimson, Eric G. Stinson, Joseph Andrew Strader, Bobby G. Styers, Jennifer Lynn Summers, Danielle Lynn Summers.

Alexandra Marie Taylor, Jill Elizabeth Thomasson, Brandi Lee Thomis, Christal Leigh Thorning, Jon D. Thweatt, Clay A. Tilford, Martha A. Tomlinson, Harold Edward Travis Jr., Valerie Y. Tucker, Angela M. Turner, Krystal E. Tyree, Chadrick Miles Vance, Casey Erin Vaughn, Amy Thomason Vaughn, Lindsay A. Wachnowsky, Sarah R. Walker, Melissa A. Walker, Cody Randall Walls, Christian Warren, LaNora Renee Westbrook, Stephan Berthold Whatley, Teresa Ann Wheeler, Doy Ott White, Kimberly L. Willett, Racheal Lynn Williams, Jessica Yvonne Wonzik, David William Wood, Sue A. Woods and Alanna C. Zeiler.