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In this series – “A Community Divided” – we are taking a multi-faceted approach to telling the stories of controversy that surround the Confederate monument that stands on the lawn of the …

Behind the camera: Reporter reflects on protests

Driving up to the Court Square the evening of July 15, 2020, my nerves were already frayed. Less than two months earlier, in Paducah, I’d seen a small cloud of …

Lessons learned through community activism

Murray has always been my home, and I imagine that Murray will continue to be my home in the future, no matter where I am. When I moved away for college, l took pride …

Documentary reflects on movement to ‘Move the Monument’

MURRAY – Former Murray State University assistant football coach, Sherman Neal II returns to Murray for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day screening of the documentary …

“Ghosts of a Lost Cause” chronicles the 2020 effort to relocate the Confederate monument from the grounds of the Calloway County Courthouse and the community conflict that followed. …

A clear message: 'You are not welcome here' (Part 2)

Murray State University historian Brian Clardy said that Confederate monuments are the most visible symbol of the Lost Cause myth, which holds that slaves were …

A clear message: 'You are not welcome here' (Part 1)

Murray’s controversial court square Confederate monument “represents a distorted, bloody and awful past that we cannot forget but should not celebrate,” said …

Resource Library

Documents, such as the 124-page report from the Move the Monument Coalition, resolutions adopted by the Calloway County Fiscal Court and the Murray City Council related to the monument and several …

Citizens voice concerns over conflict

This section begins with a collection of correspondence to various Calloway County government officials as well as remarks made before the Calloway County Fiscal Court in 2020, …

This section begins with a collection of correspondence to various Calloway County government officials as well as remarks made before the Calloway County Fiscal Court in 2020, which the Sentinel …

This section begins with a collection of correspondence to various Calloway County government officials as well as remarks made before the Calloway County Fiscal Court in 2020, which the Sentinel …

This section begins with a collection of correspondence to various Calloway County government officials as well as remarks made before the Calloway County Fiscal Court in 2020, which the Sentinel …

My name is Blake Hughes and I'm a resident of Murray Kentucky. The Armenian Genocide Museum defines cultural genocide as "acts and measures undertaken to destroy nations’ or ethnic groups’ culture through spiritual, national, and cultural destruction." …

During the War for Southern Independence, and for half a Century afterwards, it was popular in the north to characterize that War as a "rebellion" against the lawful government. Folks …

Enclosed please find a copy of a resolution passed by the Murray City council at its meeting last night. This resolution requests that the Calloway County Fiscal …

Editor's note: What follows is an email chain forwarded to Judge-Executive Kenny Imes and Deputy Judge-Executive Gina Winchester on July 6, 2020, by Melissa Johnson. The initial email in the chain is …

I am a citizen of Calloway County and a mother of two, and I support the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee that sits on our …

Thank you Judge Imes and members of the Fiscal Court for hearing me today. My name is Kevin Elliott. I live in Murray and am a professor of political science at Murray State*. I come today to …

Judge-Executive Kenny Imes: Mr. Neal did you wish to address the court? …

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