Hello. My request to the Fiscal Court is on matters of public safety, specifically concerning recent news stories and personal accounts of citizens and visitors who are uneasy, and sometimes feel …

I write to you concerning the status of recent deliberations about the Calloway County Confederate Monument (hereafter 'Murray Monument' or …

Since June 1, 2020 local, state, and national media outlets have identified Calloway County, Kentucky as hostile towards black residents and women. Two events in particular have caused concern for all residents of Calloway County: …

To the editor: Robert E. Lee believed there should not be monuments to Confederate soldiers because it would hinder the nation’s healing. We should respect his wisdom, and his wishes, in a …

To the editor: Those of us who live in far Western Kentucky tend to be pretty reserved, most of the time. We have gotten used to being left alone, and we like it that way. We don’t often make …

To the editor: Last week a letter to the editor ran in the Murray Ledger with the gist that those of us who live in far west Kentucky don’t want or need opinions from outsiders. Really? How …

To the editor: It is way past time to remove the Robert E Lee statue from property owned by the people. The monument gives honor to those who fought to preserve slavery. Slavery should have been …

To the editor: The first thing that occurred, some hate groups had Confederate flags removed from public displays because they found them offensive. Now there are groups that want Confederate …

To the editor: There has been much discussion concerning the Confederate soldiers monument past two weeks; the monument was placed with private funds, so perhaps the group wanting to remove and …

To the editor: When the issue of statue removal was raised back in 2014 I said, “Remove it or not. I don’t care.” The statue had no meaning to me. I now have a deeper understanding of …

To the editor: I am a resident of Glynn County, Georgia (where three white men are awaiting trial for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery). But I was raised in Murray. My dad was a minister at First …

To the editor: Black Lives Matter? Black lives don’t really matter to them. BLM’s goal is to protest, damage, loot and destroy. Is destruction an expression of freedom? Is that what you want …

To the editor: Heritage is a person’s sense of inherited identity. History is the study of the facts of past events. I have as much claim as anyone in this county to a Confederate family …

To the editor: While I personally believe the statue should stay on the court square. I also realize that there is the constant threat of those who will vandalize the statue. For some it appears …

Dear Judge Imes: Your recent statements to WKMS occasion me to write this letter. You asked “who are we to judge the people of 1900” and implored opponents of Murray’s Confederate Monument …

Regarding comments Mr. Neal made when he emailed the city council and addressed the fiscal court about removing the monument, I have some suggestions. Some comments he made were prefaced with the …

To the editor: The monument to Confederate soldiers and Robert E. Lee is a symbol of white supremacy and has no place on public display in 21st century Murray. Alexander H. Stevens vice …

To the editor: I was pleased to see my long-time friend Richard Hurt has a passion for removing the Confederate statue from our court square. I wonder, however, where this passion has been …

When the Murray Ledger and Times posted a picture of the “March on Murray” demonstration to its Facebook page on August 28, a man responded as follows: “Trump should declare martial law and …

To the editor: Robert E Lee has stood silently on the corner of Murray’s court square for as long as I can remember, overlooking the goings on of our little town. We were named by Rand McNally …