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Press release: KSP intercepts domestic abuse using dispatch text feature

Press Releases - 03/13/20250

MAYFIELD, Ky. (March 13, 2025) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 1 telecommunicators utilized the text messaging feature of a computer aided dispatch (CAD)...

Regional & State News

House votes 69-26 to roll back Kentucky’s regulation of water pollution

Guest Contributor - 03/13/20250

Environmental secretary warns no other state has taken such a step: ‘This is not where Kentucky needs to be the exception.’

Arts & Leisure

Athena & Apollo make joyful noise

Constance Alexander - 03/12/20250

MURRAY – There was no shortage of joyful noise at Murray State University last week, compliments of the Athena & Apollo Choral Festival. This...

Regional & State News

Board of Regents selects Patterson to be next MSU president

Jessica Paine - 03/10/20250

MURRAY – In a special called meeting, the Murray State University (MSU) Board of Regents selected Dr. Ron Patterson to be the university’s 15th...

Local Government

Federal education funding cuts poised to disrupt local economy (Part Two)

Guest Contributor - 03/09/20250

By Loraine DeBonis/For The Sentinel MURRAY – Calloway County’s largest industry – education services – faces the potential for millions in federal funding cuts following...

Legal Proceedings

Man involved in summer stand-off with law enforcement charged with attempted murder

Jessica Paine - 03/06/20250

Jump to March 17, 2025 Update MURRAY – What started as a cry for help ended in disaster one late-August evening last summer when law...

Public Safety

Press release: Lane restriction planned Thursday to repair potholes on KY 1836 in Calloway County

Press Releases - 03/05/20250

MURRAY – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is planning a work zone lane restriction on KY 1836/Hammond Road in Calloway County starting at 8...

Local Government

Federal education funding cuts poised to disrupt local economy (Part One)

Guest Contributor - 03/02/20250

By Loraine DeBonis/For The Sentinel MURRAY - More than $27 million in federal funding for K-12 and higher education in Calloway County could be at...

Press Releases

Press release: State Board of Elections to purge voter rolls

Press Releases - 03/02/20250

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky State Board of Elections announced today that pursuant to both state and federal law, 225,311 ineligible registrations have been...

Features

Press release: MSU names Jenni Todd as director of development for the College of Education and Human Services and University Libraries

Press Releases - 02/28/20251

MURRAY – Murray State University has named Jenni Todd director of development for the College of Education and Human Services and University Libraries. In this role,...

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