News

Concerns over group home relocation come true

Jessica Paine - 08/15/20240

MURRAY – Less than a week after StepStone Family and Youth Services relocated its boys group home from a facility in town, on Back...

Regional & State News

FEMA brings relief to residents impacted by Memorial Day storms

Jessica Paine - 08/08/20240

MURRAY – Two weeks after President Joe Biden signed a federal disaster declaration related to severe storms that hit Kentucky in late May, Federal...

Legal Proceedings

Epperson pleads guilty in federal court

Jessica Paine - 08/06/20240

PADUCAH – The Murray man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail toward a crowd of Murray State University students assembled outside Sorority Row in...

Regional & State News

Caldwell County man fatally electrocuted in accident on campus

Jessica Paine - 08/01/20240

MURRAY – While details are still sparse, more information was released today regarding the accidental death of an electrical contractor that occurred yesterday outside...

Press Releases

MCCH announces retirement of CEO Jerry Penner, launches search for next leader

Press Releases - 07/25/20240

MURRAY – Murray-Calloway County Hospital officially announces that president and CEO Jerry Penner, FACHE, is retiring in 2025 after 14 years of dedicated service....

Features

From reluctant leader to mental health role model

Constance Alexander - 07/23/20240

MURRAY – Fourteen years ago, if anyone had told Brenda Benson she would be making speeches, traveling to Frankfort to talk with legislators, or...

Local Government

Out with the old: City erects new storm siren on Glendale Road

Jessica Paine - 07/22/20240

MURRAY – Residents on the south side of Murray will soon be able to take solace in knowing that, when severe weather is imminent,...

Local Government

Fiscal court passes decision on medical cannabis businesses to voters

Jessica Paine - 07/18/20240

MURRAY – In a 3:2 vote, the Calloway County Fiscal Court passed a resolution Wednesday authorizing a ballot initiative that will let voters make...

Local Government

Cherry calls for transparency from fiscal court on US 641 property

Jessica Paine - 07/15/20241

MURRAY – After more than a year of speculation and gossip (as evidenced by too many public Facebook posts to cite) around the county’s...

Press Releases

KY 1270 to close for cross drain replacement in southwestern Calloway County Friday

Press Releases - 07/10/20240

MURRAY – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans to close a section of KY 1270 in southwestern Calloway County on Friday, July 12. KY 1270...

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