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MURRAY — On the surface, Thursday morning’s sentencing for a Murray man accused of causing the deaths of two women in February 2019 was routine.
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MURRAY — There have been many traditions in Murray and Calloway County that have been put on hiatus because of COVID-19.
MURRAY — As of Thursday afternoon, the Calloway County Health Department had received notification of one new case of COVID-19.
MURRAY — The Calloway United Benevolent Services (CUBS) had its first meeting of 2021 on Wednesday and highlighted new online services from Kynect. Kynect serves as Kentucky’s health insurance marketplace, a portal for people to manage their benefits and apply for Medicaid, Supplemental Nutr…
MURRAY —It was about a year ago that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic first began appearing for Murray-Calloway County Hospital.
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Murray State University student Belle Salchli, a sophomore from Paducah, feeds a treat to Canyon, a 1-year-old Australian shepherd, Wednesday afternoon, while Saturn, less than 1, an Australian doodle, takes advantage of crumbs that fell to the ground for an easy snack. This was happening as…
MURRAY – The Calloway County Board of Education met in a short session Tuesday after re-scheduling the meeting because of inclement weather last week.
MURRAY — Calloway County Health Department Interim Director of Public Health Kim Paschall said that she is not hearing of too many instances where local patients who have received the COVID-19 vaccine have exhibited any ill effects.
MAYFIELD — The Graves County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a Monday plane crash that occurred near Mayfield.
BENTON —The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that a Benton man was arrested in connection to the January riot at the United States Capitol in Washington.
LOUISVILLE — Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are 12 cents higher this week at $2.447, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Donna Whitfield of Murray said she was able to take her first walk in two weeks Tuesday morning along the walking trail inside Chestnut Park. That is because the weather was much different. Tuesday greeted Whitfield with a high temperature in the upper 50s as the snow of last week had dwindl…
MURRAY — Murray police said that one person received injuries Tuesday morning after being struck by a vehicle.
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Logs lay strewn along the side of KY 121 South Tuesday morning in New Concord. Calloway County Sheriff's Office Deputy Troy Doss said that a semi truck, driven by Christopher Keylon, 45, of Milan, Tennessee, was pulling a trailer full of logs at about 8:25 a.m. when the load shifted and caus…
MURRAY — Under the Kentucky Revised Statutes, entities are allowed to discuss matters in a private conference known as an executive session under only a handful of circumstances.
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MURRAY – The Murray Independent School District Board of Education met Monday evening and opened with a presentation from Clayton Morris, Future Farmers of America (FFA) advisor at Murray High School. The FFA chapter, a first for the school district, was founded in February 2020 at the onset…
MURRAY — Murray police are investigating a pair of thefts that were reported by Murray businesses.
MURRAY — Murray police said Monday that a Murray woman is facing drug possession charges after an arrest over the weekend.
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MURRAY — Like most entertainment entities, the Playhouse in the Park had to cease plays and musicals last year as the COVID-19 pandemic began to grip Murray and Calloway County.
MURRAY — Murray police said Monday that a weekend traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a Murray woman.
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MURRAY — Throughout the various phases of the expansion of U.S. 641 South in Calloway County, at least one comment always seems to be heard that is along the lines of, “I never thought I’d live long enough to see this.”
Last week’s snowfall took ordinary neighborhoods throughout Murray and turned them into something an artist might try to capture in paintings. Here, a narrow frozen creek bordered by rocks at the intersection of Tabard and Canterbury drives in Murray’s south side provides the focal point for…
MURRAY — The main entrance of the Bee Creek soccer complex in Murray could be taking on a different look soon.
Murray State University nursing student Ashley Orr, a senior from St. Louis, Missouri, holds the door for a group of patients who had appointments Sunday morning at the COVID-19 Regional Vaccination Site at the campus’ CFSB Center. It was estimated that about 600 patients, 70 and older, woul…
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MURRAY —The first thing medical officials in Murray and Calloway County say when it comes to the sudden and dramatic drop in COVID-19 cases over the past month is “it’s not over.”
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Ben Buchanan prepares the final snowball for placement on the top of the third snowman he and daughter, Amelia, 6, built in the front yard of their home Saturday in Murray. Buchanan said he and Amelia had waited for warmer temperatures that arrived Saturday because it allowed the snow to be …
DEXTER – According to records from Kentucky State Police, an off-duty Murray Police Department officer fatally shot an Almo man in 2019 near the officer’s home after the man allegedly charged at him while pulling a phone out of his pocket and presenting it “as if it were a weapon.”
MURRAY — Murray police said that a two-vehicle wreck Thursday morning sent one person to a hospital.
C.J. Horsely of City of Murray Public Works guides the bucket of a backhoe toward a hole that was created Thursday morning near the intersection of North Fourth and Pine streets after a water main break was reported. City of Murray Administrator Jim Osborne said Thursday afternoon that the p…
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MURRAY — Murray and Calloway County has taken many punches in the past week, courtesy of Old Man Winter.
MURRAY – The Calloway County Fiscal Court voted Wednesday to meet Sheriff Nicky Knight’s request to give the sheriff’s office its 2020 final settlement money back to make it easier for the agency to stay out of debt.
MURRAY — Even though Calloway County has had a dramatic drop in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, the coronavirus is still present.
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MURRAY — Mary Scott Buck started the Calloway County Collective a little less than a year ago out of a desire to help people find necessities that had become difficult to locate in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Traditionally, the hill adjacent to the Curris Center on the Murray State University campus is well known for providing students, faculty and the general public very fast sledding conditions when the Murray area receives enough snowfall to allow for such recreation. However, in the wake of a…
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MURRAY – Even when the county’s roads become difficult to navigate, the Meals on Wheels program at the Murray-Calloway County Senior Citizens Center must get food to its homebound clients. On Wednesday, as the snow and ice from the last winter storm still left many roads treacherous and anot…
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MURRAY – Murray-Calloway Transit Authority Executive Director Rodney Skinner updated the board of directors Tuesday on a new round of funding the agency would soon be receiving, amounting to almost $200,000.
An Amish horse and buggy resume their travels Tuesday morning as they head south on South Fourth Street through the snow-covered intersection with Poplar Street in front of First Baptist Church in downtown Murray.
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MURRAY — Murray set a new record low temperature on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
CALVERT CITY – Troopers with Kentucky State Police Post 1 are investigating a two-vehicle collision in Marshall County that claimed the life of one man.
MURRAY — With the Murray-Calloway County area caught in the grip of an Arctic airmass that sent the morning low below zero degrees Tuesday, pet owners are being reminded to take extra care with dogs and cats.
MURRAY – The Calloway County Health Department said Tuesday it had received notification of one new confirmed case of COVID-19.
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MURRAY — Monday’s winter storm left Murray and Calloway County with anywhere between 5 and 7 inches of snow.
MURRAY — Murray police said that one person was taken to a hospital Saturday after being involved in a two-vehicle wreck.
MURRAY — Murray police say an Alabama man is facing charges after a report of shots fired was received over the weekend.
MURRAY — Once again, winter weather conditions will cause an alteration in the schedule of a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on the Murray State University campus.
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MURRAY — City of Murray Fire Chief Eric Pologruto said two people were left having to find alternate living quarters after a fire early Monday morning.
FRANKFORT —A Calloway County case in which a man was convicted on charges of rape and sodomy was part of the docket of the Kentucky Supreme Court late last week.
MURRAY – The Calloway County Health Department said on Saturday that it had received notification of three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, Feb. 12, and four new confirmed cases on Saturday, Feb. 13.
MURRAY – The Calloway County Public Library plans to host a virtual Black History Month 2021 Celebration Presentation on Thursday with Murray native Dr. MarTeze Hammonds.
MURRAY — Western Kentucky appears to be headed toward resembling places like Buffalo, New York or International Falls, Minnesota over the next few days.
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