Calloway Circuit News Today

MURRAY – The woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Murray Tiger Booster Club waived her preliminary hearing in Calloway County District Court Wednesday, bypassing the grand jury

MURRAY – Two different cases dealing with sex-related allegations were continued to next month after status hearings in Calloway Circuit Court Monday.

Julius Sotomayor, 24, of Almo, Kentucky, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for fatally shooting Murray State student Sarah Townsend in March 2021.

MURRAY — A Calloway County man has entered a guilty plea this afternoon for his alleged role in the death of two Murray women in early 2019. Shannon Scott entered the plea in front of Special Judge Tim Kaltenbach in Calloway Circuit Court. The plea agreement calls for Scott to serve 40 years in prison for the deaths of Tera Todd, 37, and Evelyn Scott, 77, both of Murray. Their bodies were discovered on the night of Feb. 7, 2019 at a pair of residences on Catalina Drive. The agreement ca...