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The Benton City Council began discussions about the regulation of medical cannabis sales, which are expected to begin in 2025. The council made no decisions, and is expected to revisit

The Marshall County Senior Citizens Center remains closed as the organizations 501(c)3 status was restored with the Secretary of State’s office. Local leaders have begun searching for financial support.

Beaver Dam Mayor Paul Sandefur will now be using his leadership skills at the state level.

The Kentucky League of Cities welcomed new leadership last week, with Auburn Mayor Mike Hughes taking the helm as the 95th president. KLC membership elected Mayor Hughes, who took the

The latest Murray State University Racer Report includes student, faculty, staff, and alumni accomplishments, announcements, upcoming campus events, and more for the week of August 21-25.

A new Build Ready Site is coming to Marshall County, increasing the likelihood of economic development along t...

BENTON – Walmart customers in Benton were welcomed last Friday inside the newly transformed store at 310 W. 5th St. as a renovation is now complete.

The political shift in recent decades has been dramatic across the Ohio Valley, which was once defined by union power and labor issues, but now is dominated by social issues like abortion, racial justice and gay marriage.

The Kentucky League of Cities swore in a new president, Southgate Mayor James Hamberg. KLC members elected Hamberg to the office at the annual Conference & Expo in Owensboro. Hamberg

Luke Wood Contributing Writer lwood10@murraystate.edu When one goes through Benton, Kentucky court square on the first Monday in April, they will be greeted by a nearly 200-year tradition. The Tater Day Festival dates back to the mid-19th century. It was a three-day festival,  farmers market style, that happened on the…