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Benton funeral home owners plea guilty Monday

Tim King and Becky King, owners of Filbeck-Cann & King Funeral Home plead guilty to taking hundreds of thousands of dollars for pre-paid funeral arrangements. Tim King lost his funeral directors license for seven years [...]...Read More

KSP Searching for Escaped Inmate

Paducah, KY (August 13, 2018)- The Kentucky State Police received a call from the Keaton Correctional Facility located in Paducah, KY on August 12, 2018 at approximately 8:30 PM about a missing inmate. The staff [...]...Read More

Traffic Advisory: Closure of KY 348/Symsonia Hwy West of I-69 Exit 43 Benton Interchange

To assist the Kentucky State Police, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans a daytime closure of KY 348/Symsonia Highway west of the I-69 Exit 43 Benton Interchange in Marshall County on Monday, August 13, 2018. KY [...]...Read More

Traffic Advisory Birch Street in Benton

Emergency responders are asking that you avoid the area of Birch Street in Benton while they work to extinguish a house fire. Benton Fire Chief Harry Green says he believes five people were in the [...]...Read More

Dr. Robert Jackson appointed Interim President of Murray State University

MURRAY, Ky. — The Murray State University Board of Regents has named Dr. Robert Jackson interim president, effective August 16. A 1985 graduate of Murray State University, Jackson currently serves as the president of the [...]...Read More

Calvert City to Welcome Kaleb Lee and Pryor Baird from The Voice

Calvert Area Development Association (CADA) is planning a Fall Festival featuring a concert by Kaleb Lee & Pryor Baird from The Voice at 6pm!! Food trucks will be there among lots of other things. Make [...]...Read More

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Community News

Temporary phone outage at Benton Gas

Benton Gas phones will be down for a bit this morning. Please call 911 if you have a GAS EMERGENCY. Otherwise, please call this afternoon....Read More

BOIL WATER ADVISORY

The Calvert City Water System experienced a main break in the area near the intersection of 14th Ave. and Colorado Street. To repair the main a portion of the system had to be shut-down. The [...]...Read More

Western Auto of Benton’s “A Walk Through History”

History of Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church Written by Justin D. Lamb “There’s a place near to me, where I’m longing to be With my friends at the old country church There with mother we [...]...Read More

Sports News

Marshals shut out Tilghman 7-0 in season opener

Senior Austin Stockdale gave the Marshals their first goal of the season just seconds into the game in their first game at Paducah Tilghman Monday. With a total of 25 shots in the game, 14 [...]...Read More

Lady Marshals, Marshals sweep Paducah Tilghman Invitational

It was a double win for the Marshall County golf team at Saturday's Paducah Tilghman Invitational at Paxton Park, both the girls and boys took the team title while individual medalists were Marshall's Jay Nimmo [...]...Read More

Marshals, Lady Marshals earn wins over Graves County

In their first home match of the season, both the Marshals and Lady Marshals golf teams earned wins over Graves County at the Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park course on Thursday. Playing the par [...]...Read More

School News

Open House kicks off school year for SMMS

South Marshall Middle School students attended open house on August 6th and 7th. Students were able to meet their teachers, the principal, Mrs. Shannon Solomon and assistant principal, Mr. Jon Bell. Students bought t-shirts, paid [...]...Read More

CFSB & Ramsey team up for Financial Literacy

21 local Schools to Receive Ramsey-led Education (Western Kentucky)-Community Financial Services Bank (CFSB) is changing lives in our community! Through financial expert Dave Ramsey and Ramsey Education, CFSB is sponsoring the Foundations in Personal Finance [...]...Read More

Murray State University introduces micro-scholarships for high school students

MURRAY, Ky. — High school students looking to learn more about scholarships and receive financial assistance have an added resource to prepare for admission to Murray State University: a new partnership with RaiseMe. RaiseMe gives [...]...Read More

State News

AAA East Central: West Central Kentucky Gas Prices Continue Downward Trend, as National Prices Remain Level

West Central Kentucky Gas Prices Continue Downward Trend, as National Prices Remain Level Gas prices in West Central Kentucky are down by almost six cents this week to $2.669 per gallon this week according to AAA East Central’s [...]...Read More

Upcoming changes to state licenses give Kentuckians options to stay on the move

Citizens can choose between standard or travel credential; all cards will arrive in mail FRANKFORT, Ky. (August 13, 2018) - The credential Kentuckians rely on most to verify their identities will undergo major upgrades in 2019 [...]...Read More