Benton City Council on Monday unanimously adopted the city’s tax rates on real and personal property for the 2017 calendar year. The council elected to approve the compensating rate for the year, which while generating […]
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Two Benton residents were involved in a car accident that sent two to the hospital Monday in McCracken County. According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department, Jackson Castleberry, 20, of Benton was driving east […]
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The City of Benton is looking to spruce up for the season. Mayor Rita Dotson said the city will host a fall clean-up week beginning Sept. 25 and running through Sept. 29. Residents may set […]
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Gas prices continued their downward trend in West Central Kentucky this week, dropping by a dime this week to an average of $2.471 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The Great Lakes and […]
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A Benton teenager is recovering after she and another teen were involved in an accident Monday on Interstate 24. According to McCracken County Sheriff’s Department, responders were dispatched about 12:25 p.m. Monday to the 12-mile […]
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Benton Wood Products, a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company, has scheduled a hiring event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the manufacturer’s facility located at 4437 Mayfield Highway in Benton. The company […]
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She lights up a room and brightens your day. This is what virtually everyone who knows Judy Jaco, affectionately called “Miss Judy,” says about one of Marshall County’s favorite citizens. Close friend David Green said […]
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Dr. Alonzo J. Bean Written by Justin D. Lamb Dr. Bean with his wife Florence in 1902 The son of A.A. “Sandy” and Nancy J. Bean, Alonzo Johnson Bean was born on July 11, 1875 […]
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The Kentucky Lake Chamber of Commerce in Marshall County would like to invite all business owners and employees to an “After Hours Business Networking Event” to be held Tuesday, Sept. 26, in the cafeteria of […]
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Marshall County’s boy’s team took home the hardware once again after placing first in the St. Mary Invitational cross country meet at Paducah’s Noble Park among 11 teams in the varsity division. Second place went […]
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Marshall County’s Dynamo 07 girls are the U11 Champions of the Battleground Tournament of Champions, held in Franklin, Tn. September 15-17. The team out-scored their opponents 15-2 in four games. Wins came over Birmingham United 5-2, […]
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Seth Strader scored the Marshals one goal in their 1-1 tie Saturday with Owensboro. The Marshals record is 7-3-1 and they sit third in Region One standings at 5-2 behind McCracken County (11-1) who are 8-0 […]
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At Marshall County Schools, the graduate profile — a collection of 21st-century skills and dispositions that today’s students need to be fully equipped to navigate the world beyond school — is one of the guiding […]
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September is voter registration month, and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is looking to make certain everyone knows it. Grimes traveled to Marshall County High School Wednesday to meet with the senior class […]
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South Marshall Middle School selected its 2017-18 academic team members. They are as follows: Abby King Gavin Smith Ashton Brophy Kobie Free Tabitha Hightower (not pictured) Caitlyn Huffmaster Will Darnall Ty Elrod Taylor Hastings Dylan […]
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A Benton man is facing charges after police say he assaulted a woman and her daughter at a Gilbertsville hotel. According to Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded Monday, Sept. 18, to an alleged domestic […]
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Marshall County Sheriff’s report, Sept. 19, 2017: On Saturday Sept. 16 Deputy Josh Anderson observed a vehicle on US Hwy 68 E in Fairdealing swerving all over the roadway crossing his entire vehicle into oncoming […]
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It is not entirely clear when American colonists started becoming “American”, rather than English. Many historians place the beginnings of the “Americanism” phenomena near the end of the French and Indian War. That War itself […]
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Even today, most Americans don’t completely understand that before the United States was formed, one’s religion was not chosen by one’s own self. It was chosen by the government. It might be chosen by the […]
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