KSP Post 1 monthly activity for April 2016

(Hickory, KY) – Activity for KSP, Post 1, for the month of April is as follows: Criminal Cases Opened………………………………77 Criminal Arrests………………………………………207 Citations Written…………………………………….1136 Speed…………………………………………367 Seatbelt………………………………………162 Child Restraint……………………………….19 Collisions Investigated………………………………45 Fatalities (investigated by KSP)……………………..2 Calls for Service……………………………………..676 DUI

With 6 Cases, KY Officials Promote Zika Awareness

FRANKFORT, KY – State officials say six people, including at least one pregnant woman, have been diagnosed with the Zika virus in Kentucky. All of the confirmed cases got the disease while traveling abroad to Zika-infected areas.

Deputies need your help in locating burglar

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office is currently looking to identify the man in the photos in connection with a possible theft from Shop-O-Rama in Benton. Further information is not yet available by the sheriff’s office. If you

Slight risk of severe weather in our area today

After a round of severe thunderstorms Monday night, there is a slight risk that another round of severe weather could occur today. The National Storm Prediction Center says that scattered severe thunderstorms are possible across the lower

Tackle Kindergarten Preparedness and Summer Slide

BENTON, KY – By now, most parents have heard of summer slide, the phrase used to describe the loss of knowledge and skills that happens to students over summer break. According to Reading is Fundamental, literacy skills

Dink York

Mr. Myrl “Dink” York, age 88 of Benton, KY passed away Monday, May 9, 2016, at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, KY. He was retired from Pittsburgh Metallurgical. He was a member

Marshals Basketball Camp begins May 23rd

Marshall County High School boy’s basketball program will host their annual Basketball Camp for grades K – 9 on May 23rd and 24th from 4:30-7:30 pm and on May 26th and 27th from 8:30-11:00 am. Click on