Calvert plant cited after benzene vapor release
A Calvert City plant has been cited following a benzene vapor release earlier this month. Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection investigators issued a notice of violation against Ashland Chemical for “failure to operate air pollution control equipment
Summer Safety Tips from Land Between the Lakes
LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES, KY/TN – June 15, 2017 – U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Officers provide their annual list of summer safe habits for outdoor recreation. “We want everyone to have fun while they’re here,” explains
Man accused of aiming loaded firearm at deputy indicted
A Marshall County grand jury has indicted a local man accused of aiming a loaded firearm at sheriff’s deputies. Elvis Ray Stevenson, 64, of Calvert City, was indicted on felony first-degree wanton endangerment – police officer –
UPDATED: Marion woman killed in Thursday morning crash on Purchase Parkway
A Marion woman was killed Thursday morning in a crash with a semi on the Purchase Parkway. According to Marshall County Sheriff’s Department statements and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reports, deputies responded about 8 a.m. to an area
Paducah teen indicted on manslaughter charges in death of 16-year-old passenger
A Paducah teenager accused in the May 20 death of her 16-year-old passenger was indicted Tuesday in Marshall County. The grand jury returned a true bill on Kori E. Lane, 18, on charges of second-degree manslaughter and
Lawsuit challenges Kentucky’s medical marijuana ban
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s criminal ban against medical marijuana was challenged Wednesday in a lawsuit touting cannabis as a viable alternative to ease addiction woes from opioid painkillers. The plaintiffs have used medical marijuana to ease
Indictments handed down in Lampley case
Dalton Lampley, the Calvert City resident who is accused of driving a WastePath sanitation truck in the wrong direction on I-24 and US 62 in McCracken and Marshall counties on March 17, was indicted on 11 charges
Marshall County boys experience Sheriffs’ Ranch
Ryley Mattson, Austin Tidwell, Tony Prince, Blake Prince, Sawyer Brown and William Grundy take a picture with Marshall County Sheriff Kevin Byars and Kentucky Sheriffs’ Ranch Head Counselor Kayla Quarles last week at the ranch in Gilbertsville.