Gov. Beshear Joins Tyson Foods for Grand Opening of $355 Million Facility in Bowling Green, Creating Nearly 450 Full-Time Jobs
OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY State-of-the-art facility will produce bacon for Jimmy Dean and Wright Brand labels BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Jan. 25, 2024) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear joined local officials and leaders from Tyson
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Murray State University receives $1.5 million grant for cybersecurity certificate program
MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State University’s Cyber Education and Research Center recently received a $1.5 million three-year grant from the Employment and Training Administration within the Department of Labor through the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to fund a
Marshall County Police Reports

On 01/24/2024, Deputies were dispatched to a disturbance on Low Road in Marshall County. When deputies arrived they discovered that a male subject who was causing the disturbance had left the residence. Deputies determined that the male,
Mrs. Mary Josephine Thweatt, 89
Mrs. Mary Josephine Thweatt, age 89 of Benton, Kentucky died on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, Kentucky. She was a homemaker and member of New Zion Missionary Baptist
Jeremy Rane Greer, 36
Jeremy Rane Greer, 36 of Benton, Kentucky passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky. Jeremy was born in Galveston, Texas on October 30, 1987. He worked as a
Ronald Gene “Ronnie” Ray, 79
Ronald Gene “Ronnie” Ray, 79, of Benton, Kentucky, passed peacefully on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, following a long and valiant battle with multiple health issues. Ronnie was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, on January 31, 1944, to the
Robert Blades, 76
Robert Blades, 76, of Paducah, KY passed away at 12:58 pm on January 22, 2024, after a courageous battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and complications thereafter. Robert was born in Evansville, Indiana on March 15, 1947, to
Betsy McCloud Lamm, 74
Betsy McCloud Lamm, 74, of Paducah passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at the Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah. She was born in Nashville, TN on June 11, 1949, to the late