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Health Department encourages flu vaccination in front of flu season
The Marshall County Health Department is still encouraging people to get their flu vaccination. According to Clinic Director BJ Weathers, Marshall County has not yet reached the peak of flu seas...
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Two unrelated traffic collisions this morning
Area first responders were busy Tuesday morning in two unrelated traffic collisions. The first call involved an off-duty Oak Grove Police officer on Interstate 24 near the 29-mile marker. The off...
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Marshall County High School Seniors (from left) Tory Fehrenbacher,  
Kailen Adams and Carly Sykes, along with Erica Ross and Kerry Brenner  
(not pictured) are the first local students to participate in a pharmacy
technician program offered by the state.
MCHS students learn skills in pharmacy tech program
Seniors will be able to sit for board certification after spring graduation
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County jail to pursue privatization of medical, food services
By Jody Norwood Tribune-Courier News Editor jnorwood@tribunecourier.com DRAFFENVILLE– Dealing with funding drops since a change in state policy and retirements, the Marshall County Jail is looking...
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–Katherine Doty/ Tribune-Courier
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Counting down the stories that made headlines in 2011
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–Katherine Doty/ Tribune-Courier
Fire started by Christmas Tree
A blaze that reportedly started when a Christmas tree caught fire this morning in the Executive Lodge, also known as the Red Barn, caused extensive damage to an upstairs apartment. The apartments...
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Crash kills Benton man early Sunday
Staff Report www.tribunecourier.com BENTON– Rodney B. Wood, 57, of Benton died from injuries received in a wreck early Sunday morning. The wreck happened at around 4:30 a.m. along Benton-Briensb...
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— Katherine Doty/Tribune-Courier

Youth performers took to the stage Friday night at the Kenneth Shadowen Performing Arts Center. The event came a few days after the Marshall County Arts Commission opened bids for a projected Children’s Arts Center.
Children’s Arts Center in jeopardy following bid opening
Project funds short minimuim of $177,968
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Rape, assault believed to be effort to kill child
Staff Report www.tribunecourier.com BENTON– A Benton man accused of assaulting, raping and sodomizing a woman, entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment last week. He is also being charged ...
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Spc. Sean Head waves the state flag and Pfc. Aaron Copas of Glasgow shows his allegiance to the University of Kentucky Wildcats as the A Company convoy crosses the border into Kuwait.
A Company, 149th Brigade Support Battalion Due Home Today
By David Green Tribune-Courier Staff www.tribunecourier.com BENTON – As U.S. military forces neared the end of their presence in Iraq, international news reports last week focused on the shutting ...
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