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Fiscal Court balks at boat ramp responsibilty
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com BENTON – Marshall County Fiscal Court apparently rejected a request from Kentucky Fish and Wildlife to maintain two boat ramps in ...
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Hardware store will reopen with new owners
Business will resume in March at site of former True Value store
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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—Katherine Doty/Tribune-Courier Jamie French reviews paperwork with employee Darren Medows at Personal Security Firearms in soutwestern Marshall County.
Demand surges for military-type assault weapons
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com BENTON – A Marshall County firearms dealer said demand has begun to exceed supply of military-style weapons. Jamie French, owner o...
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–Katherine Doty/ Tribune-Courier
Semi rollover snarls traffic at Purchase Parkway ramp
Update: The Kentucky Transportation continues to block access onto the Purchase Parkway Southbound from I-24 following a semi rollover earlier this morning. The truck was hauling alcoholic beve...
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Motorcyclist killed in wreck on US 62 last night
Julian Newman, 49, of Grand Rivers was killed last night when a car driven by Susan Barrett of Calvert City struck the motorcycle he was riding on U.S. 62 in Possum Trot. The accident occurred at...
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–Katherine Doty/ Tribune-Courier
One injured in four car wreck Tuesday
Staff Report One person was injured in a Tuesday morning accident at the intersection of KY 308 and 5th Street in front of Walmart in Benton. Four vehicles were involved in the collision. Marshall...
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Foust issues orders in Luna case
Staff report BENTON — Marshall Circuit Judge Dennis Foust ruled on several motions in the retrial of George Luna. Luna was convicted in 2008 of the Sept. 2007 murder of Deborah Hendrickson. He was ...
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—Katherine Doty/Tribune-Courier Lacey’s Restaurant
Lacey’s Restaurant shuts down
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com BENTON – After 27 years, Lacey’s Family Restaurant finds its doors closed to diners for the foreseeable future. Linda Lacey, owner...
Dec 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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—Alan Reed/Tribune-Courier Empty campsites like the one on the left are becoming more common at Southern Komfort campground in Fairdealing. Campground operators blame new TVA regulations for the drop in business.
Campground coalition lodges suit against TVA
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com FAIRDEALING – A coalition of campgrounds has filed suit against the Tennessee Valley Authority to fight regulations they say are h...
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–David Green/ Tribune-courier Judge/ Executive Mike Miller
Shooting remembered in Wreaths ceremony
By David Green Tribune-Courier Staff sports@tribunecourier.com DRAFFENVILLE – Judge/Executive Mike Miller remembered the victims of Friday’s shooting at a Connecticut elementary school during Satu...
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