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—Photo submitted by Justin Lamb “Pone” Harrison is at the left of the back row in this Harrison family photograph.
Slave’s burial place to be marked
By Venita Fritz Tribune-Courier General Manager vfritz@tribunecourier.com In the segregated South, even the cemeteries were separate, by specific legal mandate. However, a Marshall County family d...
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Byars not sure about legalizing of hemp
By Venita Fritz Tribune-Courier General Manager vfritz@tribunecourier.com Marshall County Sheriff Kevin Byars and other sheriffs from the Purchase area met Friday to discuss ramifications of the l...
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—The Paducah Sun George Luna testifies in his own defense during the fifth and final day of his retrial in Trigg County Circuit Court.
Life without parole is sentence for Luna
Staff Report editor@tribunecourier.com CADIZ – A Trigg County jury has sentenced George Luna to life without parole for the murder of Debra Hendrickson, plus 20 years for arson. Luna was found gui...
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—David Green/Tribune-Courier Businesses along the south side (left) where Poplar makes a left-hand turn to intersect with Main and Fifth stand in the way of a project to widen the Fifth Street corridor between Main and the Purchase Parkway interchange.
Business owners balk at street plans
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com Several Benton businesses say the widening of Fifth Street will have an impact on their businesses. Keith Todd, public information...
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$200,000 Cash Ball ticket sold in Marshall County
An unidentified winner may find himself or herself with an extra $200,000 Tuesday morning. The Kentucky Lottery Corporation announced a $200,000 Cash Ball ticket was sold at Max Fuel Express No. 41...
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—Alan Reed/Tribune-Courier George Luna (front) listens to opening arguments with attorneys James Burkeen (middle) and Nathan Goodrich on the first day of his murder trial Monday in Trigg Circuit Court.
Luna retrial gets under way in Cadiz
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com CADIZ – The retrial of George Luna began Monday afternoon with the prosecution’s opening arguments and testimony of Janice Level, ...
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$15 million expansion for Ashland plant
New system will replace coal-fired system to provide emergency power
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Barlow, victim seek court permission to re-establish contact
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com BENTON – Former South Marshall Middle School Principal Kent Barlow appeared with attorney Emily Roark to request to be allowed con...
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—Katherine Doty/Tribune-Courier Emergency responders work the scene of a single-vehicle rollover crash on the Purchase Parkway.
Diesel slick triggers wrecks
Staff Report editor@tribunecourier.com A Marshall County Road Department dump truck that had sprung a fuel leak unbeknownst to its driver spread a thin layer of diesel fuel across several miles in...
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Storm damage assessment underway
Marshall County Emergency Management team members are in the process of examining damages caused by an early morning storm. Melissa Combs, director of emergency management, said she was personally ...
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