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Legislators: Guns won’t be hot topic in Kentucky
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com FRANKFORT — Two legislators representing Marshall County say they do not expect gun control to play a major role in the current le...
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Melissa Combs
...county’s emergency plan is compliant with state and federal guidelines
Phone technology transition hurting emergency services
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com BENTON — The transition from landlines to mobile telephones continues to hurt Marshall County’s 911 service and drains county cof...
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Drugs, cash, weapons seized in Calvert drug bust
A joint investigation by the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force, US ATF, and the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office culminated in an arrest near Calvert City yesterday....
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—Katherine Doty
Tribune-Courier

Katherine Hazen looks through a photo album her mother had started and 
collects salvageable pictures. The album was one of the very few items not destroyed.
Fire survivors express thanks
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com GILBERTSVILLE — A Gilbertsville woman gave thanks to a neighbor for saving her brother’s life at a fire that destroyed her mother’...
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Steel framework shows the shape to come of the new Children’s Art Center.
Childrens’ Arts Center starting to take form
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com BENTON — Motorists on East 12th Street may have noticed the steel frame of the new Marshall County Arts Commission Children’s Art ...
Jan 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chamber dinner looks to future
By Venita Fritz Tribune-Courier General Manager vfritz@tribunecourier.com The Marshall County Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual dinner on Thursday night. A mix and mingle event will begi...
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Citizens Academy shows how KSP works
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier General Manager vfritz@tribunecourier.com HICKORY — Western Kentucky residents have an opportunity to learn about the business of the Kentucky State Police with its Ci...
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Attic fire damages Benton apartment
BENTON — An attic fire damaged an apartment on Poplar Street on Friday afternoon. The Benton Fire Department received a call of a structural fire at 1308 Poplar around 2:30. When they arrived, they...
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–Katherine Doty/ Tribune-Courier
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Fuel spill on Interstate 24 near Purchase Parkway in Calvert City
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–Katherine Doty/ Tribune-Courier
One Injured in rollover accident on Hwy. 68
One person was injured in a rollover accident on Hwy 68 near Fast Eddie's shortly before 8 a.m. today. The Marshall County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene to find the driver of the veh...
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