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Sheriff finds ways to be more frugal in lean times
By Venita Fritz Tribune-Courier General Manager vfritz@tribunecourier.com Marshall County Sheriff Kevin Byars showed up at last week’s fiscal court meeting bearing a gift – a $180,500 surplus from...
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Restrictions placed on yard sales in Hardin
By Venita Fritz Tribune-Courier General Manager vfritz@tribunecourier.com Hardin City Council voted at its last meeting to place several restrictions on citizens wishing to hold yard sales. Hardin...
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—Alan Reed/Tribune-Courier Jack Fuller, new owner of Kentucky Lake Outdoor, plans to offer a full range of sporting equipment for bowhunters, hunters, shooters and boaters, among other items at his store.
Outdoors store re-opening under new management
By Alan Reed Tribune-Courier News Editor areed@tribunecourier.com CALVERT CITY – A lakes area outdoor shop is re-opening under the stewardship of experienced management. Kentucky Lake Outdoors has...
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—Justin McGill/for the Tribune-Courier Efforts are under way to increase the speed limit to 65 on four-lane highways such as this stretch of U.S. 641 near Hardin in southern Marshall County.
County supports speed limit hike on 4-lane roads
By Venita Fritz Tribune-Courier General Manager vfritz@tribunecourier.com Marshall County Fiscal Court last week adopted a resolution in support of efforts to increase the speed limit on the U.S. ...
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Polar Plungers will take the dive tomorrow
Participants of the Polar Plunge will likely find the waters of Kentucky Lake chillier than in past years. The event will take place tomorrow and the high temperature is expected to be around 39 de...
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–Selena Ward/ Tribune-Courier Tommy McWerther, Donna Reed and Linda Spears complete a floral order for Valentine's Day delivery.
Florists busy throughout Marshall County today
Florists are busy throughout Marshall County today with what is normally their most brisk day of sales all year. Deliveries of roses and other floral arrangements have local florists scrambling to...
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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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