In 1947, Robert Penn Warren was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his novel “All the King’s Men.” He was the first Kentuckian to win the award. Warren went on to win two more Pulitzers in 1958 and 1979, both for poetry.…
ICE vehicles, pictured here in front of the U.S. Capitol. Kentucky Representatives have presented a bill that would require law enforcement to work with ICE in a task force model program. Kentucky House Bill 47 was introduced in January with…
Kentuckians between 18 and 20 years old could soon receive provisional licenses to conceal carry firearms and other deadly weapons if House Bill 312 passes. Kentucky has been a constitutional carry state since July 1, 2019. Kentucky’s current concealed carry…
270 Stories is a digital news site dedicated to covering issues affecting far western Kentucky. Students enrolled in the JMC 597 Collaborative Journalism Capstone class produce digital, audio, video and multimedia content for the news site. Students have covered the…
The McCracken County Humane Society will be hosting a drive-thru format vaccine clinic on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m.-2p.m. “All vaccines are preventative and important,” Dr. Niki Henderson, the Humane Society’s veterinarian, said. “Most of the illnesses the vaccines…
Cars, they’re how so many of us get around today. What about everyone else? How do students who aren’t local get around without a car of their own in a town that doesn’t really have public transportation? Well in this…
Co-written by Jakob Milani and Ronan Summers For the second time in seven years, Southern Illinois experienced a solar eclipse in totality, and residents of the area shared excitement over the historic event. Pam Underwood, a longtime resident of Herrin,…
By: Elliot Emerson Paducah is no stranger to festivals, but this time it was the only festival of its kind for a lifetime. Paducah celebrated its second solar eclipse in seven years with the “X Marks the Spot” street festival…
Around 31.6 million people across eleven states were able to see this year’s total solar eclipse. Among those hotspots was Melber Kentucky, a rural town roughly forty minutes away from Murray. The Mayfield-Graves County Tourism Commission and Melber Civic Club…
Lisa Copeland is stepping down from her position as executive director of Murray’s Playhouse in the Park after more than 15 years. Copeland is still performing her duties as director during a transition period as Playhouse’s board determines how to…
