New Kentucky bill to allow concealed carry at 18

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…

Categories: SP 26, Stories

Meet the 270 Stories Staff (Spring 2025)

​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…

Categories: About Us, SP 25

In a College Town Without a Car

 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…

Categories: SP 24, Stories

Calloway County Flu Cases on the Rise

With masks off and social distancing guidelines largely at an end, this flu season is hitting hard. Calloway County is currently in the peak of flu season which has been made much worse this year than during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Categories: SP 24, Stories

Resource influx results in disaster after disaster

Rachel Essner ressner1@murraystate.edu Disaster struck Mayfield, Kentucky on Dec. 10, 2021, when an EF-4 tornado nearly destroyed the town. However, many people do not know about the next catastrophe, known as the “disaster after the disaster.”  In the following days…

Categories: Dec 10 Tornado, FA 22, Stories

About 270 Stories

270 Stories is a project of the JMC Collaborative Journalism Capstone class at Murray State University. The title comes from the area code, 270, which encompasses far western Kentucky. The 270 was dramatically changed on the evening of Dec. 10,…

Categories: About Us, FA 22