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…
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…
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…
By: Elliot Emerson GOFOR Pizza has its roots all the way in New York where one of the owners, Kent Schoonover, grew up. When he came to Kentucky he tried to find a familiar pizza, but never could. “He [Kent]…
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.…
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…
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,…
