marshall county

400 Mile Yard Sale Leads to Several Marshall County Traffic Accidents

Whitney Jones — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:25:09 +0000

Marshall County Sheriff Kevin Byars says last weekend’s 400 Mile Yard Sale caused an uptick in traffic accidents in his jurisdiction.

Marshall Co. Arts Commission Raising Funds for Children's Art Center

Kate Lochte — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:01:35 +0000

The Marshall County Arts Commission is raising funds to finish the Marshall County Children’s Art Center on East Elm Street in Benton. Today on Sounds Good, Commission Director George Milam describes the effort to Kate Lochte. See more events at the Marshall County Arts Commission website.

Marshall County Moves to Use $2.2m to Fix New Health Department

John Null — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:08:51 +0000

The Marshall County Board of Health voted unanimously Friday to allocate $2.2 million from the county’s reserve to bring the new Health Department building up to code.

The $4.1 million building does not meet Kentucky safety requirements. The Board had considered borrowing the money, but decided to use some of the county’s reserve instead. Marshall County Judge Executive Mike Miller said this will bring the reserve down below the level he’d like to see it, but it will be replenished in a year’s time.

Calvert City Teenager Missing

Whitney Jones — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:15:11 +0000

Marshall County officials are looking for a missing 15-year-old Calvert City girl.

Sgt. Eddie McGuire with the Sheriff’s Office says Brandy Clark’s father reported her missing Monday at 2 p.m. Clark was last seen at her home around 8 in the morning. She was supposedly on her way to school, but did not show up.

Marshall County Native Makes Music in Nashville's Indie Scene

Kate Lochte — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:06:34 +0000

We continue our occasional series about young artists whose foundations are in western Kentucky but whose work is bringing them success in larger market areas. We've visited with Vic Mazzone in Los Angeles and Candra Kennedy in Philadelphia. This time we go to Nashville for a profile on an indie artist who was born in Murray, raised in Marshall County. Jordan Hamlin is multi-instrumentalist in Nashville's indie music scene. She tours with Katie Herzig, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and others.

Pittman Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail

Whitney Jones and The Paducah Sun — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:07:51 +0000

A Marshall County jury has recommended the maximum sentence of 15 years of jail time for a Paducah woman convicted of second-degree manslaughter, first-degree wanton endangerment and DUI. Stephen “Jimmy” Harper was killed when Tiffany Pittman hit his truck with her car in Marshall County last year.

Marshall Co. Jury Convicts Woman of Manslaughter

Whitney Jones — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:31:42 +0000

A Marshall County jury will be back in session Tuesday to recommend a sentence for a 20-year-old woman convicted last week of second-degree manslaughter, wanton endangerment and drunken driving in a 2011 traffic death. After three days of testimony and more than four hours of deliberation the jury returned the verdict against Tiffany Pittman.

Teenager Falls Out of Vehicle, Dies

Angela Hatton — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:22:38 +0000

A Benton teenager died last night after falling out of a moving vehicle. Nineteen-year-old Zackery Smalley was riding in the backseat of a car when he attempted to climb out of the sunroof on Wadesboro Road in Marshall County.

Front Page Sunday 9/9

Chad Lampe and Todd Hatton — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:20:51 +0000

Marshall County elementary schools are changing how their students make the grade. No more “F’s,” no more “A’s,” in fact, no more letter grades at all. It’s part of a new system other Kentucky schools are using called “standards-based grading.” We’ll hear more about it and why Marshall’s elemetaries are on board, on Front Page Sunday from WKMS News.

Murder Trial Begins In Marshall County

Dave Shinall and The Associated Press — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:58:53 +0000

Despite prosecution efforts to reach a plea bargain, jury selection begins tomorrow in Marshall Circuit Court for a murder trial stemming from a 2011 fatal car-truck crash. Nineteen-year-old Tiffany Pittman has been charged with murder, first degree assault, and first offense DUI in the incident which took the life of 45-year-old Stephen J. Harper. Police say Pittman was driving drunk and arguing with an intoxicated passenger when her car rammed Harper’s pick-up truck on U-S Highway 68.