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Briggs and Stratton is closing their Murray operation by fall 2020. About 600 full-time positions will be affected. The Milwaukee-based company announced on Thursday plans to consolidate production of its small vertical-shaft engines to its Poplar Bluff, Missouri facility. 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is holding a hearing next week to seek public comment on the reconstruction of U.S. 641 between Murray and Hazel. 

The Calloway County Public Library Board is moving forward with a new expansion plan despite objection and disapproval from community members at another tense meeting Tuesday evening. Board members voted three to one to proceed with a plan to build a new children's library next to the current library and to connect the two buildings. 

Administrators of a Kentucky retirement system for teachers are developing a request for more funding in the state’s next biennial budget.

A Korean auto parts maker is nearing completion on building a $50 million facility in Murray. DAE-IL Corporation broke ground last summer on the 350,000 square-foot building. 

  A Murray man facing charges including two counts of murder, animal cruelty, burglary and tampering with evidence will go on trial in Calloway County on Sept. 8, 2020.

Update: Kathy Hodge of the Humane Society of Calloway County said on July 8 that the peacock has been reunited with its presumed owner. 

What appears to be a seemingly lost juvenile male peacock* (see note at the bottom of the story) has been spotted roaming around the eastern part of Murray. 

Local organizers said they were “astounded” by the turnout and community support for the inaugural Rural KY Flash Pride March on Saturday in Murray. 

  A Murray man facing charges including homicide, burglary, evidence tampering and animal cruelty pleaded not guilty Monday morning in Calloway County District Court.

51-year-old Shannon Scott is accused of murdering two women found Thursday night in a residence on Catalina Drive in Murray. He also allegedly killed and hid a dog.

Murray Police officers found one woman in a garage and found the second woman in a next door residence.

The Calloway County Public Library Board has approved moving forward with contracting two studies to determine whether the former Regions Bank building in downtown Murray is a viable alternative for library expansion.