Racer cross-country sprinted into action last weekend at the Memphis Twilight Classic in Germantown, Tenn. Though rain and lightning pushed back the start of the race by two hours, the Racer women recorded a strong finish running forth out of 21. The men had a slower start to the season finishing 17th out of 21. Read More
The Democratic National Convention opened yesterday not with a whimper, but with a bang. Charlotte, N.C. has never hosted the DNC before, nor has it hosted a national convention for the Republican Party. There were a lot of feathers ruffled when Charlotte was chosen over potential cities like St. Louis (especially among the Democrats’ strongest Read More
The Murray City Council voted 8-3 to pass a reading of a new alcohol ordinance Tuesday evening. The ordinance sets the regulatory tax rate of 8 percent on both restaurant and package sales. At the city’s finance committee meetings, held previously to determine which percent the city council should set the regulatory tax, a 6 Read More
The first Monday in September is a big deal for American workers. On that first Monday of September every year we honor American workers and their organizations on Labor Day, which was first recognized as a federal holiday in September 1894. We are often told that there is dignity in all work, and I don’t Read More
Across the state of Kentucky, over 1,000 of the Commonwealth’s most outstanding students have been chosen to attend one of three universities hosting the Governor’s Scholars Program. Murray State is one of the three universities which were selected to host the program for the next three years. The GSP is a five-week summer program for Read More
Despite the decreased state budget allocations, the advisory council of Murray State Office of Regional Outreach has decided to allocate approximately $158,000 toward projects that are said will improve the region. The advisory council, made up of representatives from the University’s 18-county service region, met Aug. 23, to deliberate over numerous project proposals. Through the Read More