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Sunday service

The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board Murray is just like any other college town: full of wild youth who spend the weekends loading up on Natty Light or emptying the taps at Mr. J’s Bar and Grill. Except on Sundays, that is – any other day of Read More

New time set for alcohol sales

Restaurants, taverns move to 1 a.m. closing time Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer The Murray City Council voted on Jan. 14 to set a new closing time for all restaurants and taverns in the city to 1 a.m. to match the new city ordinance for alcohol sales. Previously, the ordinance stopped the sale of alcohol Read More

Letter to the Editor 5-1-15

Letter from Todd Brocker, Director of the Center for Economic Education I knew it wouldn’t take long after Murray’s vote to become “wet” in 2012 for people to start clamoring for even more expansion of alcohol sales. There have been at least two articles just this spring in The Murray State News (including in last week’s issue) making Read More

Raising the bar

$1,602,664: the amount of alcohol sales revenue since Murray became a wet city within dry Calloway County.       395 percent: the increase in revenue since changing from moist to wet. Prior to the law changing, annual regulatory fees produced roughly $145,000 for the city. In the 2012-13 fiscal year, regulatory fees totaled to $572,586. Read More

State, city grant first packaged beer licenses

While businesses continue to scramble for the limited supply of package liquor store and tavern licenses available, students and faculty will no longer have to wait for the first beer sales to arrive. Monday afternoon saw the first legal alcohol transactions in Murray take place inside Five Star Marathon, located at Five Points. Kendra Clere, Read More

Packaged liquor vote set for July 17

Ed Marlowe Staff writer County-Judge Executive Larry Elkins ordered an election be held for the total distribution of packaged liquor in the city of Murray for July 17, 2012. The vote follows a successful campaign of Grow Murray, a local group of individuals pushing for legalized packaged liquor sales in the city. Following KRS 242.125 Read More

Trigg’s numbers show varying results

Edward Marlowe Staff writer Now two years removed, Trigg County officials are noticing the differences of a previously dry county repealing and turning wet. In January 2010, the first liquor store opened in Cadiz, Ky., after a total alcohol distribution referendum passed by a narrow margin in Fall 2009. Arguments for both sides have been Read More

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