Daniella Tebib News Editor dtebib@murraystate.edu Super Bowl Sunday is fast approaching, but it’s important to remember to practice safety during festivities. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration teamed up to spread the “Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk” campaign. With the campaign, they hope to urge Read More
Story by Matthew Parks, Staff writer Murray City Council passed a measure on Tuesday allowing the sale and service of alcohol in the city of Murray from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Sundays. The proposal was voted on initially in a special called council meeting on Nov. 17th, and then again in the meeting Read More
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
Story by Amanda Grau, Staff writer, and Mary Bradley, Editor-in-Chief President Bob Davies said students will likely have to take an online alcohol and sexual assault education program this fall as University officials seek to reform policies and procedures for handling sexual assault complaints. Such changes could take effect as soon as the next academic year if approved Read More
Nearly half of all college students binge drink, according to 2014 data from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Binge drinking is loosely defined as having five or more drinks in two hours for men, and having four or more drinks in two hours for women. “1,825 college students between the ages of Read More
Following its second reading, the Murray City Council approved an ordinance Thursday that will allow bars and taverns to stay open until 1:30 a.m. instead of midnight. The ordinance, proposed by Councilman Jason Pittman, passed with a vote of 6-4. Pittman had moved to amend the city’s alcohol ordinance in this way at the Sept. Read More
It’s not often we take to the editorial pages to praise the city of Murray, but you have to give it credit where credit is due. Following the second reading of an ordinance allowing taverns to stay open until 1:30 a.m., the Murray City Council voted 6-4 in approval, extending the current midnight deadline for Read More
