Staff Report Julius Sotomayor, the man charged in the death of Murray State senior Sarah Townsend, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, May 4. Sotomayor was arraigned virtually from the Calloway County Jail in front of Judge Jamie Jameson in the Calloway County Circuit Court. Shannon Powers, an attorney with the Department of Public Advocacy, was Read More
Zaveral “Zay” Jackson has withdrawn his guilty plea, erasing two months of decision-making by the Calloway County court system. The men’s basketball guard originally pled guilty to two charges of wanton endangerment after striking two civilians with his car in the Murray Walmart parking lot in early September. Jackson appeared at a status hearing Nov. Read More
Chuck Jones, prominent businessman and philanthropist in Murray, is currently in the midst of three lawsuits. These new lawsuits are separate from an earlier lawsuit, which occurred this year involving David Griffin of Nashville, Tenn. Griffin filed a complaint on Feb. 28 in U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky in Paducah, Ky., against Jones, Read More
William Elliot, resident of Murray, and Cheyanne Coleman, senior from Highland, Ill., were scheduled to appear Monday in Calloway County Circuit Court in connection with two burglaries in Calloway County. Elliot and Coleman were reportedly captured by officers after a report of burglary at a residence on Locust Grove Road was received on Sept. 2. Read More
Chuck Jones, former CEO of C.A. Jones Management has been named in a lawsuit filed by a company that, until recently, he managed, along with an additional federal lawsuit College Book Rental Co. filed a lawsuit and restraining order against Jones, Thursday, in Calloway County Circuit Court. Jones is part owner of C.A. Jones Management, Read More