Staff report Anyone in Murray wishing to shop at the RadioShack store located on 12th Street must do so before the store closes Friday, March 10. Since March 1, everything in the store is 30 to 50 percent off. A RadioShack employee said the sale was not initially started because the store was closing, rather Read More
Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer After five months of business in downtown Murray, Mary’s Bistro, formerly Mary’s Kitchen, closed its doors Nov. 1. “There is no income,” said owner Mary Black. “I went broke. When you don’t have customers and you have to pay chefs and servers you go into a big fat hole. I could Read More
Column by Taylor Grace Suiter, Senior from Brentwood, Tennessee Halloween is approaching, and with that, the seasonal closing of our dear Dairy Queen. From now until March 1, we will disperse to our various second-favorite places whenever the need for soft serve strikes. I say soft serve because Murray doesn’t really have an ice cream store, DQ Read More
Story by Abby Siegel, Contributing writer Yogurt Your Weigh will lock their doors for the final time at 9 p.m. Oct. 31. The local business made this “bittersweet” decision because of the growth in their family, owners Kara and Chad Canerdy said. When they opened their doors three years ago they only had one young Read More
Kimberly Mason, director and case manager at the Gentry House, could hear the phone ringing before she could get the door open to her office. While on the phone she explained to a client how to fill out an application for Gentry House, but informed her that she would be put on a waiting list Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. The status of Mid-Continent University has been a question asked by the media, surrounding universities and students. The financial status of our neighboring school, which was once hearsay, has now been confirmed. After months of speculation, the struggling western Kentucky university Read More
Since the announcement that Mid-Continent University will close at the end of June, Murray State has been flooded with phone calls from students asking about the possibility of transferring. Jay Morgan, vice president of Academic Affairs, said the Transfer Center has received transcripts and applications to transfer from between 15 and 20 Mid-Continent students each Read More
The Gentry House, Murray’s only transitional shelter, is set to close June 30 if it cannot find funding to continue operations. The house, established in 1997, is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to families with children in a state of emergency. They provide information and referrals to families looking to secure permanent housing. The Read More