Austin Ramsey News Editor Gail Minger occupied a seat in the far corner of the Calloway County Circuit Courtroom Monday morning, but her mind was elsewhere. Minger’s thoughts were with her son, Michael, who died in Hester Residential College 13 years ago when a fire was set outside his fourth-floor dorm room, trapping him inside. Read More
Austin Ramsey News Editor Commonwealth Attorney Mark Blankenship may have a tough case ahead of him, according to an expert on cold cases at the University of Louisville. Blankenship is the main prosecuting attorney in the re-indictment of Jerry Wayne Walker, who faces charges related to the 1998 Hester College fire, which killed one student Read More
Elizabeth Johnson Editor-in-Chief Stemming from his re-indictment involving the fatal 1998 Hester College Fire, Jerry Walker has been transferred from his position as assistant principal at Paducah Middle School to the school system’s central office. Randy Greene, superintendent of Paducah Public Schools, said the decision was made Tuesday. “It became a distraction,” Greene said. “The Read More