Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer An 18-year-old former high school class president with goals of transferring to Murray State died Wednesday night after his friend accidentally shot him in the chest, according to the Murray Police Department. Jamel Al-Shubili, of Mayfield, Kentucky, was shot at a friend’s duplex on Stadium View Drive around 8 p.m. Police Read More
(WITH VIDEO) – Paralyzed from the chest down after a bullet hit right above her heart, Missy Jenkins Smith still manages to pick herself up and will speak to students at Murray State. The Office of Student Disability Services will sponsor Jenkins Smith’s presentation at 7 p.m. on Feb. 10 in the Large Ballroom in Read More
I don’t know how exactly the altercation between Officer Darren Wilson and Michael Brown actually went down. To assume is dangerous, so I don’t. However, since Wilson has come out of hiding after the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict him, there was something he said that really sat with me. He said he Read More
The shooting of unarmed, 18-year-old Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson has dominated news circuits across the country over the past few weeks. This story has polarized families, communities and seemingly the entire country while raising questions about racial inequality and the militarization of police forces. The perpetual release of new facts and Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of The Murray State News Editorial Board. For the past three weeks, Americans have witnessed multiple reports about the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager who was shot by white Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson. Outrage overcame residents in Ferguson, Mo., because it was discovered that Brown Read More
Chants of activism echoed in front of Waterfield Library yesterday as demonstrators gathered to protest the shooting of Michael Brown. Brown, 18 years old, was fatally shot Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Since then, protests have sparked across the country. With their hands in the air shouting, “Hands up, don’t shoot!”, “no justice, no Read More
The recent tragic events in Ferguson, Mo., have caused us to once again think about how we engage each other in our communities. Could this tragedy have been avoided if Michael Brown had simply complied with the police officer’s request for him and his friend to get out of the street and walk on the Read More
Three male suspects, armed with handguns, broke into an apartment on South 10th Street in Murray early Sunday morning. According to the Murray Police Department, the suspects demanded money from a female at the apartment. When she was unable to provide any money to the three armed suspects, the three waited until Brandon Fuller, 23, Read More