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Neil Webber Award granted to occupational safety and health professor

Erinn Finely Contributing Writer efinely1@murraystate.edu  Occupational safety and health professor Traci Byrd received the Neil Webber award in March.  The Neil Webber award recognizes faculty for their academic contributions and for their outstanding service to the community on and off campus. It’s an award recognizing everything a professor does, not just the classroom. Byrd was Read More

Summer pool closing prompts for new activities

Alyssa Trombetti  Contributing Writer atrombetti@murraystate.edu The Murray-Calloway County pool will be closed to the public this summer due to insufficient funds for indispensable modifications and updates.   Parks Director Ryan Yates said the pool reached the point of where simple fixes were not going to cut it for the 2021 summer season.  “For years, Mike Sykes, Read More

Community group becomes nonprofit organization

Erinn Finely Contributing Writer efinely1@murraystate.edu One woman decided to start a community group to help combat the pandemic and it has become a force for good in the county.  On March 16, 2020, Mary Scott Buck created a Facebook Group called Calloway County Collective to help meet community needs caused by the pandemic.  “You know, Read More

Pre-Vet Club plants tree dedicated to Sarah Townsend

Dionte Berry News Editor dberry11@murraystate.edu After the death of senior pre-veterinary major Sarah Townsend, the Murray State community has come together to remember her by planting a tree at the Murray State Arboretum. The Pre-vet Club  planted a Weeping Extraordinaire tree on Saturday, May 1, in  a  ceremony by the pond at the Arboretum. Senior Read More

Sotomayor pleads not guilty in Townsend murder

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

Engineering students build E-Vehicle

Ben Overby Staff Writer boverby2@murraystate.edu A team of six students in Senior Design I and II spent the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters designing and building the E-vehicle, a two-person off-road vehicle with a 17-horsepower electric engine. School of Engineering Chair Danny Claiborne said he finds and allocates funds for all senior design projects. Read More

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