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- Indictments
The Indictment of a person by a grand jury is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty or otherwise pleads guilty.
- Shock probation sought in Currin case
MAYFIELD, Ky. A woman who pleaded guilty to abusing the corpse of a slain teenage mother is asking a judge to free her from jail.
- 12/16- Slippery Roads To Blame For Death In Symsonia
Twenty-Five year old Luis Rodriguez of Mayfield died around 3:00 p.m. this afternoon in Symsonia.
- Prosecution And Defense Rest In Courtney Trial
Update, December 9, 2008 9:12 p.m. FULTON COUNTY, KY- The second day of Juana Courtney's trial finished with the defense and prosecution resting their cases.
- Winter Driving Alert Issued for Western KY
Traffic Advisory The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is gearing up for a round of winter weather across Western Kentucky.
- Car Suppliers Offset Layoffs With Plant Shutdowns
The recent turmoil in Detroit's auto industry is hitting home for thousands of local families as the holidays draw closer.
- Grand jury to hear dog-fighting allegations
MAYFIELD, Ky. A Western Kentucky grand jury next week will hear evidence against a couple who police say used pit bulls for dog fights.
- Locals working for consolidated 911 comm system
Murray-Calloway County emergency response officials continue to make progress toward a consolidated 911 communications and crisis response center, but not without setbacks and challenges.
- Suspect Caught In String Of Burglaries
A routine traffic stop leads to a violent arrest. Police say it's a big break which they hope will help them close the books on a string of thefts.
- Wells Studio Celebrates 70 Years Of Capturing Memories
It started out as a small project by one man who wanted to record family history with style.
- Body Found In Mayfield Apartment
The body of an unidentified person was found in an apartment of The Plaza apartments in Mayfield at the corner of Barton and Babb Drives.
- Residential college discusses split
In 1996, Murray State was the first pubic university in the U.S. to incorporate a residential college program.
- Safety emblem spurs dispute with Amish
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- To the state of Kentucky, the orange and red triangle is a simple safety emblem required on the back of slow-moving vehicles such as tractors and horse-drawn buggies.
- 7 Amish men guilty in buggy-emblems trial
MAYFIELD, Ky. - Seven Amish men in southwestern Kentucky were found guilty of refusing to display slow-moving vehicle emblems aimed at helping motorists identify their buggies at night.
- Amish on the rise across Kentucky
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- On a balmy fall evening along a narrow road on the Graves-Hickman county line, Toby Borntreger stood in a small corral, training a feisty young horse while some of his nine children played ...
- A Bold Crime: String Of Home Invasions In Mayfield
Police are calling it a bold crime. A thief, willing to come into your home, while you're there at the house.
- a Road Closed' means road's closed
The opening of a new four-lane section of Ky. 80 between Murray and Mayfield from U.S. 641 to Brinn Road will take place soon.
- Seized Pit Bulls May Have A Chance At Life
There could be a future for many of the 72 dogs seized Thursday after the arrests of two people allegedly involved in pit bull fighting.
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City DescriptionMayfield is a city in Graves County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,349 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Graves County.
Despite being in a dry county (Graves), sales by the drink in restaurants of the city limits of Mayfield seating at least 100 diners and at the Mayfield Golf & Country Club are allowed. There are no Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages permitted, except at Mayfield Golf and Country Club.
During the Civil War, the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky, including Mayfield, was the area of strongest support for the Confederate cause. On May 29, 1861, a group of Southern sympathizers from Kentucky and Tennessee met at the Graves County Courthouse to discuss the possibility of aligning the Purchase with West Tennessee. Most records of the event were lost, possibly in an 1864 fire that destroyed the courthouse. In 1907, Fulton County judge Herbert Carr declared in a speech that the Mayfield Convention adopted a resolution for secession, and a historical marker in front of the courthouse also proclaims this as fact. However, the surviving records of the meeting, authored by a Union sympathizer, make no mention of this resolution, and historian ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:Timezones:Size:
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