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Hester community remembers fire: 20 years after

Hester community remembers fire: 20 years after

September 20, 2018

Phoenix Day honors the life of student killed in dorm fire On Sept. 18, the Hester College community gathered to remember the life of a Murray State...

Jerry Wayne Walker Jr., right, appears in court again on Sept. 7, after being acquitted during a retrial earlier in the year. || Bryan Barron/The News

Walker appears in court again after acquittal in July

September 7, 2012

Jerry Wayne Walker Jr. first appeared in court more than 10 years ago for charges relating to a September 1998 fire at Hester College. Last year, the...

Expert: Prosecutor faces disadvantages in cold case

November 17, 2011

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...

Paducah School’s superintendent: case becomes distraction

October 27, 2011

Elizabeth Johnson Editor-in-Chief  Stemming from his re-indictment involving the fatal 1998 Hester College Fire, Jerry Walker has been transferred...

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Grand jury re-indicts suspect

September 23, 2011

Elizabeth Johnson Editor-in-Chief Thirteen years to the day following the funeral of Michael Minger, Jerry Wayne Walker, arrived at Calloway County...

Student’s death remembered

September 23, 2011

Elizabeth Johnson Editor-in-Chief Murray State faced an unprecedented tragedy 13 years ago when an arson fire resulted in the death of a student living...

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