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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say

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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after the state's failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection left her unconscious and on a ventilator. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as executioners attempted to put her to death last Wednesday for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer. The lethal injection drug didn't kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were left burned and blistered. Her survival raises further questions about her medical and legal future. Her ...

Ready to 'Fly'

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MARSHALL — The Marshall Tiger Marching Band has been having a successful season this fall, band director Larry Petersen said. Band students have been busy with competitive events, as well as community performances like Friday’s halftime show at Marshall homecoming. “We’ve been ...

Lyon Co. board sets landfill fee increase

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MARSHALL — Fees for waste haulers to bring trash to the Lyon County landfill are set to rise $5 a ton next year, and part of the money collected will be set aside to treat chemicals like PFAS in landfill runoff. On Tuesday, Lyon County Commissioners voted to approve new tipping fees and a 2027 operating budget for the landfill. After last week’s annual meeting of the Landfill Advisory Board, board member recommendations were to increase tip fees from $51 per ton of waste to $56 per ton. Lyon County Environmental Administrator Roger Schroeder said Tuesday that $1 per ton of the fee ...

Candidate forum events this week

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MARSHALL — City and school board elections are coming up in November. This week, a couple of area communities are giving members of the public a chance to hear from candidates for city offices like city council members, as well as school board candidates. A candidates’ forum is being held in Marshall on Thursday evening at the Marshall area YMCA. The city of Walnut Grove will also be holding a meet-and-greet event with mayor and city council candidates tonight. In Marshall, two different candidate forums will be held Thursday at the YMCA. Members of local news media will be ...