GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County High School varsity football team will be playing Friday, Oct. 7.

The team will visit Ohio County at 7:30 p.m.

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GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans shoulder closures along the Julian Carroll-Purchase Parkway in Graves County and Hickman County on Thursday, Oct. 6.

KYTC says the shoulder closures are for bridge access panel maintenance. They say some lane restrictions may also be required from time to time, but most of the work can be finished with a shoulder closure.

Drivers are asked to use caution in the following locations:

• Purchase Parkway at mile point 13.187 in Graves County at the KY 339 Overpass
• Purchase Parkway at mile point 1.777 in Hickman County at the KY 94 Overpass

According to KYTC, the shoulder closures are expected to be in place from 8 a.m. to about 5:30 p.m. at both locations.

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GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County School District for the second consecutive year has ranked among the top 5 percent of the state’s school districts on the Kentucky Core Content Test.

The district is tied for ninth statewide, among 173 districts measured. Graves County has risen on its overall academic, or transition index from 95 in 2008 to 96 in 2009 and 2010 to a 2011 index of 98. Performances over the past two years are the highest for Graves County in percentile and number rankings as well as the highest academic indices the district has achieved in its history.

Only two county-wide districts, Hancock and Oldham, scored higher than Graves County this year.

“All our people work really hard to help kids learn,” said Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway. “The Kentucky Core Content Test is the best-known measure of schools’ academic success.