The Mile Marker Friday, September 25, 2026
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Ty's Take
Morgan County's got enough on its plate without this. A murder suspect sitting in custody now facing additional charges for sexual exploitation of a minor turns what was already a serious case into something darker and more complicated, the kind of thing that makes people shake their heads at the courthouse steps and wonder what else might come out before this runs its course. These aren't the headlines that make a county look good, and they're not the kind of thing that gets easier to talk about as time goes on. What matters now is that the system works the way it's supposed to, that evidence gets handled right, and that whatever comes next serves the people affected by it. That's all any of us can really ask for.
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