Marshall County’s new judge-executive being sworn in Monday

BENTON, Ky. (AP) — Marshall County is swearing in a new judge-executive on Monday.

She is Chyrill Miller, the widow of Marshall County’s late judge-executive, Mike Miller.

Gov. Steve Beshear on Friday appointed her to fill the vacancy left by her husband’s Dec. 15 death.

The swearing-in ceremony will be at 11 a.m. CST at the county courthouse in Benton.

Mike Miller, a Democrat, was 70 when he died after collapsing at work. He was judge-executive for 40 years and was re-elected to another term in November.

Beshear said in a statement that Miller will not run this fall when Marshall County voters elect a new judge-executive. The filing deadline to run for the office is Jan. 27.

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