In Perry County, which Perryville is the county seat, the number working in manufacturing is roughly one in five.

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Ms. FRANCES BANKS: My name is Frances and I live in a small town in Perry County.

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Coaches and administrators in the Perry County area reported the Facebook posts to the TSSAA, which began interviewing the family.

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The young county prosecutor in the case, Duane West, who would help to send killers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith to execution by hanging, is 80 now, and still lives in Garden City.

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