Staff Report   Last Saturday the Cumberland Co. High School Cross Country team ran in the Class A Region 2 Cross Country Championships hosted by Thomas Nelson High School.   Team scores were the total of the place finishes from the first 5 runners from each school.  The top 5 teams in the region…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   Guest speaker Jill Lawson, from Somerset Community College’s Clinton Center, told the audience that in addition to Class-A CDL training, welding training and other vocational education, such as cosmetology, the institution works with universities across this state to enable students to succeed in four-year degree programs. She added…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   Cumberland County Fiscal Court met last Friday morning to address the bids received for a Cumberland County Splash-pad and a Community Pavilion project; county road paperwork and discussions concerning the consideration of rock extraction site permits. Existing rock permits were re-approved, and several new locations were added. The…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   At Thursday evenings regular city council meeting an ordinance approving use in the city of “special purpose vehicles” was approved along the general lines of that approved by the state and county. The only exception to that being a limit on when such vehicles may be used. Near…

    Staff Report   Alumni are invited to the game tonight Alumni members are invited to re-join the band as they celebrate 100 years of the Big Red Marching Band. They are hoping that previous members will join them for an exciting day of great music, food, and fellowship Nov. 15 as the Western…

    By Greg Wells CCN-Editor   Slotts Construction of Columbia has the bid for the remediation of the water system in Marrowbone, Cumberland County Water District Board President Troy Norris said. “They came in under the grant funding amount,” Norris added. He said the other project, a water line relocation adjacent to Dutch Creek…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   The Burkesville Cumberland County Industrial Development Authority’s Board of Directors met last Wednesday, Oct. 1, in a special meeting as a quorum was not possible for the meeting date set the previous week. The financial report by Brian Scott, treasurer, was approved with the agencies checking account having…

    Staff Report   There were 60 trophies and door prizes along with crowd-judged competitions at the Ride ’n Shine last Saturday. Tim Bow, organizer of Ride ’n Shine at Southern Kentucky Distillery last Saturday, said the event was a success, yet again.     Distillery founder Junior Cecil also praised the fun had…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor     Cumberland County Judge-Executive Luke King received several questions from the audience in an open-format Q&A event last Thursday. Not all of them were actually something he could deal with. There were several questions about improving Cumberland County Hospital, to which his answers basically boiled down to: the…