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Saluting Our Veterans

By Editor | November 21, 2024 |

   

Water District Deals With Employees, Leaks

By Editor | November 21, 2024 |

  By Greg Wells CCN — Editor   The district started off their meeting addressing a customer complaint regarding low water pressure. The districts full-time manager, Michael Ballard told the board that materials removed from the project on KY – 704 can be used to replace the line to that customer’s meter. Ballard said the…

CCHS Band Performs at MSBA in Florence

By Editor | November 14, 2024 |

  Mid States band competition at Simon Kenton High School in Florence,  Nov. 9. It was an outstanding performance by our Panther Band, and a special thanks goes to Taylor Brown, our band director, for stepping up and taking this band to new heights. Also special thanks go to Emma Craft, guard director and Collin…

Regional and State Cross Country Meets

By Editor | November 7, 2024 |

  By Coach Chuck Price   Saturday, October 26th the Cumberland Co. High School Cross Country team ran in the 21 school Class A Region 2 Cross Country Championships hosted by Central Hardin High School.  The number of teams advancing to the state meet from each region is determined by the number of full teams,…

State Digs Out Road Resurfaced in Recent Years

By Editor | November 7, 2024 |

  By Greg Wells CCN — Editor   Local Emergency Services Leadership and others in local government said they knew about the ripping up of the approach to the Ky-90 bridge in town, and the grinding out of large sections of South Main Street after the equipment showed up and work began. Contact with onsite…

In Local Voting These Are The Results

By Editor | November 6, 2024 |

Winners County-wide In the presidential race, the team of Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance took 86% of the overall vote in Cumberland County. In the US House of Representatives contest, James R Comer had 89.17% of the Cumberland County votes. Amy Neighbors took 84% of the votes for State House of Representatives. Being uncontested,…

Willen is Elected Lake Cumberland Regional President

By Editor | March 30, 2023 |

Junior FFA Member Lance Willen has just been elected as the Lake Cumberland Regional President. Autumn Sells and JD Riley served as voting delegates for Cumberland County and helped Willen in his campaign. He will serve his term his senior year during the 2023-23 school year.   Jackson Hix, Christian Sparks, Caleb Watson, and Karter…

Crawley and Gilbert are Headed to the Nationals

By Editor | March 30, 2023 |

  Crawley and Gilbert Qualify for Nationals By Jessica Pitcock CCN Sports The Cumberland County High School Bass Fishing Team competed in the Kentucky State Championship on Lake Cumberland this past weekend. Byren Crawley and Carson Gilbert are heading to the National Competition. They came in eighteenth place out of 218 boats. They will be…

Vincent Hits First Varsity Career Homerun

By Editor | March 30, 2023 |

Freshman Mollie Vincent goes yard for his first varsity home run during the Battle of the Barrens tournament this past weekend. The Lady Panthers have started the season off 0-4. Full stats and story will be in next week’s edition. Photo submitted by Nathalie Viincent      

New Reporting Opens

By Editor | October 21, 2022 |
Sick to Stomach

The Governor announced the launch of a new website – FoodSafetyReporting.ky.gov – where Kentuckians can easily report food-borne issues. Previously when someone suspected what they had eaten made them ill, it was reported to district or local health departments via phone, then a decision was made as to whether further investigation was needed. The new…