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Panthers Take a Trifecta of W’s
By Greg Wells CCN–Editor The Cumberland County Panthers won three straight last week, all hard-fought battles. The team started off the home series with Allen County-Scottsville, then hosted Russell County and Southwestern. Against Scottsville the boys had a resounding 47 to 61 win, on Tuesday. But Friday night was quite the nail-biter, with…
Read MoreLady Panthers Take Two at Home and One Away
By Greg Wells CCN-Editor After an away game at Monroe County the Lady Panthers hosted Allen County-Scottsville, and then Russell County, earning W’s in all three matchups. When Cumberland County’s girls visited Monroe County they came away with a hard fought 45–44 win. The team was 41% overall from the field and…
Read MoreRadio-active With Local Stations
By Greg Wells CCN–Editor WKYR, 107.9, has another number this year, 50. Yes, it’s been 50 years that our local radio station has been on the air, as of this coming summer. They aren’t waiting for December though to hand out the gifts, as contest promotions are running constantly, leading up to…
Read MoreTradition lives on at Hamilton’s
By Greg Wells CCN–Editor From the pit to the porch, and all between, Mike and Patrick Heist are the new owners of a Burkesville landmark, Hamilton’s B-B-Q. Norman Hamilton said it was time to spend more time at home with his wife Pat. He said he still goes down to visit his…
Read MoreCivics Club Highlighted on Television
Cumberland County Judge-Executive Luke King bragged on the Cumberland County Civics Club recently. Celebrating the anniversary of the club’s founding by watching the recently aired television segment by Kentucky Educational Television (KET). He said, KET came down to do interviews with the members of the group Wednesday last week and stayed for over…
Read MoreBoard Members Named Inter-Local Agreement Tabled
By Greg Wells CCN—Editor Burkesville city Council met last Thursday to consider the interlocal agreement for Emergency 911 Dispatch services and establishment of the codes enforcement board, among other things. Named as the members of that board were Greg Wyant, Mark New, and Junior Smith. This board is to be tasked with…
Read MoreCourt Has Full Agenda For First Meeting
By Greg Wells CCN -Editor For their first meeting of the year Cumberland County Fiscal Court addressed a two-page agenda this Monday. The meeting started off with Road Department Supervisor Ricky Melton praising the work of city and county workers, sheriff’s deputies and many others in ensuring that the counties roads remained…
Read MoreLocal Entrepreneur on the Mend
Scott Sheffield was out visiting this week with his wife Susan. Scott suffered severe injuries after his van was T-boned by a vehicle being pursued by law-enforcement. That Chase had begun in Pulaski County and continued all the way deep into Clinton County. The driver was reportedly traveling at over 100 mph…
Read MoreLady Panthers Keep Winning
By Greg Wells CCN―Editor The Lady Panthers wrapped up a seven-game winning streak with a victory at home against Jackson County, Gainsboro TN last Friday. Cumberland County’s girls took the Tennessee team 61 to 51, though some foul trouble lait in that game had narrowed their victory. Overall, the girls played a hard…
Read MorePanthers back on track with home victory
By Greg Wells CCN–Editor The Panthers prevailed against Jackson County TN, Friday night 60–55, after a 68–66 win against Wolf County, closing out a loosing streak in the Four Banks Classic at Garrard County over the Winter Break. They had fallen to Washington County 65–62 and Garrard County 53–51 at that tournament. But…
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