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    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…

    By Greg Wells CCN – Editor   Leticia Cyphers, organizer of the Marrowbone Fall Festival, said things were going well as the entertainment was getting underway and people continued to arrive Saturday. Cyphers praised all the work of volunteers in getting the event pulled together and making sure it was all ready and…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   The weather cooperated for this year’s 29th annual Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival, with no rain and reasonable temperatures, allowing in big crowds for the three-day festival. Amongst the sounds of gospel and bluegrass music were several contests. First among those is the annual Duck Derby. This year’s winner…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   The city council met last Thursday with all members present and began with consideration of surplus equipment. Mayor Laurel Irby suggested the city move to the online auction service for local municipalities in order to get better prices for vehicles and equipment. The city no longer needed. Among…

    By Greg Wells CCN – Editor   “We served over a thousand people this weekend,” Scott said Monday. “People in here today said this was one of the nicest food experiences they’d ever had.” Several diners said that it was great food and great ambience, though some mentioned it took a while to…

    By Greg Wells CCN – Editor   Library Director Ashley Norris said there has been a slight reduction in the number of visitors from July to August, while circulation was in line with 2024 figures, while uses of the Hoopla system for free online books were up. She noted that Carolyn Smith joined…

      By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   First Friday, an event organized by the Revitalize Downtown Initiative (RDI), was knocked down again and again this spring. Neither of the planned events came to fruition due to serious storms. Though threatened, last week’s event was able to go off without a single drop. Hot rods,…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   Monday night, the Cumberland County Fiscal Court approved advertising for bids. These bids are for a splashpad and another for bathroom facilities. The location chosen, after protracted discussions last week about locating it on city land, is to be the county’s lot on North Main Street. “There is…

    By Greg Wells CCN — Editor   After almost 2 hours of talking in the courthouse and walking around in the park, an accord seems to have been reached between the city and county on issues related to the splash-pad. If the county builds the proposed splash pad in Veteran Memorial Park, the…

    By Greg Wells CCN—Editor   The board of directors for the Cumberland County extension office met last week to consider the tax rates to be set for this year. The University of Kentucky’s Area Extension, Director Jeff Casada, told the board what the compensating rate, the 4% increase rate, and the rates for…