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    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…

    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…