What's news this week in Crittenden County...

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Crittenden EMS will have a new manager beginning June 1. Last week, Crittenden Health Systems (CHS) and Com-Care Inc. signed an agreement that transfers management of the local ambulance service to the Hartford, Ky.-based medical transport provider when Baptist Health pulls out at midnight May 31. The contract to run EMS will be subsidized by $250,000 in public funds from Crittenden Fiscal Court and $100,000 from the local hospital...

For more on this and the following headlines, pick up a copy of this week's issue of The Crittenden Press:

• Decker, 64, found dead in mowing accident
• Board renews superintendent’s contract
• Water district awaits court’s contract ruling
• New class of Distinguished Alumni selected
• County budget shifts funds, skips tax hike
• Comer: Farm Bill key to breaking welfare cycle
• Dems preview their candidates
• Disaster declaration to help county repair roads
• D.C. nonprofit grades area hospitals; some poorly
• Summer Reading offers chance to win $1,000
• March 2018 jobless rate down from year before
• ABOUT TOWN: Ancestry DNA proves usefulness
• LEGISLATIVE REVIEW: Gov. Bevin vetoes bipartisan legislation
• SPORTS: Athletes enjoy Special day
• SPORTS: Spring sports roundup
• SPORTS: Courtney named new CCMS football skipper
• SPORTS: Rockets get new helmet design for 2018
• VAUGHT'S VIEWS: Maggard could boost in-state recruiting
• FORGOTTEN PASSAGES: Theater drew hundreds in its prime years