Singing Friday at Senior Center in Marion

Crittenden County Senior Citizens Center is hosting special guests Frank and Shirley Pasteur with the Old Tyme Band at 10:30 a.m., Friday. This is event was originally scheduled on a different day. They couple will be singing golden oldies from teh 40s, 50s and 60s.

Young Rockets Night Friday

Friday night will be Young Rockets Night at the high school football game. All players in Junior Pro and middle school programs will get in free if they wear their game jersey to the Crittenden County vs. Union County game. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.

Special City Council meeting Wednesday night

The City of Marion will hold a special meeting Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.

On the agenda is a second reading of the proposed Property Tax Rates for 2012, a resolution to support coal miners and retirees and consideration of a bid award to Wilkins Construction for the West Elm sidewalk project.

Seniors can learn about college money Tuesday

Crittenden County High seniors and their parents are encouraged to attend the senior parent meeting from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday at the high school library.

The meeting will be facilitated by Jeremy Wheeler, executive director and education coordinator for the Crittenden County Economic Development Corporation. There will also be a representative from KHEEA to talk about KEES scholarship money. 

This meeting was originally scheduled for Sept. 6 but had to be moved to the earlier date.

Main Street work now planned for daytime

Plans have changed in regard to next week's work on Main Street in Marion. Originally, contractors were going to work at night. Now, the Transportation Cabinet says a milling crew will be working on Main Street during daytime hours starting Wednesday and running through Friday.

"This daytime milling project to prepare for night paving the following week will require a high level of public cooperation due to on-street parking in the downtown area," Kentucky Department of Highways said in a news release issued today. "The milling portion of the work is expected to take about three days to complete."

Following completion of the milling work, the contractor tentatively plans to start night paving along Main Street Monday, Sept. 10.

The work zone is from Tabor's Towing and Repair to the city sewer plant.

Area death

Frieda Jo Heady, 70, of Marion died Thursday at Shemwell Nursing Home in Providence. Services are Monday at Sullivan Baptist Church.

Triathlon postponed until Monday

Due to the threat of inclement weather, organizers of the Youth Triathlon scheduled for Saturday morning have opted to move the event to Monday, Labor Day. The starting times and other details remain the same. The event will begin at 8 a.m., at Marion Country Club.

Circuit Clerk closing for holiday, furlough

Crittenden County Circuit Court will be closed several days over the coming week due to the holiday and state-mandated furloughs. The office at the courthouse will be closed the same as most others tomorrow and Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The circuit clerk will also be closed Tuesday and Sept. 8 for furlough days.

Area Death

Bert Arthur Papineau, Sr., 82, of Marion died at his home Wednesday. Services are at 2 p.m., Saturday at Gilbert Funeral Home in Marion.

Welcome Marion Dairy Queen !

Welcome Marion Dairy Queen as The Press Online's newest web partner.

Dairy Queen is locally owned by Barry Nasseri. The store will be rolling out a new brand soon, merging two iconic brands and shaking up the smoothie market when Orange Julius joins DQ in a few days.

Paving of Main Street starts next week

Paving on Main Street should begin next week, after Labor Day. Original plans were to start late this week, but because of weather forecasts and the Labor Day holiday, crews will not start until next week.

It will take a little more than a week to mill and resurface the street between Gum Street on the south side and the sewer plant north of town. 

Work will be done at night. On-street parking will not be allowed at night while work is going on. The paving project has been greatly anticipated by local residents who have endured a bumpy Main Street all summer following a water main replacement project. 

Crews from Rogers Group paving company made repairs to Main Street after dark last Thursday in preparation for the complete resurfacing project. 

Isaac gets leg up on turkey sales

Crittenden County Chamber of Commerce has postponed its turkey leg fundraiser planned for Saturday. Due to the weather forecast – thanks to Hurricane Isaac now headed this way from the Gulf of Mexico – the Chamber decided to hold off until Sept. 15 on the turkey leg meal project, which will raise money to help fund the Oct. 13 Pumpkin Festival.

Fear not: It was just a siren test

The loud siren in Marion about 4:15 p.m., was simply a test of the new early-warning system.

There is no emergency.

Fear not: It was just a siren test

The loud siren in Marion about 4:15 p.m., was simply a test of the new early-warning system.

There is no emergency.

Paving starts tomorrow on Ky. 838 and Ky. 135

A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to restrict traffic for asphalt paving along Ky. 838 and Ky. 135 in Crittenden County starting Tuesday.

Paving along Ky. 838 runs from the Crittenden-Livingston County Line to Tom Johnson Road. A length of just over one mile.

Paving along Ky. 135 runs from 1.6 miles east of Ky. 723 near the 8 mile marker and extends eastward to mile point 11.975, a distance of 3.98 miles. This is from near Arflack Road/McDaniels Road running eastward to near the one-lane bridge at Hurricane Creek.

Work will start on Ky. 838, then move to Ky. 135. Work on these two sections should be completed by the end of the week, weather permitting.

Detour on U.S. 60 in Suwanne this morning

A tractor-trailer crash hast U.S. 62 blocked at Suwanee in Lyon County, three miles east of Barkley Dam. The tanker truck ran off the roadway and rolled on its side earlier this morning. Recovery efforts to right the truck and remove it are expected to last until about noon. Traffic that normally travels U.S. 62 between Kuttawa and Lake City should detour via Interstate 24.

Area death

Elvis Kinnis 72, of Marion died Friday Crittenden Hospital. Services are tomorrow at Gilbert Funeral Home.

Main Street work underway Thursday night

Milling was being done at Main and Bellville just before 9 p.m.

A state contractor began work to prep Main Street for resurfacing Thursday night. Milling began, closing off part of the street after dark.

Milling and other base repairs are expected to be complete tonight.

Resurfacing will start next week and last for about a week.

Main Street resurfacing begins Thursday

Traffic will be restricted in downtown Marion Thursday night as work begins on resurfacing Main Street.

Rogers Group, a contractor for the Kentucky Department of Highways, will begin base repairs after dark Thursday between Tabor’s Towing and Repair and the sewer plant north of town. Work will take one night to complete the initial phase of the resurfacing process.

Work will consist of milling and patching of bad places on the street. After about a week to settle, resurfacing will begin. The project should be done by Sept. 7 at a cost of $550,000. On-street parking will not be available during milling or paving.

Motorists should be alert for one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers. Appropriate caution is required where equipment, flaggers, and construction personnel are on the roadway in close proximity to traffic flow. This work is being scheduled at night to minimize traffic disruptions, said Keith Todd, spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Highways.  Approximately 9,000 vehicles travel this section of U.S. 60 in downtown Marion in a average day.

This segment of US 60 is part of a group paving project that started last fall that included a section of KY 1077. The paving was put on hold to allow the City of Marion to complete installation of new water lines through the downtown area.

Rogers Group, Inc., is the prime contractor on this $555,000 highway improvement project.  The estimated completion date for asphalt paving is Sept. 7.

No community garden giveaway on Friday

Due to excessive rain in Marion overnight Thursday, there will be no distribution of Community Garden vegetables at the Farmers Market on Friday. Wet ground will make it too difficult to pick the garden Friday morning.

Distribution will return next week.