Estate auction Saturday

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Bluegrass Realty-Auction will conduct an estate auction Saturday on Lola Road.

Selling will be numerous pieces of farm equipment, household furniture and some medical equipment.

See complete list here, or contact Robert Kirby for more information.

The auction beans at 9 a.m.

Area Death

Lucas Daniel Steve Rieke, 39 of Marion died Sunday. Myers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lady Rockets open regional play tonight

Crittenden County's Fifth District champion Lady Rocket volleyball team will open Second Region Tournament play tonight against Webster County.

The tournament will be played at Madisonville, and CCHS plays at 5:30pm.

The Lady Rockets (14-17) split two meetings with Webster County. Crittenden won the match 3-2 at Dixon and lost its home contest against the Lady Trojans 3-1.

Webster County is 17-15 this season and has the fourth best record in the region.

If Crittenden wins its opening match tonight, the girls will play tomorrow night in the regional semifinals at 7:30pm against either University Heights or Madisonville.

Smithland bridge closed nightly for 2 weeks

The Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland will be closed nightly for two weeks while repairs are made to a beam that has been damaged by overweight trucks. Load limits have recently been reduced until repairs can be completed.

The work will begin on Friday and closures will begin at 8pm each night and end at 5am. The bridge will have a reduced speed limit during the day.

Overnight or early-morning drivers traveling between Paducah and Livingston or Crittenden County should expect an additional hour or more of travel time.

Livingston County schools have made special arrangements during the construction period. Buses will not cross the bridge.

Engineers and contractors for the state highway department are working on contingency plans to deal with possible emergency scenarios, such as medical emergencies requiring ambulance service to Paducah.

Load limit restrictions
• Type 1: 17 tons—Two axle single unit trucks
• Type 2: 18 tons—Three axle single unit trucks
• Type 3: 20 tons—Four axle single unit trucks
• Type 4: 32 tons—Five axle SEMI trucks
• Single Unit Vehicle with five axles: 22 tons
• Single Unit Vehicle with six axles: 22 tons
• Single Unit Vehicle with seven plus axles: 24 tons

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is planning construction of a new $45 million bridge in about two years.

Murray State Alumni Reception before Friday Football

Join Crittenden County Racer Alumni on Friday, November 1, to cheer the Rockets!  Be there for a pre-game reception starting at 6 p.m. in the Rocket Arena meeting room and then take the field at halftime!  For more details and to RSVP please contact Shawna Thomas at sthomas39@murraystate.edu.  Help us share the Racer tradition with the Rockets this year!

Subject of manhunt near Tolu is identified

Local authorities believe a man they began searching for around noon Sunday in the northern part of Crittenden County to be Josh Jones, 31, formerly of Marion.

Sheriff Wayne Agent said Jones had absconded from a halfway house in Louisville a few weeks ago.

Law enforcement spent yesterday afternoon and last night combing the area between Cave In Rock Ferry and Tolu after a white male believed to have been Jones led Crittenden County Deputy Chuck Hoover on a short pursuit on Ky. 91 North

The suspect ditched a silver Monte Carlo and fled on foot.

Authorities say Jones has ties to the Tolu area. The sheriff said evidence  leads authorities to believe it was Jones driving the Chevrolet that eluded Deputy Hoover north of Marion.

Jones has a criminal record stemming from cases in Crittenden and Livingston counties.

Exercise caution if you see Jones or anyone in the area that appears suspicious, and call 911 or local police dispatching at 270.965.3500.

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Hunting Guide is now available online

Crittenden Outdoors’ annual Hunting Guide is now available online.

The 2019 Hunting Guide was published earlier this month by The Crittenden Press. It is a free publication and available at various participating retail outlets throughout Marion and Crittenden County.

The Hunting Guide includes an assortment of helpful information for hunters, including license information, where to hunt on public lands, deer hunting harvest data, big buck contest profiles from 2018’s season, a cover feature on a local man who bagged a trophy buck after almost giving up deer hunting and more for small game hunters and waterfowlers.

This publication will not appear as part of the weekly newspaper.

Click cover image or here for PDF of the 2019 Hunting Guide.

Authorities on manhunt in northern Crittenden County

Local authorities are looking for a man who they believe could be an escapee from a Louisville jail.

Law enforcement is in the northern part of the county combing the area after then man led Crittenden County Deputy Chuck Hoover on a short pursuit on Ky. 91 North shortly after noon today.

The suspect ditched a silver Monte Carlo and fled on foot.

Authorities are not certain, but believe it could be a man who escaped earlier this month and has ties to the Tolu area.

No further details were immediately available. 

Exercise caution if you see anyone that appears suspicious and call 911 or local police dispatching at 270.965.3500.

Area Death

Helen Conyer, 78, of Marion died Saturday. Gilbert Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mulligans Pizzeria & Pub opening Friday

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Marion's first establishment to sell alcohol since the referendum was passed by voters earlier this year will open Friday. Located at Marion Golf & Pool (formerly Marion Country Club), Mulligans Pizzeria & Pub features a sports bar and game room and a separate family dining area. Menu items include pizza, burgers, wings and appetizers.

Initially, only bar seating and carry-out will be available until finishing touches are done on the spacious dining area.

The restaurant and bar, located on Blackburn Street off U.S. 60 West, are open to the public Thursday through Saturday beginning at 4 p.m., and Sundays beginning at noon.

The bar and game room include big screen TVs, a championship pool table, dart board and golf simulator.

Free kickball and lunch at the park

Area death

Robert E. “Boozer” Belt, 91, of Marion died Saturday. Gilbert Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Keller gets what she wanted at XC regional

Crittenden County junior Kate Keller won the Class A First Region cross country meet on Saturday at Draffenville.

Keller, who'd been ranked atop the small-school division virtually all season, battled wet and windy conditions to capture her first regional championship.

She qualifies for next week's state finals.

See the upcoming printed edition of The Crittenden Press to find out how the rest of the running Rockets did in Saturday's regional meet.

Area Death

Tyler Blake Bivins, 25, of Marion died Wednesday. Gilbert Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Policy appears to be improving attendance

Crittenden County Schools Director of Pupil Personnel Diana Lusby at Thursday's meeting briefed board of education members on improvements to school attendance in the current academic year. The school system's districtwide attendance goal for the year is 96 percent, and through the first nine weeks of classes, the rate has eclipsed that mark. "We're thrilled with the way attendance is going," Lusby said, citing a new board policy to help administrators battle chronic absenteeism. "I believe with all my heart that is making a huge difference." Over the last few prior years, attendance after the second week of classes has dipped below 96 percent, but a more stringent policy to deter absences appears to be staving off that trend.

Rogers WoodmenLife representative

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If you're planning for the future, talk to Grant Rogers. Rogers is a representative for Crittenden and surrounding counties for WoodmenLife.

WoodmenLife writes life insurance policies and helps you plan ahead for retirement.

Contact Grant Rogers at (270) 625-1691.

Open Enrollment for Medicare Simplfied

Why should you care about Medicare Open Enrollment? Well for starters, there could be real money on the table, according to the National Council on Aging. But before we get to that, let’s review the basics.

To begin, what is Open Enrollment (otherwise known as the Annual Election Period or AEP)? Medicare Open Enrollment is a period which begins on October 15 every year and ends on December 7 every year. This is the time of the year when you can:

• Evaluate and/or change your Part D prescription drug benefits
• Evaluate or change your Medicare Advantage plan (Part C plan)
• Decide to join a Medicare Advantage plan for the first time
• Add or change a Medigap plan
• Decide to disenroll from a Medicare Advantage plan (this can also be done in January and early February but with fewer choices).

Read More of this article by the by Margie Johnson Ware, Aging and Health Specialist for the National Council on Aging.

UPDATE: Mock Disaster delayed one week

THIS MOCK DISASTER DRILL
Has been delayed for one week.
It will now be on Nov. 2 at 4pm. The postponement was necessitated based on a forecast of heavy rainfall this weekend.

ORIGINAL POST
Crittenden Community Hospital, EMS, local fire departments, AirEvac and area law enforcement will be conducting a Mock Disaster on Saturday.

The event will be conducted to train and test readiness of first responders in the case of a real disaster. It will begin at 4pm and will be held at Marion City Lake (Lake George).

Sirens and emergency vehicles will be prevalent in the community around the time of this planned fake disaster.

First United celebrating 1st anniversary

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First United Bank in Marion is celebrating its first anniversary with give-aways, refreshments and free admission to the Rockets' football game Friday night.

The celebration begins at 8:30 a.m., Friday at the banking center on North Main Street. A tailgate party featuring free hot dogs and face painting will be held at 5 p.m., and the first 200 people wearing a First United Bank Rockets shirt will receive free admission to the football game. 

Stop by the bank Friday and celebrate and register to win one of 15 $25 gift cards from local businesses.