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The leak should not be affecting service to customers at this time.
It was only the second time in history that the popular musical group has been to Marion's community center.
Local opera singer Corey Crider also performed with the symphony and he and his wife, Michelle, also an opera singer, entertained premium ticket purchasers with more Christmas songs at an after-party, accompanied by punch and holiday treats.
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An FFA alumni dinner will be held Thursday, Dec. 15 at the Crittenden County Lions Club building.
The event is a fundraiser for FFA to help with routine expenses the organization faces throughout the school year.
Various soups will be served beginning at 6 p.m., and club members will conduct a silent cake auction. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
FFA member Cutter Singleton and his band, Classy & Grassy, will perform.
All alumni are encouraged to attend. They are asked to RSVP one of the advisors Jessica.Abercrombie@crittenden.kyschools.us or Kimberlie.Lady@crittenden.kyschools.us.
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This morning, county employees were greeted with flooded floors in the circuit court office after a pipe to a new boiler system developed an overnight leak.
Circuit Clerk Melissa Guill’s office is closed today for cleanup and while repairs are being made, yet the remainder of the courthouse is open.
All water is shut off the building for now so there are no restrooms available to the public or employees. Crittenden County Judge-Executive Perry Newcom said water should be restored at some point later this morning once repair crews can isolate the leaking line.
The courthouse is figuratively on death row, set for demolition in the coming months so a new county justice center can be built on the same spot. Meantime, the aged structured continues to struggle to provide an adequate venue for county business. A temporary heating system was brought in recently so warm air could be pumped in through the front door after the boiler failed to work as cooler weather set in this fall. Portable heaters were used for a time, but those were not adequate to warm the entire building.
First responders have been dispatched to the scene.
No further information was immediately available.
The crash was reported shortly after noon on Tuesday.
Police this week have issued a citation to one individual for illegal burning in the city. There have been other recent cases of burning in violation of the city's ban, said Marion Police Chief Ray O'Neal.
The county lifted its burn ban a few weeks ago following a periods of rainfall. However, the city ban is not predicated on rainfall. It is simply in response to the Marion water shortage.
Financial donations for Community Christmas are being accepted at Farmers Bank.
Donations are being accepted at Farmers Bank to sponsor a teen in various dollar amounts to fund vouchers for teenagers participating in Community Christmas. Drop off for Angel tag donations for children should be made at Marion Baptist Church between 9 a.m., and 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 15 during set-up for distribution. Volunteers are needed for set up.
Distribution is 9 a.m., to noon, Friday, Dec. 16 at the church.
Along Main Street, the parade will begin at 5 p.m., with a theme, Let It Be Christmas.
Perez, who teaches sixth grade English and language arts, was selected as Kentucky’s Teacher of the Year a few weeks ago. She is also a finalist for the National Teacher of the Year.
For the first time ever, a sports program will be among those who lead the parade. Under the direction of varsity coach Vicki Hatfield, Crittenden County’s entire boys’ golf team and two female golfers qualified in September for the All A Classic State Tournaments in Richmond. Girls’ finalists were Addie Hatfield and Brylee Conyer. Male finalists were Jeremiah Foster, Grayson Davidson, Avery Belt, Parker Kayse and Jaxon Hatfield. They and their coach will join Perez and other golf team members as grand marshals this weekend.
Also on Saturday in Marion:
The parade theme is Hometown Christmas.
The Faughns are lifelong residents of Fredonia and are active in community events. Pam was involved in organizing the first T-ball league in Fredonia played at the park named for her father, Buddy Rogers. Steve is involved at Bright Life Farms and spent many years coaching youth baseball. He was a longtime member of the Fredonia Lions Club. A local historian, Pam was a founder of the Fredonia Valley Heritage Society and has been its president for the past 15 years.
The couple is also involved in the First Baptist Church.
Crittenden County’s 2022 deer season was a tad better than last season, which saw a 10-year low in the county harvest.
The rifle deer season, when most animals are taken by modern firearms, ended Sunday after 16 days of hunting. It’s the only segment of the deer season when high-powered rifles can be used to take animals. There are other seasons for taking deer including muzzleloader, crossbow and archery. The bow and arrow season goes until Jan. 16.
Hunters took around 1,999 deer with modern firearms during November. That’s slightly above last year’s take of about 1,977. These figures do not include deer taken by other means during the rifle hunting segment, such as bow or blackpowder harvests.
The average modern firearm harvest for the five-year period ending in 2020 was 2,400. In 2019, 2,588 were taken.
Crittenden County has typically been among the top three counties when it comes to deer harvests, but last year it was fifth in overall harvest at the end of all deer seasons and this year the county has slipped even farther down the list to seventh in the state.
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Crittenden County Courthouse will be closed to the public on Friday, Dec. 2 between noon and 1 p.m., for the annual County Employee Christmas Luncheon. The courthouse will be open otherwise on Friday and there will be some other special events that the public may attend.
At 1:15 p.m., Chief Circuit Judge Rene’ Williams will be swearing in all newly elected local officials in the Judicial Courtroom on the top floor of the courthouse.
From 2 to 4 p.m., there will be a retirement reception for all county elected officials and others who are retiring from office at the end of this year.
Everyone is urged to stop by and say farewell and good luck to Judge Williams, County Attorney Rebecca Johnson, Sheriff Wayne Agent, Jailer Robbie Kirk, Magistrate Dan Wood, PVA Ronnie Heady and Co. Road Department employee Noble Easley. Retirement gifts will be presented at 2:10 p.m., by the county, followed by special comments, cake and punch.
