Job Corps opening

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Area death

Rev. A.C. Hodge, 92, of Marion died Thursday. He had served as pastor of Frances Community Church. Gilbert Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Harris for School Board

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Customer Appreciation at Candy's

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First United offers $100 bonus

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Group confirms interest in buying hospital

Mayor Byford was among local leaders who commented
during Tuesday's meeting at the hospital.

The firm hired last year to manage Crittenden Health Systems says it now wants to own the hospital.

Rural Health Group met with local community leaders on the hospital campus yesterday, making a public statement about its interest in acquiring the hospital.

Right now, the group owns another rural hospital in Booneville, Mo., and is near closing a deal to buy another one in Wellington, Kan.

Beyond its interest in CHS, Rural Health Group is currently working on arrangements to acquire two other rural hospitals.

Find out details in this week's printed edition of The Crittenden Press. You can't get this kind of community news anywhere else. Subscribe now to never miss a big story. Without subscribers like you, this kind of news gathering would not exist.

If you're interested, listen to the entire public portion of yesterday's meeting on the accompanying podcast. While it doesn't provide too many details about the proposed purchase, The Crittenden Press was at the meeting and met with several of the principal parties afterward. Our copyrighted article on the matter should answer a number of your questions. Click here to subscribe and read the entire article.

Weekly meat market specials

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PODCAST: Lady Rocket volleyball on a roll

Enjoy this Rocket Sports Podcast with fifth-year Lady Rocket volleyball coach Cara Hunt and two senior players, Kenlee Perryman and Paige Gilbert.

The girls are off to their best start in the history of CCHS volleyball and just narrowly missed going to the State All A Classic Tournament last week.

As the 10-1 volleyball girls prepared to play McLean County at home Monday night, we caught up to the coach and players in the locker room.

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Area Death

Robert Earl Diehl Jr., 54, of Marion died Friday. Myers Funeral Home in Marion is in charge of arrangements.

Pet Grooming on North Weldon Street

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Tune in to our new You Tube Coach's Show

Each Thursday, The Crittenden Press will be broadcasting a Rocket PreGame and Coach's Show on our You Tube Channel with head football Coach Sean Thompson, along with some special guests like senior center Brock Langton (pictured), who was featured on the first episode last week.

Watch the show anytime from your smartphone or computer. It's available 24/7.

Coach Thompson will discus each week's upcoming matchup and we will have some entertaining and colorful skits with Rocket football players.

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Basketball girls get $20 for a drive

Test drive a Ford today at CCHS and help the Lady Rocket basketball team earn cash. 

No strings attached. 

Just take a test drive and the basketball girls get $20. 

This fundraising event will be from 9am to 2pm.

Fair Photos Galore: Pageants, Derby, Horses

Got some time this weekend?

Peruse through hundreds of Crittenden Press news photos taken during the 2018 Crittenden County Lions Club Fair earlier this month.
Download, share, or print the ones you like!

Area death

Louise Kitchens, 86, of Salem died Thursday. Boyd Funeral Directors in Salem is in charge of arrangements.

Labor Day event at Johnson's

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Lady Rockets V-ball ranked No. 5

The Lady Rockets came back from a two-set deficit to win
in five sets Thursday at Hopkins Central.

Crittenden County's volleyball girls are off to a 10-1 start this season and just missed going to the All A Classic State Tournament by two points earlier this week.

In the latest Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association (KVCA) poll, Crittenden is ranked No. 5. Caldwell County and Henderson are tied for first. Here are this week's rankings:

KVCA Region 2 Rankings
1. Caldwell County
1. Henderson County
3. Hopkinsville
3. University Heights
5. Crittenden County

Check your driver's license expiration

Crittenden Circuit Court Clerk Melissa Guill is reminding local drivers to check their license expiration date, as the Commonwealth of Kentucky no longer mails renewal notices to drivers.

However, Guill said license holders can now sign up for an email reminder from the state as to when their license is about to expire. Sign up for this service at the Crittenden County Circuit Court Clerk's office.

She said a number of local residents have unwittingly been driving on expired licenses. A license is good for four years. The expiration date is printed on the front of the license.

Area Deaths

Bernice Eloise Jennings, 84, of Marion died Thursday. Myers Funeral Home in Marion is in charge of arrangements.

Jonathan Allen, 34, of Marion died Saturday. Gilbert Funeral Home in Marion is in charge of arrangements.

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High-speed pursuit last night near Salem

A high-speed pursuit last night in rural Livingston County has led to the arrest of a Salem man on multiple felony charges.

Livingston County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Kirk was patrolling in Salem about 6 p.m., when he observed a 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser westbound on US 60 driven by Clayton Dickerson, 22, who the deputy knew to have an active warrant against him from Crittenden County for theft.

When the deputy tried to stop the PT Cruiser, Dickerson sped away, turned into a gas station parking lot and circled the building. Dickerson then drove onto Ky. 133 and the chase headed toward Lola, where Dickerson eventually crashed on Slocum Road and Dickerson took off running in a soybean field but was caught.

Dickerson was lodged in the McCracken County Jail on charges of first- and second-degree fleeing or evading police, five counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, driving without a license and other traffic offenses.

A woman in the vehicle with Dickerson also fled on foot after the car crashed. She was not immediately apprehended, but will likely be facing charges once authorities find her.