In an effort to reduce accidental fires, burning restrictions are in place during fall fire season when fallen leaves can quickly spread flames. Beginning Oct.1 through Dec. 15, it is illegal under state law to burn anything within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland between the daylight hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Delaying burning until late in the evening when humidity levels are typically higher and winds are generally lower makes it harder for fires to escape.
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Crittenden County Board of Education, which just met Tuesday, will be back on campus at Rocket arena Thursday, Sept. 30 for a special meeting at 6pm.
On the agenda will be discussion of a proposal to amend the Test2Stay policy and procedure the was approved Tuesday.
Looks like the school district is going to consider using Crittenden Community Hospital for its diagnostic testing instead of a Louisville contractor as previously approved.
Test2Stay for students and staff, a longer school day and new mask rules based on Kentucky’s color-coded COVID map were among measures acted upon Tuesday by the school board at its regular monthly meeting.
Get all of the details in this week’s full edition of The Crittenden Press, on newsstands Wednesday around lunchtime.
Even if you have not read the book, you are most welcome to attend to hear about how Todd researched and wrote the latest publication about this dark chapter in local frontier history.
He will also have copies for sale.
Crittenden County Board of Education will meet in regular session at 5:30pm Tuesday, Sept. 28 at the Crittenden County Elementary School library.
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If you are having a yard sale, contact The Press today to get your yard sale advertisement in this week's newspaper. We will also be posting the yard sale locations online.
Call us now at 270-965-3191.
“The new KSP regional driver testing locations are being done in accordance with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) licensing model. Regionalizing these locations will offer more efficient and effective services,” said Gov. Beshear. “I wish all Kentuckians the best of luck as they start the journey in obtaining a Kentucky driver’s license.”
Beginning Sept. 27, KSP will offer driver testing at the KYTC Regional Drivers Licensing Office, located at 56 Federal Street, Madisonville, KY 42431, for residents of Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and Webster counties.
Appointments are available Monday through Friday and can be made online by visiting KSP’s website. Residents must make an appointment prior to arrival for a permit, driver or commercial driver license test.
“One of the benefits of regionalization is increased availability of testing services,” said KSP’s Commander of Driver Testing, Captain Marshall Johnson. “New appointments will be posted daily at 8 a.m., Monday through Friday, and this availability is the product of regionalizing our services.”
KSP is continuing to work with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Kentucky’s circuit court clerks to open the remaining regional offices statewide by June 30, 2022.
Prior to an appointment, new drivers should prepare for the exam by accessing the only approved Kentucky driver’s Kentucky driver’s manual or by viewing it through the official KSP mobile app, ‘kspolice’. All driver
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This week's Press includes coverage of September's dockets for felony cases, and includes pleadings and sentences.
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In Crittenden County, there have been nearly a half dozen deaths over the past couple of weeks, and the virus is also affecting younger adults. In the paste few days, COVID-19 has claimed the lives of a husband and wife in Marion, for whom a prayer vigil was held late last week at the park. Stacy Collyer died Sunday at a Paducah hospital and his wife Kim, a former Crittenden Press employee, died Wednesday at a Paducah hospital. They were both in their mid 50s and leave two adult children.
The latest virus-related deaths in the Bluegrass State included people as young as 34, 38 and 39, Gov. Beshear said. The statewide death toll reached at least 8,422 since the pandemic began.
Over the past seven days, the virus incidence rate has fallen a bit in Crittenden County, yet it remains elevated. The average number of daily cases has gone from more than 10 to about 6 early this week.
A 29-year-old teacher in eastern Kentucky has died from the virus despite being vaccinated and a meticulous mask wearer, read more about how COVID is affecting teachers and others across the commonwealth Here @KYToday.
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The University of Kentucky's local Extension Service is coordinating the program again this year and deadline to register your site on the official map is Oct. 8.
Trail maps will be available Oct. 16 and voting for the best site will be done on the Extension Service Facebook page. Register by emailing crittenden.ext@uky.edu.
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Newspaper coverage this week includes a local healthcare professional's renewed approached to COVID-19 and vaccine options.
Will Marion become a one-stop-light town? We examine that question on this week's front page.
Also, The Press this week has details from a deadly fire in Lola, a new timeline for the Riverview Park Ohio River dock, information on when the community's fall corn maze will open to the public, and more on that search for a time capsule hidden inside the courthouse.
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“Upon the recommendation of the Kentucky State Police and our federal security partners, the Finance and Administration Cabinet’s Department for Facilities and Support Services, we will be seeking a request for quotes for the installation of bollards on the grounds of the Kentucky State Capitol,” Beshear said.
Architecturally-styled posts will be installed on what is known as the Capitol Loop, between the Capitol and Annex, from the Floral Clock to the Rose Garden, which means drivers will have to go behind the Annex to get from the west to the east side of the Capitol.
The street has long been a source of concern for security, say officials. Continue Reading this Article at Kentucky Today.
