Due to continued icy roads making travel hazardous, Crittenden County Schools will be closed Wednesday, Feb. 1.
This will be another NTI day, with elementary and middle school students completing Day 4 of their packets. High school students should complete work assigned by their teachers or on Google classroom.
Teachers at all schools are available by email for assistance.
Alben Barkley II, namesake of former United States Vice President Alben Barkley, died Monday, Jan. 30 at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center at Hanson, Ky.
Barkley, 78, served as Commissioner of Agriculture in Kentucky during the early 1980s and ran an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Kentucky in 1983. A sexual harassment scandal ended his political aspirations and he spent the latter years of his life on a farm near Sheridan in rural northwest Crittenden County, tending to livestock and a handful of rental properties he owned and managed.
Barkley's grandfather, who was from Paducah, was a longtime United States Senator, and also served as vice president to Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953. The elder Barkley died in 1956 and is buried at Mount Kenton Cemetery in Paducah.
Gilbert Funeral Home in Marion is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete at this time.
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A number of public offices are closed today, including the Circuit Clerk, County Clerk and PVA in the Crittenden County Courthouse.
Marion City Hall is closed today.
The Crittenden County Convenience Center and Animal Shelter are closed, along with the Crittenden County Public Library.
At the courthouse, doors will open at 10 a.m.,. once ice and snow are removed from the sidewalks and steps. However, most offices remain closed.
Reports are that roads are slick, particularly where plows have already wiped down to ice. The county road department is going to begin salting now to fight the ice.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 1 Snow and Ice Team reports accumulations of ice across Kentucky's 12 westernmost counties have created hazardous driving conditions in the region. KYTC engineers continue to urge drivers to limit their travel.
A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 9 a.m. Several rounds of a wintry mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and freezing drizzle overnight have made walking and driving difficult on untreated surfaces.
Students will need to refer to their Non-Traditional Instruction plan for assignments on Tuesday.
Awards were presented Jan. 28 during the annual Kentucky Press Association convention in Lexington.
Press publisher Chris Evans was a presenter at the convention, sharing information about The Press’ strong online presence and ideas for other newspapers to increase their digital presence.
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter weather advisory from 3 p.m., today, through 9 a.m., Tuesday.
A wintry mix of sleet and snow is expected to move across the region with up to 2/10ths of an inch of ice accumulation. While not on a scale of the ice storm of 2009, this system has the potential to impact traffic.
KYTC District 1 Crews plan to pre-treat highways starting this morning. The storm timeline will not allow all roadways to be treated. Crews will mainly concentrate on "A" Snow Priority Routes which include Interstates, parkways, and other 4-lane highways, as well as some 2-lane U.S. Highways. An effort will be made to pre-treat bridges and overpasses on "B" and "C" Snow Priority Routes if time allows.
Motorists should be alert for slow moving tanker trucks spraying brine on roadways. The District 1 Supertanker will be on Interstate 24 and Interstate 69. While it moves at regular traffic speed, motorists should still use appropriate caution.
Some KYTC District 1 personnel will be sent home this morning with plans to return as needed during the late afternoon hours. This will make a maximum number of trucks available to spread salt as the winter mix moves through during the evening and overnight hours.
KYTC engineers urge motorists to evaluate their plans for Monday night and Tuesday morning to avoid unnecessary travel.
As they accumulate, freezing rain and sleet will likely reduce the effectiveness of salt and other ice-fighting chemicals.
Crittenden County Fiscal Court will meet in special session at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 2 at the courthouse.
Magistrates will be convening in order to hear a report from the Crittenden County Solid Waste Committee on a recommendation for the community's franchise agreement with one of two garbage collection services that are bidding for the county's business for the next five years.
For the first time, commercial waste collection will be part of the franchise. This agreement will set the fee for residential and commercial trash pick up.
The role of the steamboat in the Underground Railroad will be the topic of discussion during a presentation Feb. 4 at the Crittenden County Public Library.
Richard Parker, author of Wicked Western Kentucky, will present the program at 10 a.m. Parker is a speaker with the Kentucky Humanities Council.
The program will be held in the library meeting room. Coffee and donuts will be provided.
Check out our story in this week's newspaper, plus many other articles and information about this community. The newspaper has some new information on the city's water crisis and historian Brenda Underdown's column goes to Nunn Switch and beyond.
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Crittenden County Republican Party will meet tonight 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Lions Club building at the fairgrounds.
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GFL, the current provider of trash collection services, is one of the bidders.
In this week's full edition of The Crittenden Press, get the whole story and see how much your bill might go up. Also, see what state law says can and cannot be burned.
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Space is limited. Advanced registration is required and online registration for this event will open on Jan. 25.
There will be another mobile driver’s licensing opportunity this summer on Aug. 8.
The address to the local site is 200 Industrial Drive, Marion, KY. Go online to register at Drive.Ky.Gov/Driver-Licensing/Pages/Pop-up-Locations-Map.aspx
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A bus carrying the team with a police escort will make a loop through town before heading eastward for its eighth appearance in the small-school state tournament where they will open at 8:30pm (CST) Wednesday against Bethlehem.
Tickets for the game are available from Go Fan. A live audio stream of the game is available online for free at this GAME LINK. A webcast can also be viewed online for $14.95 at PrepSpin.
Multiple bus drivers have connections to the basketball program and will be going to Eastern Kentucky University with the team, thereby creating a shortage of drivers here. That has prompted school officials to go ahead cancel school on Wednesday. Plans had already been established to close schools on Thursday.
The Lady Rockets play Bethlehem at 8:30 pm (CST) in Wednesday's opening round of the All A Classic Basketball Tournament. If they win the first-round game, the girls will play at noon on Friday, which could prompt further decisions about wether school will be in session on that day.
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