Cumberland County News

10/06/2025

10/04/2025

Fall Festival Folks Soak up the Sunshine By Editor | October 4, 2025 | 0 Earl “Bandit” Conaster was playing to a crowd, estimated by some at 500, as a “train” full of young ones passed by at last week’s Marrowbone Fall Festival.     By Greg Wells CCN – Editor   Leticia Cyphers, organi...

10/04/2025

Fall Town Hall By Editor | October 4, 2025 | 0 County Judge-Executive Luke King stood and took questions from the audience assembled for the Town Hall meeting last Thursday.     By Greg Wells CCN—Editor     Cumberland County Judge-Executive Luke King received several questions from the audienc...

09/26/2025

Share a positive welcome to a sister community.

Breaking News: Barren County Judge Executive Jamie Bewley Byrd and Executive Director of Barren County Economic Authority Maureen Carpenter are on site of the recently announced property sold to Union Coating & Chemical Industries. An Egyptian Company to invest $11,900,000 and create 60 new jobs in Glasgow, Barren County, KY. Establishing the first U.S. manufacturing facility in Kentucky is a significant expansion for Union Coating & Chemical Industries and an honor for our community in being chosen.

This and other details, including hints for more planned announcements in the week ahead.

09/26/2025

Bluegrass Festival Dry and Swinging By Editor | September 26, 2025 | 0 Individuals, family groups, and groups of friends turned out early as the gospel music portion of the Cumberland River bluegrass Festival got underway last Thursday afternoon, with a performance by Fred Spencer. PHOTO | Greg Well...

09/26/2025

City Council Changes Auctions By Editor | September 26, 2025 | 0 Members of the city Council, from the left, Trevor Owsley, Connie Cravens, Shawn Riddle, and across from him, Jamie Allen, Doug Radford, and at the far right, Glen Murphy, listen to Mayor Laurel Irby, center, as she described playgroun...

09/24/2025

Big announcements coming in October for Jobe Publishing Inc., Barren County Progress, Hart County News-Herald, The Citizen-Times, Edmonton Herald-News, Edmonson News, Butler County Banner/Green River Republican, Cumberland County News, The Times Journal and a new 100-year old community newspaper will be joining our family business.

09/19/2025

Italian Bistro Opens By Editor | September 19, 2025 | 0 Owners Scott and Suzanne Sheffield, pictured here cutting the ribbon, said that they appreciated the turnout for the ribbon-cutting last Friday as the Italian Bistro opened on the Square in Burkesville. PHOTO | Greg Wells     By Greg Wells CC...

09/19/2025

Busy Library, Even with School Returning By Editor | September 19, 2025 | 0 Cumberland County Public Library Board Members looked over renderings of improvements in the children’s section of the library at last week’s board meeting. The new furniture is at no cost to the taxpayers, thanks to a p...

09/11/2025

Thor Fails in Last Attempt to Quash First Friday By Editor | September 11, 2025 | 0 Fast cars, pretty women and men on benches. A bigger slice of American pie is hard to find. But it was around the square last Friday evening, and is returning Oct. 3, weather permitting. Organizers and participants w...

09/11/2025

Fiscal Court Moves through Large Agenda By Editor | September 11, 2025 | 0 Members of the Cumberland County Fiscal Court gathered in the courtroom of the courthouse Monday, preparing to hear reports and make decisions. On the agenda that evening were advertising for bids on the Splash-pad, tax rates...

09/11/2025

September 11, 2001 — A Day We Will Never Forget

Today marks the anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11. It’s a day of remembrance, reflection, and gratitude for the first responders and countless heroes who showed courage in the face of unimaginable loss.

🕊️ Where were you when you first heard the news?

Share your story in the comments as we honor the lives lost and the resilience of our nation.