Burnside News

The mayor of Ferguson may not seek another term. Allen Dobbs told the Commonwealth Journal Wednesday he is pondering another term as mayor of Ferguson or seeking the office of magistrate from District 4. "My long-term goal is to seek a higher office ... to serve more people," said Dobbs.

Two-way traffic was scheduled to be allowed late yesterday on two northbound lanes of scenic new Ky.

The City of Burnside has a new police officer. Matthew L. Brown was officially sworn into duty by Mayor Chuck Fourman Monday at the November council meeting.

Jerry Wendell Toney, 68, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at his home in Tateville, Ky.

Something smells bad in the City of Burnside - and no sure-fire solution is readily available.

The victims call him a polite robber. Now police are looking for the man they say held up a Pulaski County gas station.

One of Burnside's most prominent restaurants closed its doors on Tuesday, and its chances for reopening in the future are very much up in the air.

Home-heating costs this coming winter should be about the same as last year and most suppliers say the amount you pay will be in direct relation to how severe the cold.

The rain held off to make the Annual Friends of Lake Cumberland clean-up another success story.

Jo Ann Morrow Davis, age 71 of Somerset, passed away on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.

"We can't change what happened. It's all water under the dam at this point - or water around the dam, maybe." So says J.D. Hamilton.

Candidates for local offices subject to the 2010 elections keep popping out of the woodwork.

The Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet appears noncommittal about the long, drawn-out effort to build a lodge on General Burnside Island State Park, but State Representative Tommy Turner, R-Pulaski County, says the state still has some interest.

Burnside's sewer system may be the only thing standing in the way of a local environmental disaster - assuming an agreement can be reached with the city.

STATE SERVICE OFFICER FOR D.A.V. WILL NO LONGER BE AT SENIOR CITIZENS BUILDING Pauline Conner, State Service Officer for the Disabled American Veterans, will not be at the Senior Citizens Building any more.

If you think all activity on Labor Day weekend was on the lake, think again: Some early risers on Labor Day morning had to park along Tucker Road and walk nearly a quarter of a mile uphill to get to the Tucker Shelter House, scene of the annual Burnside Masonic Lodge breakfast.

An intrusive upper level low pressure system draped dark clouds over the Lake Cumberland area during part of the Labor Day weekend and stray showers slightly dampened outdoor activities.

The prognosis is good for an 18-year-old man who suffered severe injuries when he fell over a 50-foot cliff in the Bronston community early on Labor Day morning.

Two people are in the hospital after police say a driver went the wrong way on a Pulaski County road.

The checkered flag will fly again at Lake Cumberland Speedway this Saturday as racing resumes following the recent death of the track's owner, Harold Hardgrove.