Burkesville News

Danny C. Allen, Cumberland Co., KY He was a member and Deacon of Burkesville Baptist Church, had a masters degree in Education, taught for over 20 years in the Cumberland County School System, and was a member of The Burkesville Volunteer Fire Department.

Click on headline for complete story with photo By Joan C. McKinney and Rebekah Southwood News from Campbellsville University CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - An Adair County High School Graduate, Anthony Kent Spires, and a Cumberland County High School Graduate, Jessica Lynn Roberts, both teachers in Warren County, KY, school system were among the recipients ... (more)

This is what the courier journal newspaper in Louisville KY decided to publish in their issue on May 7th.

Somebody is going home with a truck again. For the second year in a row, the Grand Prize Giveaway at the Tri-County Electric annual meeting is a Ford F-150. But in case your luck doesn't stretch quite so far, there are dozens of other prizes that will be given away at the meeting, and every member who shows up will at least get a registration gift ... (more)

Board of Directors, L-R: Tom P. Thompson, Jr. ; Jeff Downing ; Veachel Harlan ; Ronald Bailey ; Ray Goad ; Paul Thompson ; Bret Carver ; George Cowan ; Tony Bentle ; Ken Witcher ; Mike Miller ; Jack Osgatharp Bret Carver and Paul Thompson with truck winner Michael Arms and children Jim Beecham and computer winner Karter Fletcher, kindergarten ... (more)

A 5-year-old Burkesville, Kentucky boy accidentally killed his 2-year-old sister on Tuesday when he shot her to death with a .22-caliber rifle given to him as a birthday present, reports The LA Times.

How young is too young to have access to a firearm? The issue is in the spotlight following a family tragedy in Kentucky, where state police say a 5-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister with a rifle he received as a birthday gift.

A 5-year-old boy who shot and killed his 2-year-old sister Tuesday near Burkesville, Ky., used a special, child-sized rifle he got in November for his birthday.

Family friends in Cumberland County, Kentucky are mourning the tragic death of a two-year-old girl who was accidentally shot and killed by her five-year-old brother.

Rapper Chris Kelly died Wednesday after being found unresponsive in his home. Kelly, 34, was part of the duo Kris Kross.

A Southern California wildfire fueled by strong winds was raging through 2 1/2 square miles of Riverside County on Wednesday as wind-fanned fires scorched parts of wine country north of San Francisco.

A 5-year-old shot his sister with his own rifle while he was playing outside in Burkesville, Ky.

BURKESVILLE, Ky. - In southern Kentucky, where children get their first guns even before they start first grade, Stephanie Sparks paid little attention as her 5-year-old son, Kristian, played with the rifle he was given last year.

Authorities in Northern California say the slaying of an 8-year-old girl at her home does not appear to have stemmed from a botched robbery or other crime gone wrong.

A Kentucky mother stepped outside of her home just for a few minutes, but it was long enough for her 5-year-old son to accidentally shoot his 2-year-old sister with the .22-caliber rifle he got for his birthday, state officials said.

OLD has shot dead his two-year-old sister with a gun called 'MY FIRST RIFLE' - that is specially made for children in America The boy is understood to have been playing round with the child-sized lethal weapon when he accidentally shot the toddler named as Caroline Starks.

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Burkesville, Ky. Detectives from Post 15 are investigating a shooting that occurred on Tuesday at 1:03 p.m. CST at a residence on Lawson's Bottom Road in Cumberland County.

Somebody is going home with a new truck again. For the second year in a row, the Grand Prize Giveaway at the Tri-County Electric annual meeting is a new Ford F-150. But in case your luck doesn't stretch quite so far, there are dozens of other prizes that will be given away at the meeting, and every member who shows up will at least get a ... (more)

'I can do that.' As Mike Newkirk watched woodworking guru Norm Abrams of PBS' The New Yankee Workshop build project after project on television, Newkirk came to believe that with the proper tools he could create beautiful things from wood as well.