MUD said the rupture required operations at Florence water treatment plant to be curtailed for months. The utility is seeking more than $5 million in damages from Hawkins.

Hundreds of brown-splattered pickups, SUVs, Jeeps and even raised sports cars growled and roared at Mud Fest 2015 on Saturday, tires flinging muck 20 feet into the blue sky.

The third annual Community Love Fest sponsored by Heart of Hope Ministries provided more than just food and fun for the community s children also got backpacks, haircuts, and physicals.