Community Events

McCreary County has been awarded $8,291.00 through the State Set-Aside process under Phase Cares of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was made by a National board that is chaired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of…

Assistance Food Distribution – Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 9 a.m., located at Whitley City Elementary, 2819 N. Highway 27, Whitley City, KY 42653. Free food distribution to the first 300 families. No registration or proof of need required. Trash pickups  – The McCreary County Courthouse announces there are still slots available for non-profit groups…

J. Scott Barnett, Whitley City, KY, wants to make McCreary County, KY more beautiful by painting pro-Christian, pro-American, pro-Kentucky, and/or pro-McCreary County murals.  To accomplish his goal, Barnett is willing to donate space on the white building he owns on Hwy 1651 across from Dixie Transport Apartments.  The building has two areas, a 12×40 ft.…

Submitted by Nick Taylor Reflecting Back Submitted by Nick Taylor Reflecting Back Reflecting on a time when families gathered around and remembered their “kin folk,” the old timers would sit on the porch as us children would play about, I would always stop to hear the stories that would make a stoic face crack with…

Assistance Food Distribution – Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 9 a.m., located at Whitley City Elementary, 2819 N. Highway 27, Whitley City, KY 42653. Free food distribution to the first 300 families. No registration or proof of need required. trash pickups  – The McCreary County Courthouse announces there are still slots available for non-profit groups…

Assistance trash pickups  – The McCreary County Courthouse announces there are still slots available for non-profit groups to do trash pickups for $100/mile for up to 10 miles. All groups are required to help at the Cumberland Falls Cleanup in order to earn a spot with the paid non-profit group cleanups.  For more information, call…

Assistance trash pickups  – The McCreary County Courthouse announces there are still slots available for non-profit groups to do trash pickups for $100/mile for up to 10 miles. All groups are required to help at the Cumberland Falls Cleanup in order to earn a spot with the paid non-profit group cleanups.  For more information, call…

Assistance trash pickups  – The McCreary County Courthouse announces there are still slots available for non-profit groups to do trash pickups for $100/mile for up to 10 miles. All groups are required to help at the Cumberland Falls Cleanup in order to earn a spot with the paid non-profit group cleanups.  For more information, call…