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By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected]   The McCreary County Sheriff’s Office recently received several concerning reports of juveniles suffering medical episodes related to the possible ingestion of illegal controlled substances. An investigation began with an examination of local businesses. During the course of the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office requested and received assistance from the Kentucky…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Photo by Eugenia Jones Buckeye Home Medical Equipment celebrated its grand opening in Whitley City with a ribbon-cutting and lots of food and fun! Buckeye is a full-line DME providing home medical equipment. The store is located on Medical Lane, behind Burgess Drug.  

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Within days of listing 36-year-old Damian Alexander Poole as a missing person in NCIC and asking for the public’s help in locating him, local deputies made a grisly discovery. The McCreary County Sheriff’s Office responded quickly when the Colorado mother of Damian Alexander Poole contacted their office late in the…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Some go up; some come down Now that the McCreary County Fiscal Court and all special taxing districts, including the school district, have set their 2025 tax rates, McCreary County property owners can expect their tax bills to soon arrive in the mail. This year’s property tax rates varied across…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Fiscal Court approves operation of street-legal vehicles All roads, except Forest Service roads, are open to street-legal special-purpose vehicles In addition to adopting the 2025 county property tax rate during Thursday’s meeting, the McCreary County Fiscal Court also approved the second reading and final passage of Ordinance 520.1, which permits…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Get ready for some blazin’ hot bluegrass and gospel music this weekend (Thursday-Saturday/September 18-20) at the 2025 Big South Fork Blazin’ Bluegrass Festival. Hosted at the Sandhill RV Camp, this year’s festival features top bluegrass performers, including The Kody Norris Show, Fast Track, Center Hill Ramblers, C.F. Failey & Shadow…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Saints Prison Ministry reaches inmates through athletics Pine Knot – United States Penitentiary (USP) McCreary successfully hosted its first Christian Ministry outreach event in partnership with The Saints Prison Ministry, marking an important milestone in the institution’s commitment to fostering positive opportunities for inmates. The ministry team traveled to USP…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] A recent police foot chase in McCreary County ended with the suspect fleeing into a pond and apparently doing a suspected pocket dump into the water. Noticing a driver suspected of operating a vehicle with a suspended license pull into Becky’s Market, McCreary County Deputy Sheriff Alex Jones made contact…

Photo by Eugenia Jones McCreary County Judge Executive Jimmie Bevo Greene recently presented the McCreary County Board of Education with funding from the County’s Opioid Abatement Grant to establish a drug court for juveniles.  The drug court program is modeled after the one in Whitley County schools and provides support and counselling services.  McCreary County District…