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New “gathering place” opens in Pine Knot
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] The Gather Coffee Company, with four Tennessee locations, opened a Gather Coffee Lounge in Pine Knot, KY, last week. Staying true to their mission of creating social hubs in communities where people gather to enjoy delicious coffees, homemade baked goods, and fellowship, Scott and Kristin McNamara a husband-and-wife team, want their…
Read MoreGrand Jury returns murder and rape indictments
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] (The McCreary Journal reminds readers that an indictment does not indicate one’s guilt or innocence but represents that enough evidence exists in a case to pursue the matter in a court of law. The McCreary Journal also notes the possibility of individuals having the same or similar names. Individuals are presumed innocent…
Read MoreHere we go, again
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] School Superintendent resigns and will not complete the school year During the last thirty years, the McCreary County School District has had more than its fair share of acting, interim, and/or full school district superintendents. So many during those thirty years, the average length of stay in the local school superintendent’s…
Read MoreTaylor selected as interim school superintendent
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] In a special meeting on Thursday, April 24, 2025, the McCreary County Board of Education voted to offer Central Office employee Clint Taylor an interim superintendent contract from May 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025. Taylor accepted the contract, which was written like others offered to previous interim superintendents in…
Read MoreCumberland Falls Pride Hwy 90 Clean-Up
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Leading by example, McCreary County Judge Executive Jimmie “Bevo” Greene worked alongside 151 other McCreary County volunteers, picking up trash along the McCreary side of Hwy 90 during Saturday’s (April 26, 2025) Cumberland Falls Pride Spring Clean Up. In competition with Whitley County, as Whitley County volunteers cleaned up the Whitley…
Read MoreRidgenet Expands; has a Local Connection
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Earlier in the fall, faces familiar to McCreary County received good news from Governor Andy Beshear when the Governor announced that Ridgenet Network Group LLC, a Science Hill-based manufacturer of equipment for emergency vehicles and other components used in law enforcement, fire, and EMS, received an award of state funding…
Read MorePertussis Cases Increasing in Kentucky
The Kentucky Department for Public Health has noted a rise in Pertussis cases (also known as Whooping Cough) across the state this year. There has also been an elevated rate of infection across the Lake Cumberland District. Pertussis is a highly contagious disease that poses a serious health risk, especially to infants and young children.…
Read MoreCounty Wraps Up 2024 With Solid Finances
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] According to McCreary County Finance Officer Debbie Gilreath, the County is doing a good job with finances. “Just like with our finances at home, we hope to pay all our bills and still put some back for a rainy day,” Gilreath told McCreary County Fiscal Court members during their December…
Read MoreHearing held for 19-year-old charged with rape
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] 19-year-old, Kyree Giglio, who was arrested on April 7, 2025, by McCreary County Chief Deputy Sheriff Dustin Ridner on charges of (1) Rape 2nd Degree, No Force, (2) Sodomy 2nd Degree, and (3) Unlawful Transaction with a Minor, 3rd Degree appeared for his preliminary hearing in front of McCreary County…
Read MoreFiscal Court approves first reading of 2025/26 budget
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] McCreary County Fiscal Court approved the first reading of the 2025-2026 county budget during their meeting on April 10, 2025. There are minimal changes in this year’s budget with the exceptions of budgeting for the Federal Social Security recommended cost-of-living 2.5% pay increase, increase in pay for 911 dispatchers (starting pay…
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