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Rowe Receives VFW Teacher of the Year Award By Eugenia Jones During the McCreary County Board of Education’s January 24, 2022 meeting, Whitley City Elementary School teacher, Bo Rowe, was recognized as this year’s VFW Charles E. Moore Post 5127’s Teacher of the Year. VFW Commander Garry Galloway and Quarter Master Thomas Corder presented the…

Thanks to McCreary County volunteers, children get new beds and bedding By Eugenia Jones Thanks to local donations and volunteers, twenty-eight McCreary County children are now having sweet dreams as they get tucked in at bedtime in new twin size beds, complete with new mattresses, pillows, pillowcases, sheets, and comforters. Recently, local individuals, organizations, and…

Collection of money awarded for steam engine restoration is doubtful By Eugenia Jones Despite the McCreary County Heritage Foundation (MCHF) winning a court-ordered arbitration award of more than $700,000 last year from the Wyoming based Wasatch Railroad Contractors and its senior corporate officer, John Eldon Rimmasch, for breach of contract in failing to complete (to…

By Eugenia Jones When Democratic Governor Andy Beshear recently signed into law the redistricting map for Kentucky State Senate, McCreary County officially moved and became part of the 25th Senate District along with Whitley, Knox, Clay, Jackson, and Owlsley Counties.  As a result, Republican Senate President Robert Stivers of Manchester, KY now officially represents McCreary…

Most local incumbents running unopposed By Eugenia Jones The deadline to file as a candidate in the May Primary election slid by quietly at the end of the day on  Tuesday (January 25) with an unusually slim slate of candidates running for local office in McCreary County. The candidates running for local office in the May…

Voice Staff Report The McCreary County Grand Jury met in regular session on January 24, 2022 and handed down nine indictments. Buckley Kidd of Whitley City, KY was indicted on four counts, the alleged offenses occurring on about October 25, 2021. Count 1 charges Kidd with Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree,…

Dungan will be sentenced in February By Eugenia Jones Mark Dungan, the man indicted for the shooting of McCreary County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Watkins, appeared in Circuit Court on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in front of Circuit Court Judge Dan Ballou and avoided a trial by pleading guilty through a plea agreement with the Commonwealth.…

By Eugenia Jones Izzy, last weekend’s winter storm, transformed McCreary County into a winter wonderland with five to seven inches of glistening white snow, sparkling ice, and cold temperatures.  Despite her frigid beauty, Izzy left a trail of obstacles behind for McCreary County residents and first responders. From the storm’s arrival on Saturday, January 15…

By Independent Hearald www.ihoneida.com (The Voice received permission from Ben Garrett to reprint the following article from the Oneida (TN) Independent Herald regarding the recent guilty plea of Dr. Bruce Coffey in a prescription drug distribution case.  According to www.wbir.com, the DEA stated Dr. Coffey was the main source for drug trafficking operations in multiple…

Fiscal Court meets in regular session By Eugenia Jones If Fiscal Court gives the go ahead to allowing a Gravel Road Stage Rally here in late April, McCreary County’s next tourism venue may well be on the county’s backroads.  During this month’s regular Fiscal Court meeting (January 13, 2022), magistrates listened to a presentation from…