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Jeanetta Burdine has been asked to present to 2 trainings at the Student Transportation Association of Kentucky (STAK). Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 conference will not be held in full, however event locations are being created across the state. Burdine will present at Lynn Camp High School in Knox County on June 15 and…

Voice Staff Report [email protected] An indictment of murder was handed down by the McCreary County Grand Jury meeting in regular session on May 10th, 2021 and filed on May 24th by the McCreary Circuit District Court. Ashley Bytheway, 36, of Whitley City, KY was indicted and charged with murder for the alleged offense of fatally…

Photo by Eugenia Jones With graduating Seniors walking across the stage to receive their diplomas during McCreary Central’s 2021 commencement ceremony on Saturday May 29, McCreary County can now proudly add an additional 182 residents who have received their high school diplomas. With their Junior and Senior years of high school marred by the COVID-19…

Carnival is scheduled for June 8-12. By Eugenia Jones [email protected] The McCreary County Fair Board is pleased to announce the arrival of “Carnival Week” hosted by Casey’s Rides from June 8th through June 12th. The carnival will be open from 5:00-10:00 pm with a $10.00 per person admission fee at the Fairgrounds of the McCreary…

Photos by Eugenia Jones The local VFW and American Legion posts honored those who gave all to defend America and her many freedoms during a solemn Memorial Day Ceremony.             

Good morning everyone. I would like to say a thank you from the class of 2021 to everyone who helped us get to walk across this stage. Thank you to every single family member of every single graduate, thank you to every friend of a graduating senior, thank you to every staff member from the…

Good morning my fellow graduates, family, friends, and faculty. It is with immense pleasure that I’m standing before you today. Our graduation has been long awaited, and we have dreamed about it since we walked through those doors four years ago. I remember that first day as a freshman. It was scary, and new, and…

By Eugenia Jones [email protected] McCreary County Fiscal Court met in special session last week for routine business and to approve the first reading of Amendment Number 6 which increases the amount of receipts in Federal Grants for Fiscal Year 2020/2021 budget. The amended increase in receipts and appropriations consists of $1,673,460.00 from the American Rescue…

By Eugenia Jones [email protected] The McCreary County Tourism Board joined in a Zoom meeting with motor sport enthusiast Erik Hubbard during their regular May meeting. Hubbard’s 501(c)3, Backroads of Appalachia, is an organization with a passion and empathy for providing economic development, job training and opportunities to the poverty stricken areas of Appalachia through tourism…