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Photos by Eugenia Jones This year, the National Park Service revamped their annual Decoration Day event by adding a Cemetery Quest activity. This year’s Cemetery Quest began at the Ranger Station in Stearns where participants received packets with directions to several cemeteries in the Beech Grove/Bald Knob/Peter’s Mountain area of the Big South Fork National…

By Eugenia Jones Nearly forty-six years after his death, Kentucky State Trooper John Wayne Hutchinson’s family and friends along with Kentucky State Troopers gathered to honor and pay tribute to the fallen trooper’s dedication to his community and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In an annual event commemorating Kentucky State Troopers who have made the ultimate…

Photos by MCSO Law Enforcement Officers had a dinner honoring Forest Service K-9 Officer Tim Grooms retirement after 35 years of service with the BSF and Forest Service. Grooms last date of service was April 30, 2021. The dinner was held adjacent to the McCreary Sheriff’s Office. Pictured above is the plaque presented to Grooms…

Photo by Eugenia Jones After 3 cancellations due to COVID-19 and flooding, runners were finally able to compete in the annual Yamacraw Trail Races. The event, headquartered in Stearns, brought runners from several states.      

Photo by Eugenia Jones Crew members from the McCreary County Road Department are pictured above as they develop an improved parking area at the Laurel Creek Reservoir project.

South Kentucky RECC’s election results resulted in a new director being added to their Board. In District five, members elected Mr. Tommy Nelson, Jr. over incumbent, Greg Beard, to represent the area of Clinton County, Southern Wayne County, and small portions of Russell County, Kentucky and Pickett County, Tennessee. Nelson has worked with cooperatives in…

Somerset – Somerset Community College (SCC) is offering free summer classes for first time students or students who have not been to college in over five years. This will include an offering of academic in-person, hybrid, and online classes. Classes are offered in four, six, eight and twelve week sessions. Summer registration is now open.…

Suspected Booze bandit arrested Voice Staff Report [email protected] Sheriff Randy Waters announced Wednesday afternoon, May 18, 2021, alleged booze bandit, Jack Roberts, 56, of Whitley City was arrested by Deputy Greg Chaney on an outstanding warrant for the theft. Roberts was in a Nashville, Tennessee jail on other charges and waived extradition. Sheriff Waters and…

Fiscal Court splits vote over sustainability of pay increases for county employees By Eugenia Jones [email protected] There were significant differences in opinions over the sustainability of a $1.00 per hour pay increase budgeted for all county employees in McCreary County’s proposed 2021/2022 budget. As a result, members of the McCreary County Fiscal Court split their…