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Campbellsville University announces 100% tuition guarantee for incoming freshmen students
Campbellsville University’s administration and enrollment office have announced the university is now offering a tuition guarantee for incoming freshman students. “For over 100 years, Campbellsville University has bee An committed to educating and supporting underserved Kentucky students. CU firmly believes helping students and their families afford Christian higher education is essential to our mission. In…
Read MoreStocking recreational fish ponds
Source: Forrest Wynne, Extension Aquaculture Specialist, Kentucky State University Fishing is a wonderful warm-weather pastime many of us enjoy. At the extension office, we often receive calls in the spring and fall from landowners on how to properly stock recreational ponds with fish. Pond owners can call farm supply stores during the spring and fall…
Read MoreMissing Persons and Cold Cases
Homicide-Roger D. King (The McCreary County Voice continues to highlight local cases of unsolved homicides and and individuals still missing. Anyone with information (no matter how small) regarding any of the highlighted cases is urged to contact officials.) According to Kentucky State Police, Roger Dale King, a well-known lineman for South Kentucky RECC, was murdered…
Read MoreMOTORCYCLIST WITH INJURIES AIRLIFTED OUT BY HELICOPTER
Photo by Eugenia Jones A motorcyclist with injuries was airlifted out by helicopter to the University of Tennessee Hospital on Tuesday after a car crossed the yellow line on the Sandhill Road and hit him. The motorcyclist was the only individual transported by EMS with injuries. McCreary County Sheriff’s Deputies Stuart Bryant and Tom Smith…
Read MoreClark Pleads Guilty to Murder
By Eugenia Jones [email protected] Preston Timothy Clark, in person and with the aid of counsel, entered a plea of guilty on April 12, 2021 to the charge of murder in connection with the 2019 shooting death of Larissa Cox. Clark was charged with the fatal shooting of Cox, 48, which occurred on June 26,…
Read MoreFatal accident on Rattlesnake Ridge
Voice Staff Report [email protected] A fatal vehicle accident occurred Monday, April 19, 2021 on Rattlesnake Ridge and claimed the life of a Monticello, KY man. Dudley Appleby, 52, was a passenger in a truck that was traveling on Rattlesnake Ridge when the vehicle ran off the side of the road and appeared to…
Read MoreKentucky Releases Jobless Rates
Data shows McCreary with 6.1% unemployment rate. By Eugenia Jones [email protected] Earlier this month, Kentucky released county unemployment data for February 2021. Unemployment rates rose in 69 Kentucky counties between February 2020 and February 2021, fell in 43, and stayed the same in eight counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an…
Read MoreSmall Town Newspapers
What Happens When They Disappear? By Eugenia Jones [email protected] Sadly, our neighbors in Wayne County lost their only printed newspaper a few months ago. Fortunately, a band of determined individuals recently rolled the newly established “Wayne County Weekly” hot off the press. I’m happy for them. I hope “The Weekly” survives because every hometown needs…
Read MoreAML Checks BSFSRY Repair Work
Photo by Eugenia Jones Representatives from KY’s Abandoned Mine Land (AML) division were in Stearns to check on repair work being conducted at a slide area of the Big South Fork Scenic Railway. The repair work is being done through AML. AML also funded mechanical work, installation of windows, a new paint job, and other…
Read MoreBulk Drop Off
Photo by Eugenia Jones McCreary Countians took advantage of the two free Bulk Drop Off days. Residents waited patiently in line to dispose of their large items at the former transfer station in Stearns.
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