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Photo submitted In November, vets from Kentucky and Florida converged at the veteran camp on Bear Creek for the BSF Veteran Deer Hunt. All of the veterans received weighted blankets made just for them by Sleep Armor of Shepardsville plus other hunting related items. Five vets total participated with five additional vets acting as guides.…

Oneida, Tennessee: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area’s Trail Keeper program is a volunteer partnership for people who love the park’s trails and want to help take care of them. The goal of the program is to provide an extended presence in the backcountry while providing Big South Fork’s staff with information on…

    Voice Staff Report [email protected] Multiple agencies from surrounding counties converged on Hilltop Wednesday to aid in the search for a missing boy. The mother of the boy noticed he was not there early Wednesday morning around 6:00 a.m. The missing boy is described as 12 years old wearing a dark colored coat, tennis…

    Photo courtesy MCSO James Tyler-Dewayne Ridner of Parkers Lake Kentucky was placed under arrest after fleeing officers and crossing the Kentucky/Tennessee line. The officers approached the driver’s side door as the suspect made a sharp turn to escape hitting the Deputy’s patrol car and tearing off the front bumper.    

  McCreary County is reporting the highest number of active cases at 141 and the most reported one day number of cases at 30 on Tuesday. The Lake Cumberland District Health Department is reporting 1,272 active cases and the State is reporting a one day total of new cases of 3,114 on Tuesday. Scott County…

By Eugenia Jones [email protected] McCreary County Road Department Director Tony Kidd said the County Road Department is definitely prepared for winter. Kidd noted the department has five hundred tons of salt, 2 graders, and six trucks ready to go. Kidd said two additional trucks are on stand-by. “Now, we are just waiting for it to…

  By Eugenia Jones [email protected] According to a report presented at the McCreary County Heritage Foundation’s November meeting, the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) repair work on the Big South Fork Scenic Railway should be completed no later than January, 2021. The repair work became necessary when a massive earth slide forced the closure of part…

Local midwife, Lena Stephens, lives on as local luminary. By Eugenia Jones [email protected]   Many McCreary Countians are proud to see ‘Lena Stephens’ listed on their birth certificate as being the local midwife who delivered them into this world. Despite her passing fifteen years ago on November 16, 1995 at the age of eighty-five, Lena…