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Have you seen this wood splitter?
Sheriff Waters wants to know Voice Staff Report [email protected] McCreary Sheriff Randy Waters is asking the public for any information concerning the theft of a 2016 33 ton yellow Cub Cadet Wood splitter. The theft occurred Wednesday, November 25, 2020 around 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. on Century Road in Pine Knot. The wood splitter was…
Read MoreWinter wonderland
Photo by Joe Kennedy Ella Kennedy in purple, Paislee Blacketer in blue and Jolee Blacketer in the navy jacket injoying the first snow in December.
Read MoreSenator Max Wise Holds Virtual Town Hall
By Eugenia Jones [email protected] Senator discusses upcoming legislative session. Earlier this week, Kentucky’s 16th District State Senator Max Wise met at Kristina’s Kitchen in Whitley City for a virtual (Facebook) town hall meeting hosted by the McCreary County Chamber of Commerce. During the town hall, Senator Wise fielded questions via social media and discussed the…
Read MoreSanta and Mrs. Claus comes to town
Photo submitted Thanks to COVID-19, Santa will keep his distance when he visits McCreary County on Saturday, December 5, 2020. Although Santa won’t be able to do the traditional “pictures with Santa” this year, he still wants to see all the smiling faces of McCreary Countians as he maintains a safe distance at the McCreary…
Read MoreForest Service Begins Analysis of Jellico/Little Rock Creek Area
By Eugenia Jones Photos by Eugenia Jones The United States Forest Service is gathering information relevant to potential projects in the Jellico Area including Little Rock Creek and Stephens Knob. The area is home to some of the highest elevation points in the Daniel Boone National Forest. Representatives of the U.S. Forest Service recently held…
Read MoreDistrict 8 Crews Ready for First Winter Event
Salt stocked; equipment prepared SOMERSET – With more than 29,000 tons of salt on hand, combined with more than 80 snow plows, salt spreaders and other equipment ready in Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell and Wayne counties, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 8 crews are ready for winter weather duty. KYTC…
Read MoreSHARK Hopes to Prevent Re-opening of Alleged Cockfighting Locations
By Eugenia Jones [email protected] An animal protection group that visited McCreary County last summer to investigate alleged cockfighting in the county has, in the last month, publicly released the locations of eight places allegedly known to have been cockfighting operations throughout Kentucky. Honest Abe’s on Low Gap Road in Pine Knot is one of the…
Read MoreStolen camper recovered
McCreary County Sheriff Randy Waters reported the recovery of a camper stolen from Knoxville, Tennessee and charged William Thomas Boone of West Virginia with the alleged theft. Earlier in the fall, on October 29, 2020, Deputy Stuart Bryant arrested Boone for allegedly burglarizing two campers in the Rock Creek Great Meadows campground area. Boone had…
Read MoreOh, Deer
Some of our readers have been busy deer hunting, and they gladly shared photos of their harvests with us.
Read MoreFilling the McCreary Airwaves for Thirty Years WHAY Celebrates Anniversary
McCreary County’s own radio station, WHAY, is celebrating a milestone throughout the month of December 2020. The station has been filling the airwaves of McCreary County, and the surrounding areas, for thirty years. The history of WHAY Radio actually begins, in a way, with McCreary County’s first radio station, WEQO-AM, which was on air…
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