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Voice Staff Report [email protected] Occupation Tax collections for the fiscal year 2019-20 ending on June 30, 2020 increased $75,848.19 over the previous year. The yearend total was $1,736,674.19 collected. The previous year OC tax collections totaled $1,660,826.58. June, which typically has low collection totals, ended with stronger than usual collections of $62,230.36 to round out…

By Eugenia Jones [email protected] “It’s obviously not something I wanted to do or planned to do, but I’m bound by state law to do the job I’m elected to do. I’m trying to do my job as fair as I can,” McCreary County Property Valuation Administrator (PVA) Dwight Ross noted when asked about the increased…

  Voice Staff Report [email protected] An argument turned into a rampage of destruction just after midnight on July 11, 2020. Michael Willard Crabtree of Strunk, KY went on a drunken spree of destroying property after an apparent argument with his ex-wife. Deputy Aaron Tucker answered an emergency 911 call in reference to an intoxicated male…

By Kaitlyn Wilson [email protected]   A tragic drowning occurred at the Mine 18 boat ramp Friday morning, but the victim was able to save his 6-year old granddaughter before he went under in approximately 10-15 feet of water. James “Jimmy” Patrick Fox, 52, was out swimming with his girlfriend and granddaughter at around 10:30 that…

By Kaitlyn Wilson [email protected] Today (Thursday, July 16) the McCreary County School Board is set to hold a special meeting regarding the upcoming school year. In this meeting, they will be discussing the upcoming school year’s options regarding how students will be attending school and looking at a potential new calendar. According to Superintendent Corey…

By Eugenia Jones [email protected]   As Kentucky’s number of active cases of COVID-19 climbs, putting on a face covering is now, for at least one month, a requirement for individuals entering, while inside, or waiting in line to enter public places. The Kentucky executive order requiring face coverings went into effect on July 10 for…

Animal protection group posts video exposing alleged cockfighting in Kentucky. By Eugenia Jones [email protected]   McCreary County was one of three Kentucky counties highlighted in a video posted recently to Facebook by an Illinois based animal protection organization. The nonprofit organization, Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), recently swept into rural Kentucky to infiltrate, film,…