Recent News

By Greg Bird [email protected] Monday’s rain brought a welcome respite to the hot and dry conditions McCreary County has been experiencing over the last month – bringing much needed moisture and cooler temperatures in its wake. The local Mesonet weather recording system reports 1.65 inches of precipitation fell in northern Whitley City Monday – almost…

By Greg Bird [email protected] Senator Max Wise has scheduled locations and dates for his annual Town Hall meetings. The Senator, representing the 16th District of Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Russell, Taylor, and Wayne counties, will meet with his constituents to provide updates on the upcoming legislative session and listen to concerns and comments from the…

  Representative Harold “Hal” Rogers announced Eastern Kentucky PRIDE has been awarded a $1.15 million POWER grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for a new tourism marketing campaign that will rebrand 41-counties across Southern and Eastern Kentucky as “The Kentucky Wildlands.” “For more than 20 years, PRIDE volunteers have done a wonderful job cleaning…

Test data rates state schools By Greg Bird [email protected] Most McCreary County schools are performing at a three-star level according to accountability data released by the Kentucky Department of Education this week. In the new rating system, announced last fall but not fully implemented until this year, Kentucky schools are ranked from one to five…

With the release of the 2018-19 KPREP Test scores and school report cards by the Kentucky Department of Education this week, McCreary County school Principals commented on their scores:   By Greg Bird [email protected] Becky Blakley, Pine Knot Elementary “Pine Knot Elementary is pleased with the release of KPREP test scores. We are above the…

By Greg Bird [email protected] September will go down as one of the hottest and driest months in recent history. October could also continue the trend if the first two days of the month are an indicator of things to come. The Kentucky Mesonet weather station, located behind the ranger station in Whitley City, tracks rainfall…

By Greg Bird [email protected] McCreary County Sheriff Randy Waters reports a statue of the Virgin Mother, Mary, is back where it belongs at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church on Main Street after being stolen two weeks ago. The marble statue was reportedly stolen around 3:00 a.m. on Thursday September 19, when thieves took the weighty…

By Greg Bird [email protected] McCreary County Board of Education member Dustin Stephens, and his fiancé Leslie Tucker were injured in a one-vehicle accident early Saturday morning in Stearns. According to reports Stephens called McCreary 911 Dispatch at 12:50 a.m. Saturday morning stating he and his passenger were thrown from his motorcycle after a vehicle ran…