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By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected]       It has been said that a good coach can change a game, but a great coach can change a life. For many McCreary County basketball players in the late 1960s and mid-to-late 1970s, the late Coach Ralph Roberts, who passed away earlier this year on June 27,…

Former school administrator signs plea agreement for 120 months imprisonment on federal sex charge On Friday, August 29, 2025, after signing a binding plea agreement several days earlier, Dr. Aaron D. Anderson (Ed.D), a former McCreary County School District teacher and administrator, pleaded guilty to a federal indictment that charged him with violating 18 U.S.C.…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Following Aaron Anderson’s guilty plea in Federal Court on Friday, August 29, 2025, to a charge of online enticement, the victim, referred to by the Court as Minor Victim 1, stepped forward to share her thoughts about the traumatic year leading up to the guilty plea. “Let the healing continue,”…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected]   On August 8, 2025, the McCreary County Sheriff’s Department responded to the residence of Anthony and Marea D. Jones on 2245 Vanover Ridge Road in Parkers Lake, KY., after the McCreary County Sheriff’s Office received a McCreary County E-911 report concerning an anonymous caller’s complaint reporting possible animal abuse…

Photos by Eugenia Jones The McCreary County School District recognized the District’s 2024-2025 Reward Recipients. One outstanding student from each grade at each school is chosen for the annual recognition. District Superintendent Clint Taylor is pictured congratulating the students during a recent Board meeting. (Left) Pine Knot Elementary recipients are in no particular order: Kara…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] McCreary County School District Superintendent Clint Taylor described the last school week (August 25-29) as being like a tremendous storm had swept across the school district and community. However, he was quick to reassure the community that the district’s top priority is focused on student safety and well-being. First, unconfirmed…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Ronnie Bowling, the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 34th Judicial Circuit of McCreary and Whitley Counties, was chosen by his peers to serve as president of the Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorneys Association (KCAA). Bowling, who is currently in the midst of serving his second six-year elected term as McCreary County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney,…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] In hopes of receiving funding for multiple projects, McCreary County Fiscal Court met in a special-called meeting on Monday (8-25) at 11:00 a.m. to approve various grant applications and items. First, the Court unanimously approved a resolution allowing McCreary County Fiscal Court to enter into and file an application with…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected]   Oneida Chief of Police Darrel Laxton and Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency/Oneida Police Department Law Enforcement Dustin Burke are already hard at work, raising funds to bring holiday Christmas cheer to one deserving child per grade level at all the elementary schools in McCreary County and Scott County, TN, during…

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