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By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Citing rarely used KRS, board enters executive session The McCreary County Board of Education met on January 22, 2024 for their 2024 organizational meeting.  The board voted unanimously (motion by Swain/ seconded by Perry) to reelect Johnny Barnett as Board Chairperson.  The board unanimously approved Cody Perry’s motion (seconded by…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] McCreary County Sheriff’s Office is an interesting blend of law enforcement, taxes, fees, and courtesies The McCreary County Sheriff’s Office embraces a wide array of responsibilities and duties, including law enforcement, tax collection, and many other services requiring fees or offered as courtesies. Currently, the McCreary County Sheriff’s office is…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] A reflection on society It was the Russian novelist, essayist, and journalist Fyodor Dostoevsky who once said, “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”  If Dostoevsky’s observation and multiple allegations surfacing throughout recent months regarding deplorable conditions at USP McCreary in Pine Knot,…

McCreary Middle wrestling will represent Region 3 at state tournament in Louisville on Saturday by McCreary County Middle School Wrestling With the McCreary Middle and High School wrestlers showing up and showing out, it was definitely a very special weekend for the McCreary County wrestling programs. On Sunday, the McCreary County Middle School squad gathered…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Just recently completed, the second airport hangar at McCreary County Airport welcomed its first renter on Thursday (1-18-24) when Craig Howard from Georgia flew his 4-passenger Cessna 172 into his recently rented hangar space.  Howard, a businessman from Georgia, has family in Oneida, TN.  Howard’s two dogs made the flight…

WHITLEY CITY – Kentucky State Police Post 11 London along with the McCreary County Sheriff’s Office conducted a drug round-up in McCreary County on Tuesday January 23. The results of the round up led to five people being arrested.  Several others remain at large with active indictment warrants from the McCreary County Garnd Jury. Post…

Winchester- The Daniel Boone National Forest has announced recreation fee waiver dates for 2024. These “fee-free” dates apply to the Daniel Boone National Forest recreation areas as listed below. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 15, 2024 Fees are waived at all Daniel Boone National Forest recreation areas, except concession-operated sites and reserve group-use areas.…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] What began as a simple “snow angel” challenge from some McCreary County female wrestlers (Kayden and Bayleigh Thompson and Brooklyn Sammons) to their wrestling coaches and teammates snowballed quickly into a county-wide challenge.  The challenge even became a way to raise money for a local family impacted by a recent…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] First responders, county/state employees, and utility workers were busy last week during McCreary County’s winter storm. It was all hands on deck as cold temperatures, ice, and snow covered McCreary County and the remainder of Kentucky in a weather event responsible for at least five deaths, statewide. From January 14…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected]   There was a happy ending for the Williamsburg, KY man reported missing after last being seen in the area of the Eagle Falls trailhead around 4:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, January 14, 2024.  The individual, 35-year-old Walter Dwayne Dale of Williamsburg, was travelling by foot with a backpack. Kentucky…