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Frankfort – Secretary of State Michael Adams is alerting Kentucky’s small business community to a new reporting requirement from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) that goes into effect on January 1, 2024. Disclosure of so-called beneficial ownership information (“BOI”), which requires small business owners and certain individuals to upload their photo…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] A Facebook (FB) post made on Thursday (12-28-23) by “Paws 4 the Cause,” a nonprofit organization in Lexington, KY dedicated to rescuing animals from extreme situations, quickly resulted in expressions of outrage, shock, and disappointment. According to the FB post, Paws 4 the Cause, along with a partnering rescue, began…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] A man was arrested and jailed after he allegedly left a dog locked in a gray Jeep Cherokee parked for an extended period of time at the Shell station in Whitley City. Sixty-five year-old George Daniels was served with a warrant of arrest and charged with Second Degree Cruelty to…

During 2023, The Voice took its readers on an interesting journey throughout McCreary County.  In 2023, readers of The Voice followed along as a new sheriff and school superintendent (once again!) settled into their McCreary County offices. Readers felt a sense of relief as family and friends of missing individuals gained a sense of closure…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] (Part two of two) (Editor’s note:  USP (United State Penitentiary) McCreary, a high-security federal prison for male offenders with an adjacent minimum security camp opened in 2003.  Twenty years later, multiple individuals have shared their concerns and questions about the status of USP McCreary, especially in regard to the safety…

By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected]   McCreary County EMS Director Jimmy Barnett addressed the McCreary County Fiscal Court during their regular December meeting on 12-14-2023. “My worst fear has always been not being able to provide an ambulance to someone when they need it,” McCreary County EMS Director Jimmy Barnett said.   “Now, I’m concerned…

(The Voice reminds readers an indictment is not an indication of one’s guilt or innocence but represents enough evidence exists in a case to pursue the matter in a court of law.  All those indicted are presumed innocent until proven guilty.)     The McCreary County Grand Jury filed the following indictments on December 19,…