Recent News

On Sunday, the Kentucky State Police welcomed 103 new cadets who will begin their career of service to the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a member of an elite group of law enforcement officers. Due to the recent $15,000 salary increase for KSP sworn personnel and tireless efforts from the recruitment branch, sworn numbers for the…

McCreary County first responders are fur-baby Otis’s heroes It has been said a dog is man’s best friend.  However for Otis, a likable three year old, white pit bulldog who lives with his owners at the Big South Fork Trail Lodge, that saying reversed itself when men serving as McCreary County first responders became best…

Hoping to build trust and help smooth out issues, Interim Superintendent sees himself as a transition person     The McCreary County School District’s Interim Superintendent, Larry Hammond, hit the ground running when he arrived for work on Friday (February 24, 2023). Hammond, with 43 years of experience in education, is from Rockcastle County where he…

McCreary County Sheriff David Sampson reported the arrest of 46 year old Stanley Thomas Gibson of Somerset, KY on Friday, February 24, 2023.  An arrest warrant was generated on February 6, 2023 based on Sheriff Sampson’s complaints of the following against Gibson: Count 1:  (that Gibson) took and exercised control over a 2006 Black Baja…

Following the arrest of former school superintendent, public tries to separate fact from fiction On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, McCreary County School District Police Department Officer Gus Skinner arrested former McCreary County School Superintendent Dr. John W. Gunn, charging him with unlawful possession of a weapon on school property. According to confidential sources, Dr. Gunn arrived at the McCreary…

School Board splits vote in accepting Superintendent Gunn’s resignation After serving as Superintendent of the McCreary County School District for less than eight months, Dr. John W. Gunn tendered his resignation as local school superintendent during a special called board meeting on Monday night (February 20, 2023). After meeting in executive (closed) session for approximately…

McCreary Gravel Rally returns in the spring McCreary County’s second annual McCreary Gravel Rally is rapidly approaching as event organizers Bernie Obry and Matt Earl have already spent several days in the county preparing for April’s NASA Rally Sport Gravel Road Rally.  Staging the same gravel roads as in last year’s premiere event, the most…

Delaine A. Lyons of Pine Knott, Ky. was arrested on a Kentucky Parole Board Parole Violation Warrant of Arrest for absconding parole supervision, failure to attend treatment for substance abuse and failure to report to Parole Officer as directed. Lyons was also arrested on 2 McCreary County District Court Complaint Warrants of Arrest for 2…

With last week’s passing of Phoebe Burke Wilson, McCreary County lost a multi faceted lifelong resident.  Born in 1942 to Nip and Evelyn Anderson Perkins, Phoebe grew up with parents who were well known within the local Republican party. Phoebe married Ralph “Sonny” Burke at a young age.  In addition to marrying and raising their…

When winter temperatures fall, energy usage increases and heating costs can consume a large portion of a household’s energy budget. In normal weather conditions, forty-two percent of winter home energy use is due to heating.  Unfortunately, during Winter Storm Elliott last December, Kentucky had 108 consecutive hours of sub-freezing temperatures, with several of those hours…