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FRANKFORT, Ky. – State Auditor Mike Harmon has released the audit of the financial statement of the McCreary County Fiscal Court for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. State law requires annual audits of county fiscal courts. Auditing standards require the auditor’s letter to communicate whether the financial statement presents fairly the receipts, disbursements,…

By Eugenia Jones McCreary County prides itself in being one of four counties in the Commonwealth of Kentucky able to call itself home to the endangered white fringeless orchid.  Recently, with the McCreary County population of rare orchids not doing well in recent years, experts from the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies are stepping…

Michelle Perry, Director of the McCreary County Tourist Commission, earned one of four scholarships from The Kentucky Wildlands to attend the Southeast Tourism Society Marketing College, which was held June 5-10 in Macon, Ga. Perry also received a scholarship from The Kentucky Wildlands to attend Marketing College in 2021.  She now has completed two-thirds of…

By Eugenia Jones An early morning fishing trip on Thursday (June 23, 2022) to the Laurel Creek Reservoir turned into tragedy for 67 year old Pine Knot resident, Ronald W. Wood, when he fell into the water and drowned as he was unloading his boat from his truck’s boat trailer and putting the boat into…

By Eugenia Jones K-9 search and rescue team members from Georgia, Florida, and Alabama arrived in McCreary County on Sunday to search for Darlene Chitwood who was last seen on video as she walked the East Appletree Road in Revelo/Stearns KY on Saturday evening (about 6:30 p.m.), June 18, 2022.  McCreary County Sheriff’s Office provided…

Photo by Derek Dobbs The McCreary County Fair is in town from tonight through Saturday night.  Special events at the Fair include the mud bogs on Friday and Saturday nights.  The Stearns Homecoming will also be Saturday with the annual fireworks display beginning at dark.  Admission to the Museum at Stearns will be free, and…

By Eugenia Jones McCreary County Fiscal Court met in a special called meeting on Friday (June 24, 2022) to deal mostly with ending the current fiscal year.  The 2021/22 fiscal year ends today, June 30. Fiscal Court unanimously approved the 2nd reading of Budget Amendment #6, adding the second and final round of American Rescue…

Photos by Eugenia Jones The Light Community celebrated its Grand Opening Dedication on Saturday (June 25, 2022.)               The Light Community consists of 13 acres currently being developed into a tiny home community to provide a landing spot to regain a Christ-centered focus in life.  The community will focus on restoring physical stability, spiritual healing,…

By Eugenia Jones McCreary County EMS Director Jimmy Barnett recently announced McCreary County’s receipt of an award in the amount of $42,513.40 resulting from the approval of an application to the 2022 Kentucky 911 Services competitive grant program.  The funds will provide a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) upgrade for the County’s 911 dispatch center.  The…

Courtesy of MCSO After receiving information concerning suspected drug activity, McCreary County Sheriff Randy Waters reported that a search warrant was obtained and executed earlier this week by the McCreary County Sheriff’s Office and Kentucky State Police at an address on Cal Hill Road in Pine Knot, KY.  In executing the search warrant, law enforcement…