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McCreary County’s Princess Falls featured as part of regional tourism advertising campaign By Eugenia Jones If it’s true that a picture is worth a thousand words, a new billboard at the intersection of U. S. HWY 27 and Williamsburg Street in Whitley City speaks volumes about the natural beauty of McCreary County as part of…

By Eugenia Jones In addition to the negative impact of rising fuel costs on daily transportation and food prices, McCreary Countians can now add another item to the growing list of things impacted by soaring diesel prices-an increase in the cost of weekly garbage pick-up service. Scott Solid Waste Disposal Company in Oneida, TN notified…

Three Monticello residents arrested in catalytic converter theft By Eugenia Jones McCreary County Sheriff Randy Waters reports a member of Hill Top Church in Stearns requested assistance from the Sheriff’s Office and Kentucky State Police (KSP) when they observed a vehicle in the church parking lot and heard the sound of a sawzall as a…

New Bank President Takes a Personal Approach By Shane Gilreath McCreary County banking has been under the tutelage of very few, but upon the retirement of Jim Johnson, United Cumberland Bank found itself in need of new leadership.  A recent announcement from Chairman of the Board, David Winchester, let UCB patrons know the new leader…

By Eugenia Jones The countdown has begun until Saturday, April 30, 2022 when McCreary County will host Kentucky’s first ever official gravel road rally competition for rally cars-now dubbed the McCreary Gravel Rally.  Bernie Obry, who lives in upstate New York and is one of two main organizers for the event, recently spoke to The…

By Eugenia Jones The McCreary County Fiscal Court met during their regular March session to deal with several routine items of business. Vernon Gilreath, representing the McCreary County Soil Conservation District, presented the Conservation District’s 2022-2023 budget and provided an update on Soil Conservation District services available to farmers in McCreary County.  Gilreath noted the…

Events make it easier to clean up for spring By Eugenia Jones As we turned our calendars to the month of March earlier this week, it was only natural to think of the arrival of spring and spring cleaning.  Several events are planned in the coming weeks to make spring clean-up for McCreary County home-owners…

FRANKFORT— The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that many legislators hope will save lives. House Bill 215, or Dalton’s Law, would make importing fentanyl, carfentanil or fentanyl derivatives from another state or country a Class C felony. Those convicted of importing fentanyl would be required to serve at least 85% of their…

By Eugenia Jones According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky, a McCreary County man is one of seventeen Kentuckians indicted on February 24, 2022 in four separate indictments issued by a federal grand jury sitting in London, KY for various offenses related to animal fighting and cruelty. Seventy-two year…

Voice Staff Report Escapee from Jefferson County was taken into custody Sunday, March 6, 2022 by McCreary County Sheriff Randy Waters. Travelling west on KY Hwy. 92 Sheriff Waters stopped to check on a car in a ditch with the driver sitting in the vehicle. Sheriff Waters identified the driver to be Samuel Wayne Hurd…