Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
Some heart attacks are sudden and intense — the “movie heart attack,” where no one doubts what’s happening. But most heart attacks start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often people affected aren’t sure what’s wrong and wait too long before getting help. A heart attack strikes someone about every 43 seconds. Here are signs…
Read MoreA Step in the Right Direction: Lose Weight & Lower Your Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
By the National DiabetesEducation Program With so many weight loss programs available, it is easy to become confused about what works and what does not when it comes to losing weight to lower your risk for type 2 diabetes. The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) wants you to know that you don’t have to knock…
Read More3Kaylee
Friday night was an historic evening for the McCreary Central Lady Raiders and Kaylee Cotton. Playing on the road at East Jessamine the Lady Raiders’ Senior reached one of her goals – surpassing 3,000 career points. With 4:37 left in the fourth quarter Cotton, who had already scored 32 points in the game, grabbed a rebound under…
Read More48th District tournament
Next week both the Raiders and Lady Raiders will have an opportunity to continue their season by competing in the 48th District Tournament. McCreary Central will host all four games of the Tournament, starting Monday evening, and concluding Friday night – weather permitting. The Lady Raiders, entering the final week of the season with a…
Read MoreTwo Raider wrestlers qualify for State
McCreary Central’s Nathan Prosser and Ryan Strunk will represent the Raiders this weekend at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament in Lexington. Prosser (44-4) placed second in the 7th Region Wrestling Tournament at Boyle County this past weekend, falling to Christopher Morrow of Madison Central in the championship bout in the 170-pound…
Read MoreBig South Fork Announces Fourth Grade Student Art Contest
Oneida, Tennessee: In celebration of the National Park Service Centennial, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area invites students in the surrounding school systems and home schoolers of McCreary and Wayne counties in Kentucky and Scott, Fentress, Morgan, and Pickett counties in Tennessee to earn their Every Kid in a Park pass. As…
Read MoreAlcohol election drawing near
On March 8 all polling places will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., with the votes to be tallied that evening in the McCreary County Courthouse In less than a month McCreary County voters will have another opportunity to cast their vote to decide on whether or not to allow alcohol sales locally. On Tuesday, March…
Read MoreDangerous road conditions
Rapidly worsening road conditions were to blame for two Monday afternoon accidents in McCreary County. The first involved an armored truck on East Highway 700. The driver of the truck attempted to negotiate a curve, but lost control of the vehicle on the slick roads, left the roadway, struck a ditch and turned on its…
Read MoreOC Tax collections falter
After six months of increased Occupational Tax collections, January’s totals slipped significantly below expectations for the first time this fiscal year. The McCreary County Judge Executive’s Office released the OC Tax collections totals for December and January last week, and while the numbers for December continued the upward trend, January’s figures were disappointing. Collections for December marked…
Read MoreMan arrested after assaulting woman
The Kentucky State Police reports a Tennessee man was arrested last week after allegedly assaulting a woman in the parking lot of a local business. According to KSP Detective Billy Correll an investigation was initiated after a report of an assault on a female on Wednesday, February 3. Detective Correll reports the female victim had…
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