Community News
July 31st, 2024
Assistance SOS Mccreary a non-profit serving the Mccreary County communities is asking for donations to sponsor school clothes, shoes, and back-to-school items for the children of the McCreary County. To assist, please contact SOS McCreary at (606) 516-1403 . CARTER CEMETERY needs donations for upkeep. Please send your donations to United Cumberland Bank Carter Cemetery. P.O Box 160,…
Read MoreZach Day is Music City’s “yallternative sound”
Zach Day, a singer-songwriter from Stearns, is a self-proclaimed “yallternative” musician, who is currently in the running for Rolling Stone’s America’s Next Top Hitmaker. The singer has been featured on both American Idol and US edition of The Voice, has made the top 15 in the Rolling Stone contest. The winner will receive $10,000, appear…
Read MoreMC Sheriff Sampson reports multiple drug-related arrests
By Eugenia Jones {Editor} [email protected] Submitted by McCreary County Sheriff’s Department The McCreary County Sheriff’s Department deems drug trafficking and drug cases as serious crimes. Follow-up occurs with all tips relating to drugs. K-9 Deputy A. Jones and Deputy G. Simpson conducted a routine traffic stop on a vehicle for failure to maintain the lane.…
Read MoreCarnival is this week
Carnival in town from Wednesday, June 26-Saturday, June 29 On Wednesday night, McCreary County’s annual carnival opens for fun at 5:00 p.m. Operating at the McCreary County Fairgrounds behind the Senior Citizen Building at the McCreary County Park in Whitley City, KY, the carnival will be open from Wednesday, June 26 through Saturday, June…
Read MoreDaugherty excels in Beta
McCreary County’s A. Thatcher Daugherty placed 8th in Social Studies at the 2024 National Beta Convention, held recently in Savannah, Georgia. Additionally, Thatcher placed first in 2023 KY State Beta Champion, third in 2023 National Beta Convention in Louisville, KY, and third in 2024 KY State Social Studies Beta. When asked about the people from…
Read MoreLCDHD
Lake Cumberland District Health Department was presented with a distance Learning & Telemedicine Grant on May 30, 2024. Pictured are McCreary County Judge/Executive Jimmie Greene and Vice Chair of the LCDHD Board, Amy Tomlinson, Executive Director of the Lake Cumberland District Health Department, Thomas Carew, USDA State Director and Assistant Director. The grant award Distance…
Read MoreVFW
Photo submitted Derek Jones VFW’s June Adopt a Highway Litter pickup in Whitley City yielded 15 bags of Roadside Litter along highway 1651.
Read MorePolice Academy
McCreary County’s Deputy Sheriff Daniel Taylor recently graduated from the Police Academy with honors, receiving the Academy’s Coordinator’s Award. Taylor is pictured with his wife and children. Next, McCreary County Deputy Sheriff Cameron Gilreath will attend the Academy. When Gilreath graduates, all paid McCreary County Deputies will be graduates of the Police Academy.
Read MoreStephen McKinney inducted into Kappa Mu Epsilon
WILLIAMSBURG, - On April 29, 2024, Kappa Mu Epsilon’s Kentucky Beta Chapter (hosted by University of the Cumberlands) initiated five new members. Nicholas Buzzell, chapter president, presided. New members included Stephen McKinney of Pine Knot (42635). The list of all new members includes: Celia Marie Brass, Lucas Alejandro Duran Libaak, Korbin J. Keith, Stephen Carson…
Read MoreSplash Pad
Photos by Eugenia Jones There may be a heat wave in McCreary County, but lots of children have discovered that the McCreary County Park Splash Pad is the perfect place to cool down!
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