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School of Hard Knox (County, that is) WHITLEY CITY — Following emergency room treatment for injuries suffered during a beating in his Knox County Courthouse office yesterday, Bruce Murphy mustered enough humor to cra Complete story ...	A bruised Knox County Deputy Judge-Executive Bruce Murphy, above, holds the glasses knocked from his face during an altercation involving the Knox County Jailer yesterday morning. Murphy, of Pine Knot, served as deputy judge

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Burglaries plague McCreary County
8/3/2026

   WHITLEY CITY — Mc-Creary County Sheriff’s Department has been taxed over the last two weeks with a recent spike in burglary complaints.
   While The McCreary Co  ...More

Bone arrested in UK rape
8/3/2026

   LEXINGTON — University of Kentucky police arrested a McCreary man Thursday in connection with a July 24 rape.
   Daniel K. Bone, 25, of Pine Knot turned himself  ...More

Dr. Stanley closes practice
8/3/2026

   WHITLEY CITY—Call it an end of an era.
   After 48 years, Dr. Thomas M. Stanley quietly retired from his chiropractic practice last week. Dr. Stanley began prac  ...More

‘Red Hats’ Arrive: Senior women’s club is simply for fun
8/3/2026

   PINE KNOT — Poetry may not be the most popular art but nothing is as powerful as a poem when it strikes a chord.
   Witness the phenomenon of “Warning” by Jenni  ...More

‘Wet’ vote on the horizon?
7/28/2004

   WHITLEY CITY — When Burnside voters decided to allow liquor by the drink sales in May, McCreary County effectively became sandwiched between two communities —the other being Scot  ...More

Two injured in wreck
7/27/2004

   WHITLEY CITY — This head-on collision occurred about 8 p.m. yesterday on a rainy U.S. 27 just north of the One Stop Shell station in Whitley City.
   According   ...More

County Park plans progressing
7/27/2004

   WHITLEY CITY — Efforts to re-establish a county park continue to develop.
   The initiative has been spearheaded by the McCreary County Educat-ional Development  ...More

3rd Annual County Fair Aug. 3-7
7/27/2004

   WHITLEY CITY — Mc-Creary County Fair organizers say the third time’s the charm for fairgoers.
   The fair returned to McCreary County in 2002 after a lapse of n  ...More

Suicide? Answers sought to many questions
7/27/2004

   WHITLEY CITY — Lexington-based private investigators visited McCreary County last week at the behest of a Chicago couple’s inquiry into their son’s reported suicide.
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2004-05 McCreary County School Bus Routes
7/27/2004
Eagle
   • Bus #2004 (Sub Driver): Begins on Hwy. 90 near Holiday Motor Lodge, turn west on 1045, south on 700 to Thunderstruck Rd. Turn and back to Hwy. 90. Drive north and   ...More

Lord’s Gym eyeing expansion; ownership of building in limbo
7/20/2004

   WHITLEY CITY — McCreary Countians have often complained that there is not enough to keep our youth constructively occupied.
   More recreational activities will  ...More

Storm sweeps through McCreary County
7/19/2004
Marshes Siding resident Dave Wright stands beside a tree that fell on his home during the storm which swept through McCreary County last Tuesday night leaving behind a trail of damage.  ...More

Jailers respond to inmate’s suit
7/19/2004

   LONDON — The attorney representing McCreary County Jailer Scott Jones and Deputy Jailer Greg Heath has filed a response to a former inmate’s claim of mistreatment.
    ...More

Old flag unfurled again at the Branscum house
7/19/2004

   STEARNS — It’s not unusual for siblings to serve in the military, but that doesn’t make it easier on a mother.
   Donna Branscum first raised her flag when her  ...More

Stearns man apprehended in auto theft after tires are spiked
7/19/2004

   SOMERSET—Stearns man allegedly led law enforcement officers from four area agencies on a chase in a stolen truck before crashing the vehicle last week.
   Somer  ...More

Coolin’ his heels: Lawmen ‘throw the book’ at suspect after 100 mph-pursuit
7/19/2004

   WHITLEY CITY — A McCreary County leadfoot is cooling his heels in Scott County Jail following a high-speed chase Sunday afternoon.
   Louie H. Tucker, 51, of Wh  ...More

SPORTS		OBITUARIES		FAMILY LIVING
		Ball, Wm. Estes 88 Bryant, Steve Preston 47 Burke, Zona H. 99 Carroll, Shirley 52 Chaney, Jean 78 Cordell, Daniel Lee 40 Cox, Gary Don 40 Cox, Gary Don 40 (Inc) Crabtree, Frances 74 Crabtree, Frances 74 Hayes, Margaret L. 78 Hobbs, Ronald 73 Jones, Ervin 78 Jones, Lillian 81 Keith, Russell 76 King, Wilse 80 Lynch, Matthew Ray 22 Mason, Clara Mae 88 Mason, Clara Watters Bryant 88 Matthews, Loyd 69 Murray, Viola 83 Murray, Viola 83 Neff, Marie 86 Perry, Beulah 88 Ramsey, Theresa 82 Ross, Beatrice Musgrove 75 Ross, Ruth 82 Smith, Claude 73 (Inc.) Smith, Claude A. 73 Smith, Rev. Sherman 70 Spradlin, Gorman 83 Strunk, Cecil 66 Taylor, Chester Sr. 70 Taylor, Edward 79 Troxel, Floyd 64 Tucker, Lillie 93		Marriage Applications-Week of July 23 Bookmobile celebrates 50 Years Mr. & Mrs. Bronson Ross Vaughn-Cook to Wed Yancey-Ball to Wed Marriage Applications: July 19-20 Fathergill Wedding Mr. & Mrs. Shepherd Trammell-Taylor to Wed Codey Phillips graduates Jessica Roberts celebrates 1st Birthday Jamie Tidwell visits county Perry-Singleton wed Richards-Dobbs to Wed Marriage Applications, July 12-17 Kaiser's Celebrate 62 Years Thompson completes training Kendyl Mikayla Walters birth Luke Anderson celebrates 2nd birthday Announcing birth of Macy Daugherty Upchurch-Gilreath wed

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