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BULLETIN!: Gunmen rob Whitley City Subway
WHITLEY CITY — Authorities are on the hunt for two armed male suspects after Whitley City’s Subway restaurant was held up at gunpoint just before press time.
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Deputy Frank Gowin arrived a Subway minutes after it was robbed by two armed gunmen at closing last night.
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NPS plans repairs at Blue Heron
8/23/2005
WHITLEY CITY — Officials at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (NRRA) have announced that work will begin this week to repair facilities at the Blue Heron Mining C ...More
Refining dinosaur goo
8/23/2005
"Jurassic Park" notwithstanding, it is a proven scientific fact that dinosaurs roamed the Earth for some 140 million years. This occurred from about the yea ...More
First Baptist Church of Whitley City opposes alcohol sales
8/23/2005
WHITLEY CITY — As one McCreary County community prepares to decide is alcohol sales should be allowed, another church has joined the bandwagon to urge Eagle voters to abstain....More
Mistrial granted in Iseral sentencing
8/23/2005
WHITLEY CITY — The family of Tina Day will have to wait until next year for final word on her murderer’s term of imprisonment.
After a day and a half of jur ...More
Paryoll tax exceeds expectations by $100,000-plus
8/23/2005
WHITLEY CITY — The final tally is in and it appears that the occupational tax garnered more than expected in its first year.
Fourth-quarter results were rele ...More
2002 MCHS grad dies in Tennessee wreck
8/23/2005
STRAIGHTFORK — A McCreary County man was killed Thursday night in a reported head-on collision near the Scott-Campbell county line in Tennessee.
Ronnie “Bubb ...More
Eagle wine referendum heating up
8/23/2005
EAGLE — As word spreads about the Eagle precinct’s upcoming wine referendum, citizens all over McCreary County are starting to weigh in on what alcohol sales could mean to this t ...More
911 Board unhappy that county has eliminated director
8/9/2026
WHITLEY CITY — The seeds of dissent appear to be growing between Mc-Creary County Fiscal Court and one of its departments.
On Tuesday, August 2, 911 Board Ch ...More
Students make the grade: 7 out of 8 schools hit scholastic targets
8/9/2026
FRANKFORT — McCreary County schools are making the grade along with most of the state’s public education facilities.
Seven of the district’s eight schools (p ...More
Wreck injures 7
8/2/2026
REVELO — Weekend traffic came to a near standstill Friday afternoon when a three-vehicle wreck occurred on US 27 in front of the Parkland Motel.
The acciden ...More
Deputy Horne to join force at Burnside
8/2/2026
WHITLEY CITY — It’s been a week of mixed feelings at the McCreary County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputy Joe Horne served his last shift with the sheriff’s dep ...More
County Fair a week away
8/2/2026
PINE KNOT — The countdown to the 2005 McCreary County Fair is down to its final week.
The fair gets its unofficial kickoff this Saturday with the Miss McCre ...More
King gets 8 years
8/2/2026
WHITLEY CITY — Bobby Ray King, whose federal lawsuit against McCreary County Jailer Scott Jones was dismissed in late June, was sentenced to a total of eight years imprisonment o ...More
King gets 8 years; suit against Jailer dismissed
8/1/2026
WHITLEY CITY — Bobby Ray King, whose federal lawsuit against McCreary County Jailer Scott Jones was dismissed in late June, was sentenced to a total of eight years imprisonment o ...More
Water projects flowing
7/26/2005
WHITLEY CITY — The McCreary County Water District has several projects in the works this summer.
Residents have probably seen crews working in the far reach ...More
Defenders balk at attorney bills
7/26/2005
SOMERSET — There's a lot the Bible has to say about giving — just not in the Ten Commandments.
But officials representing the Ten Commandments Advancement F ...More
Firemen indicted in arson
7/26/2005
WHITLEY CITY —The two South McCreary volunteer firemen arrested after allegedly causing the fire they reported have been indicted.
Johnny Thacker, 19, of So ...More
Policy implentation on hold
7/26/2005
STEARNS — In regular session Monday night, the McCreary County Board of Education gave final approval to a drug testing policy that would affect both staff and students but full ...More
Your Constitutional right to eat like an idiot!
7/24/2005
Elephants can’t jump. They really can’t. You can scare them, prod them, poke them and push them—but you can’t make them jump. The symbol of the Republican Party was created by th ...More
Industrial Park will be home of $1.4 million spec building
7/21/2005
PINE KNOT — On Wednesday, the McCreary County Industrial Authority voted to award a construction contract to Roberts Construction, Somerset. The company bid some $1.4 million to ...More
Voters in Eagle Precinct to decide if resort sells beer & wine
7/20/2005
WHITLEY CITY — On Sept. 27, voters in Eagle precinct are scheduled to decide if wine and beer will be sold at Eagle Falls Resort near Cumberland Falls.
The h ...More
Burnside annexes Lake Cumberland to Lee’s Ford
7/12/2025
BURNSIDE — With the bang of a gavel, Burnside—Population 637—last night annexed 11 to 15 miles of Lake Cumberland in the process becoming one of Kentucky’s largest cities.
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Nationhood Watch
7/12/2025
By PETER S. FERRARA Record Columnist I have quoted this passage before, but it is well worth reading again: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age o ...More
Ray Ball gets new contract as Superintendent of Schools
7/12/2025
STEARNS — In a special meeting of the McCreary County Board of Education, Ray M. Ball was given the go-ahead for his third term as school superintendent.
But ...More
Lyons pleads guilty; Kies denied probation in Ballou death
7/12/2025
WHITLEY CITY — Stacey Ann Lyons, the 27-year-old Wiborg woman accused of killing her boyfriend last October during a dispute, has pled guilty to an amended manslaughter charge....More
‘Judge Jimmie’ to run again?
7/12/2025
WHITLEY CITY — Rumors have been circulating for months regarding who will run for the county offices to be decided in next year’s General Election, and on Friday, the race for Ju ...More
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