Whitley City News

Dr. Larry Perry is a well known figure in McCreary County..and many we spoke with speak highly of him.

By Dave Cazalet, Jr., SCC Director of Public Affairs Dr. Michael McCall, the President of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System , kicked-off the KCTCS Advocacy Campaign in Somerset on Friday, October 30, 2009, by speaking to students, faculty, staff and community leaders on the Somerset Community College Somerset Campus North.

A cooperative investigation by Operation UNITE and the McCreary County Sheriff's Office has resulted in 19 people being indicted for drug trafficking.

The parents of a teen who went missing this weekend are desperate seeking any information leading them to their daughter.

It's time for me to clean out the little notebook I keep for column ideas. Most of these thoughts were interesting enough for me to write them down, but not enough to do a whole article on.

County officials have been ready to spend money on two new ambulances, but received sticker shock when opening bids for the vehicles Tuesday.

The South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, based in Somerset, has been denied permission to build an $18.1 million headquarters office.

Clark~Sexton Wedding Ronnie Clark and Rebecca Sexton were united in marriage by Reverend Doug Sexton on August 8, 2009 at Upper Hickory Grove United Baptist Church.

A Whitley County Grand Jury could decide next week whether a deputy jailer should be charged with assaulting an inmate.

The Grand Jury has indicted 15 persons this month, the result of investigations in 10 separate cases.

The 30th annual McCrearyFest kicked off this weekend with the crowning of Miss McCrearyFest and a record-breaking car show.

A grand jury will get to consider whether a Pine Knot man should be prosecuted for the murder of his next-door neighbor.

Christmas has come early for McCreary County residents who want to reacquaint themselves with the county's oldest serving newspaper - the McCreary County Record.

Meadows~Slaven Wedding Gidget Meadows and Coleman Slaven were united in Holy Matrimony by Reverend Rufus Hughes, on July 31, 2009, at the McCreary County Heritage Center in Stearns.

Sooner or later, everything old becomes new again. For decades Stearns was synonymous with coal.

On 09/15/2009 at 08:00 a.m., Troopers and Detectives from the Kentucky State Police Post 10 Harlan, KSP Drug Enforcement/Special Investigations and Cumberland P.D. conducted a round up of 42 drug dealers in the Post 10 district.

On Monday, September 08, 2009 at 11:27 PM Kentucky State Police Detective Billy Correll arrested Ronnie D. Laxton, 41, of Whitley City and charged him with Murder and Robbery 1st.

This week The McCreary County Record is celebrating its 90th anniversary with this complimentary issue for residents of our beloved county.

The new building at the McCreary Center of Somerset Community College is expected to be ready beginning with the 2010 Spring Semester, according to Larry Abbott, the chief Operations and Maintenance officer at SCC.

The Dairy Bar burned in March 1966 destroying a 33 year old business that had been in continuous business since its opening.