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Regular season district play wrapped up for four coverage area basketball teams Tuesday when Whitley County squared off against crosstown rivals Williamsburg in a girls-boys double header at JB Mountjoy Gymnasium.

PUBLIC NOTICE Second Reading of a proposed Ordinance amending the Whitley County Budget for Fiscal Year 2018-2019, to include unanticipated receipts increasing/decreasing from various Funds in the amount of $1,044,938.00 and increasing/decreasing expenditures in various Funds in...

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On Jan. 28, local author Jennifer Marsee released book two of the Molly Sue the Dingo Diva series. Join us as she meets a unique squirrel named Sheryl. What makes Sheryl special? Why is Sheryl bullied for being different? Will Molly find the courage to stand up for her friend?...

University of the Cumberlands’ debate team took first place overall at the St. Anselm College Debate Tournament this past December. They beat 15 other teams from top colleges and ivy league schools in order to claim the victory. This marks the third tournament championship the...

Lee Allen King, 39, of Hwy 1804 Williamsburg, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019 at the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. He was born March 12, 1979 in Jellico, TN. Lee is preceded in death by a son, Zackary Ray King; father, Ben “Dude” Belew; and sister, April King. He is...

Roger B. Stephens passed away at the Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation center on January 29, 2019. There will be no formal service.

Kermit Ann Hopper, 77, wife of the late Charlie Hopper of Barbourville, passed away on January 20, 2019 at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. A Celebration of Life for will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2019 from 4 p.m. till 7 p.m. This obituary is a courtesy...

Martha Ellen LaFlamme, 69, of Corbin, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019, at Continue Care Hospital in Corbin. She is survived by four children. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 6, at Corbin Gospel Temple on...

Franklin Lee Faircloth, 78, of Bacon Creek Road, Corbin, departed this life on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at Baptist Health in Corbin. He was born on July 17, 1940 in Fayetteville, NC to the late James and Doshia Mae (Brown) Faircloth. He was also preceded in death by a son,...