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Trial date set in Paul Parsons’ murder case

A late summer trial date has been set for a Corbin man, who is accused of killing two people in June 2017. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us
Posted On 03 Apr 2019

Trio of indicted murder suspects now face slow moving court case

A trio of Williamsburg residents, who were indicted last month for murder and robbery in the killing of a man near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line in Jellico, made a brief court appearance Monday afternoon in Whitley Circuit Court. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 03 Apr 2019

Corbin Senior Center facing budget crunch after funding cuts

The Corbin Senior Center is treading water, but officials say cuts to federal and state aid have the facility scrambling to make up the shortfall. The center on Barbourville Street serves seniors, ages 60 and over in Whitley, Knox and Laurel Counties. Center Director Beverly...

Unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Laurel, Knox counties

Unemployment rates fell in 108 Kentucky counties between February 2018 and February 2019, including Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties, rose in seven counties, and stayed the same in five counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the...
Posted On 03 Apr 2019

Electronic Edition for 4-3-2019

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Ray Sutton honored during Arbor Day at Cumberlands

For more than 30 years, Williamsburg’s Raymond M. Sutton Jr. has been planting trees. He can still remember where he bought most of the trees and where he had to go to get it. University of the Cumberlands staff planted a Red Buckeye tree dedicated to Sutton on the lawn of the...

May Day Candidates 2019

Meet the May Day Candidates 2019 The following young ladies are sophomores and have been chosen to compete in the 2019 May Day Competition.       Hannah Madelyn Baker is the 16-year-old daughter of Jennifer and Barry Baker. She has red hair and hazel eyes and...

Deeds 04-03-19

Lester Ray Payne and Modaline Payne to Robert Longworth and Laura Lynne Longworth, $19,000, tract of land near Tidal Wave Road. Donald E. Satterfield to Franklin Roy Gibbs and Lora J. Gibbs, $18,000, tract of land in Whitley County. Lester H. Napier and Kimberly L. Napier to...

District Court 04-03-19

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Junella E. Hamblin

Junella E. Hamblin, 86, of Jerry Hamblin Road, Williamsburg, passed away Saturday March 30, 2019 at Baptist Health Corbin. She was born April 1, 1932 in Insul, KY to the late James and Hattie Shelton Engle. She was also preceded in death by a sister Annette Calhoun. Junella was...