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The Whitley County Health Department announced 11 additional COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the county’s total to 2,013. There are currently 343 active cases, of which eight are hospitalized. A total of 1,651 people have been released from isolation. Whitley County has had 19...

Violet Ailene Grega, 88, of Corbin, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Continue Care Hospital in Corbin, KY. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alexander James Grega. A funeral mass will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 22, at Sacred Heart...

Katina L. Wells, 47, of Corbin, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020, at Baptist Health Corbin. She was the wife of Roy Wells, who survives. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Hart Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Elmer Isaac Walker, age 88, of Elmer Walker Road, Williamsburg, Kentucky went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 16, 2020 at the Heritage Nursing Home in Corbin, Kentucky. Elmer was born on January 3, 1932 in Williamsburg, Kentucky to the late Jim and Minnie...

An investigation by the Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force has resulted in the arrest of a Williamsburg man on charges related to child sexual abuse material. At 3:01 p.m. Thursday, Kentucky State Police Detective Jason Dials arrested Hobert Lee Elswick,...

Who is the best high school football team in the area? Corbin could make the argument that, even though it lost in the regional championship game, it played the toughest schedule, and a broad spectrum of opponents from Class 2A powerhouses Beechwood and Somerset to Class 6A Dixie...

(By Jeff Ledington, The Mountain Advocate) A 2011 graduate from Lynn Camp High School can add working for one of the world’s premiere comic book companies to his portfolio.  Justin Mason, 27, was born in North Carolina before moving to Corbin at a young age. He developed an...

Since the start of the current school year nearly every Whitley County school district student has been learning virtually from home using school district issued Chromebooks for their instruction, and their instructors have been teaching virtually. On Dec. 10, the Whitley County...