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June 10 last day for driver’s licensing at Whitley Circuit Clerk’s Office

If you live in Whitley County and need to renew your driver’s license or to get a state issued identification card and don’t want to have to travel to a regional site to do so, then you need to get down to the Whitley County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office sometime in the next few...
Posted On 01 Jun 2022

Rockholds man given life sentence on federal kidnapping charges

A Rockholds man received a lifetime prison sentence Tuesday for his part in a federal kidnapping case. 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

Celebrating my two best anniversaries

Today, June 1st, marks the two best anniversaries in my life. Today is the 58th wedding anniversary for me and my wife, Judy. Also, today marks the 35th year I have been the publisher of this newspaper. The best thing that ever has happened to me was meeting and marrying Judy...
Posted On 01 Jun 2022

I-75 Exit 15 southbound on ramp to open, northbound off ramp now closed

Nearly a month after being closed, the southbound on ramp at Exit 15 in Whitley County is on track to reopen this weekend, though the northbound off ramp has now been closed. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet confirmed Tuesday that the ongoing road work that began early last...

Walden files to run as write-in candidate for sheriff

Whitley County voters now have one more contested countywide race this fall where they can cast a ballot. 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 01 Jun 2022

June 7 deadline approaching for school board candidates

If you are thinking about running for a school board seat this year, then you had better be getting your paperwork together and filed at the Whitley County Clerk’s Office. Due to changes in state election laws, the deadline for filing for seats on the Whitley County Board of...
Posted On 01 Jun 2022

Circuit Court Clerk’s Corbin office closing permanently

If you live in Corbin or the northern portion of Whitley County and you need to pay a fine, probate a will or file a small claim’s lawsuit and you don’t want to drive to Williamsburg to do it, then you should be making your way down to the Whitley County Circuit Court Clerk’s...
Posted On 01 Jun 2022

Machete wielding suspect to undergo competency exam

A Williamsburg man who was arrested last month after allegedly attacking a woman with a machete will be undergoing a psychiatric evaluation before the case moves any further. Darryl Earls is charged with first-degree assault and attempted murder. Read this story and more for just...

Three Tennis Hounds advancing to Sweet 16

(Story by Trevor Sherman) The Corbin Redhounds Tennis Team sent 10 players to the 2022 KHSAA state tennis tournaments in Lexington, and after Tuesday’s play three advanced to the Sweet 16. On Tuesday, Corbin’s doubles team of McArthur/Lundy defeated Scott/Edwards of Bullitt...
Posted On 01 Jun 2022
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Sylvia Mamie Canada

Sylvia Mamie Canada, age 86, of Williamsburg, Kentucky departed this life on Monday, May 30, 2022 at Beech Tree Manor in Jellico, Tennessee. Sylvia was born on December 18, 1935 to the late Lloyd Strunk and the late Nora Lee (Moore) Strunk. In addition to her parents, she was...
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