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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists lane closures will occur on I-75 northbound and southbound in Whitley County on Tuesday, Sept. 27 due to bridge maintenance operations. The work schedule is listed below: On Tuesday, Sept. 27, northbound traffic at mile...

Billy K. Hall, age 85, of Jellico, TN went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 16, 2022 at the Tennova Turkey Creek Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. Billy is preceded in death by his mother, Lois (Stansberry) Hall; grandson, John L. Sellers III; mother and father-in-law,...

Wanda Ruth Jackson Hill, age 79, of Corbin, Kentucky departed this life on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at her home. She was born on September 7, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Ainer and Irene Jackson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving...

Photos by Timothy Wyatt  Hundreds flocked to the Cumberland Regional Mall on Saturday for Operation Inasmuch 2022, where a variety of giveaways were available. The event, which was headed up by the South Union-Mt. Zion Baptist Association, provided free food, clothes, books,...

The Williamsburg City Council has finalized tax rates for 2022, and city residents can expect to see a slight drop in their property taxes. Council members met for a special-called meeting on Sept. 14 for a second reading and vote of an ordinance setting the city’s real and...

Great feedback from our sample mailing last week. Many of you took up our special offer and subscribed. During the Covid period our number of subscribers, like many other newspapers, hit a decline. Thankfully those numbers are starting to rise again. Studies show us that for a...

Photo by Timothy Wyatt The Whitley County Board of Education presented Holston Gas of Williamsburg with the Above and Beyond Award during the board’s regular monthly meeting on Sept. 15. Superintendent John Siler said the district has always had a good relationship with the...