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An announcement was made Monday confirming that the All “A” statewide basketball tournament will be coming to the Corbin Arena in 2024.

David Nelson Hamblin, 69, of Somerset, KY, passed away Monday, April 3, 2023. He was born October 4, 1953, in Hamilton, OH, to Claude and Nannie Hamblin and was raised in Williamsburg, KY. On November 11, 1972, he married Gloria Croley and to this union two children were born,...

Norma Jean Siler, age 86, of Williamsburg, Kentucky departed this life on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at the Williamsburg Health and Rehab in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Norma was born on January 11, 1936 to R.D. Woods and Emma (Johnson) Woods. She was preceded in death by her parents,...

Helen Jean Carpenter, age 89, of Williamsburg, Kentucky departed this life on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at the St. Joseph in London, Kentucky. She was born on June 16, 1933 in Williamsburg, Kentucky to Charlie Lawson and Flora (Siler) Lawson. She was preceded in death by her...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that slide operations will take place on KY 92E at mile point 23.62 (eastbound lane) in Whitley County beginning today (April 10), and lasting until Friday (April 14 ) at 7 p.m. The roadway will be reduced to one...

Sherry Bryant Smith was born. June 13, 1955 in Jellico, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late Rufus (Carbide) Douglas and Mary Walker Douglas Archer. She was united in marriage to Darren Devern “Dick” Smith who survives of London, Kentucky. She is also survived by her two...

James “Matt” Matthew Smith, Colonel U.S. Army Reserve Retired, age 55, of Williamsburg, Kentucky departed this life on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at the Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky. Matt was born on March 20, 1968 in Toledo, Ohio to Claude Eugene Smith and Carolyn R. (Parker)...

John Marc Hensley, age 58, of Blackey, KY, formally of Williamsburg, KY, went to be with his Lord, with his family by his side, on Monday, April 3, 2023. Marc was the director of Calvary Campus of Meridzo Ministries. He was a member of Jeremiah Missionary Baptist Church. He held...

Following severe storms in February, Kentucky’s federal delegation sent a joint letter to President Joseph Biden, urging his approval of Gov. Andy Beshear’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration, which would release federal funding to assist with critical clean-up...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that District 11 crews will begin a culvert installation phase on US25W (mile point 18.739) in Whitley County on Friday (April 14). Preparation for the culvert replacement work will include US25W being closed at the...