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For the second time this season, I had to listen to Williamsburg Football Coach Jerry Herron, Jr. talk about an ugly loss suffered by his team. As Herron pointed out back on August 27 when the Yellow Jackets lost 60-28 at Middlesboro, “This ain’t our first butt-kicking!” Fast...

High school football’s second season will begin in earnest Friday night as district matchups take place across Kentucky. Locally, Corbin will travel to Knox Central. Williamsburg will make the drive to Harlan. Whitley County will look to upset Southwestern, and Lynn Camp will go...

The Whitley County Health Department announced three new COVID–19 related deaths on Tuesday. Officials noted that the individuals were all adults between the age of 55 and 70, and had not been vaccinated. According to the Kentucky Department of Public Health, Whitley County has...

The Williamsburg Fire Department office is closed to the public as a COVID–19 precuation. “We will keep it that way until the numbers goes down,” said Chief Larry Todd noting the closure is in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus to firefighters. Residents needing copies...

Wendy’s in Corbin may only be operating on a drive-through basis, but police say a Gray man took it literally Friday night, plowing his SUV into the location on U.S. 25E. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to...

The mandate for students to wear masks will remain in place at least through fall break, but the Corbin Board of Education said it would revisit the matter at each board meeting going forward. At a special called board meeting Friday night during which the board was slated to...

The Corbin Economic Development Agency and the Southeastern Kentucky Regional Business Park are undergoing name changes in order to help market the regional focus. Chairman Bruce Carpenter noted that the economic development agency would now be known as the Southern Kentucky...

Williamsburg picked up a quality win Friday night with a 21-14 victory against Somerset. While most people will look at the Briar Jumpers’ 1-5 record and wonder how it is considered a quality win, losing to Beechwood, Paintsville, Corbin and now Williamsburg is like a college...

A Corbin bar is being sued in federal court for allegedly illegally showing an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in June. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in London by Joe Hand Promotions, Inc., claims that Ultimate Fighting Championship 238: Cejudo v. Moraes,...

All four local high school teams will be in action at home this week. Coming off of their bye week, the undefeated Corbin Redhounds will host class 6A Simon Kenton out of northern Kentucky. The Pioneers are 1-4 on the season with the losses coming to Oldham County, Highlands,...