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Williamsburg Municipal Utilities was awarded a third-place finish for the Best Tasting Water in Kentucky at the annual Kentucky Rural Water Association’s Conference and Exhibition. Sixteen water districts, water associations, and municipal utilities from around Kentucky submitted...

A Whitley County Middle School student is well on her way to reaching her goal of raising $1,000 for the Williamsburg Police Department’s Shop with a Cop program.  HayLee Baird, 13, has already donated $640 to the cause.  “I know some families are struggling right now, and...

(Editor’s note: Paul Brock later withdrew his guilty plea in the case.) The trial of Paul Brock, 41, is officially over after he pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, one count of fetal homicide, one count of tampering with physical evidence and being a first-degree...

Every generation has their moment, or moments, when the world seems to stand still.  For my great grandparents, it was the attack on Pearl Harbor. For my grandparents, it was the John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinations. For my parents, it was the Space Shuttle...

(Editor’s note: Paul Brock later withdrew his guilty plea in the case.) Paul Brock entered a guilty plea on Thursday, which was the second day of his trial. Brock, of Corbin, is accused of killing Mary Jackson, Aaron Byers and Tiffany Byers. At the time, Tiffany Byers was...

Baptist Health Corbin is one of 21 hospitals in Kentucky that will receive support from the Kentucky National Guard. On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that 310 additional Kentucky National Guard members will assist with nonclinical functions within hospitals to allow...

Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus said her video to the community,  which was posted to Facebook on Wednesday, was born from a state of helplessness after speaking to healthcare workers. Razmus’s video depicts her addressing the community regarding the effects of the Delta variant...

The Whitley County Health Department announced 125 new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed since Friday Sept. 3 on Tuesday. Of the new cases, officials reported 19 cases involved children and three cases were considered breakthrough cases meaning the individual had been fully...

The 38th Annual Old Fashioned Trading Days is set to kickoff on Wednesday with registration for the canning contest from 10 a.m. to noon. The festival returns after a year-long hiatus because of COVID. Despite rising COVID numbers, the festival is set to go ahead, but organizers...

Restoration work continues on the Carnegie Library as restoration of the brick began on Aug. 12. “The Carnegie Center of Corbin Inc. is trying to restore that building,” said group president Rob Miller. “It’s on the historic registry and is one of the oldest buildings in Corbin...