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Area students recently celebrated Read Across America with special lessons and schoolwide events. At Williamsburg Independent School, Media Center Specialist Tammy Lowrie said that because of COVID, events were not as big this year. In the library, kindergarten through second...

Mikkah Siler, a senior basketball player, was announced as the 2021 Williamsburg Basketball Homecoming Queen on March 2. The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets defeated the Pineville Mountain Lions 84-78.

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A vacant, single-story residence adjacent to the KCEOC Laurel County Development center was a total loss after catching fire early Wednesday afternoon. West Knox Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched by Laurel County Dispatch and called for assistance from the Corbin Fire...

The Williamsburg Fire Department was one of several departments that responded to a fire at the Parkway Inn in Jellico on March 2. The hotel, which is off Highway 25, was destroyed during the fire. According to reports, three residents were at the hotel that night, but all three...

Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus was the guest speaker at the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon Tuesday. Razmus updated chamber members on local business developments and progress of projects throughout Corbin, such as the annexation of Exit 29. Regarding the...

Photo by Dean Manning A Whitley County School bus involved in an accident on Monday had no students on board. 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

Traffic on 18th Street in front of Owens Auto & Truck Service was  detoured briefly on Wednesday after a two-vehicle accident blocked the road around noon. Corbin Fire Department Battalion Chief Chad Jackson said the call initially came in with injuries, but once crews...

Whitley County remains in the orange zone with a COVID-19 incidence rate of 16.9, but Laurel, Knox and Bell counties all stay firmly in the red zone. Whitley County The Whitley County Health Department announced six additional COVID–19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s...

The PRIDE Spring Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, March 27 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Cumberland Falls State Park. Participants will be picking up litter on Highway 90. “We are excited about the Cumberland Falls Cleanup,” said Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White. “They are...