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Local residents could win $500 gift card by giving blood

Local residents will have the opportunity to give blood and possibly win a $500 gift card during three blood drives this month, which are being conducted by the Kentucky Blood Center. On Saturday, July 18, the Kentucky Blood Center Bloodmobile will be at the Corbin Walmart from 9...
Posted On 14 Jul 2020

A thank you to our advertisers, readers for COVID-19 support

Simply put, the era of COVID-19 is not a good time to be in the newspaper industry. (Although for that matter, it also isn’t a good time to be in radio, the restaurant industry or pretty much any business or profession that isn’t selling Clorox or Lysol products…lol.) Numerous...
Posted On 14 Jul 2020

KHSAA limiting number of practice hours for athletes, delaying start of full practices until Aug. 3

Between now and Aug. 3, Kentucky’s high school athletes will be limited to six hours of practice per week, and Aug. 3 is the target date for full official practices to begin for fall sports, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s (KHSAA) Board of Control announced during...
Posted On 10 Jul 2020

Laurel, Bell, Knox counties report new COVID-19 cases

Laurel, Bell and Knox counties are all dealing with increased cases of COVID-19, according to reports from all three county health departments Thursday. The Laurel County Health Department announced Thursday that 12 new positive COVID-19 cases had been diagnosed, including: an...
Posted On 09 Jul 2020

Laurel County announces new COVID-19 cases; Knox County announces several COVID-19 recoveries

Additional COVID-19 cases were reported in Laurel County late Wednesday afternoon, and one day after announcing five COVID-19 related deaths at a local nursing home, Knox County officials announced Wednesday that several positive patients have now fully recovered. The Laurel...
Posted On 08 Jul 2020

Photo Gallery: ‘Let Freedom Ring’

The Captain Charles Gatliff Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Kentucky Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the William-Whitley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted the “Let Freedom Ring” bell ringing celebration on July 4,...
Posted On 08 Jul 2020

Prosecutor: ‘This monster is going to prison’

Although he still maintains his innocence, James Laforest was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday afternoon for allegedly sodomizing, sexually abusing and having sexual intercourse with a female relative under the age of 12. James Laforest entered an Alford plea last year to...
Posted On 08 Jul 2020

Number of COVID-19 cases up significantly in recent days in Laurel, Bell counties

COVID-19 cases continue to increase significantly in Laurel and Bell counties, and are increasing to a lesser degree in Whitley County. The Laurel County Health Department announced Tuesday that three new positive COVID-19 cases had been diagnosed, including: a 74-year-old...
Posted On 08 Jul 2020

COVID-19 impacting local jail, dance studio, church

Not too long after 46 patients and several staff members at First Christian Care Communities in Corbin tested positive for COVID-19 on June 26, positive COVID-19 tests involving the Whitley County Detention Center, Gail Fredericks School of Dance and Gymnastics and Central...
Posted On 08 Jul 2020

Tim Melton gets high marks during first evaluation as Williamsburg Superintendent

Williamsburg Superintendent Tim Melton got several high marks from the Williamsburg Independent School Board of Education during a recent special meeting at the school. Melton, who has completed his first year as Williamsburg superintendent, scored “exemplary” in the standards of...
Posted On 08 Jul 2020