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The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) recently recognized the NAfME Collegiate Chapters of seven schools as “Chapters of Excellence” this summer, including the chapter at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg. These preservice music educators and...

Eastern Kentucky University has announced recipients of the President’s Award for the spring 2022 semester. The President’s Award was established to recognize outstanding academic achievement, bestowed upon full-time undergraduate students who attain a 4.0 grade point average for...

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between May 2022 and June 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...

Besides death and taxes, change may be the only other constant in life. Businesses open and close. Each year kindergarten teachers get a new group of students to educate. People come and go. I thought I would take a few moments this week to recognize some people and one dog who...

A Gray man, who escaped and walked away from the Bluegrass Career and Development Center in Richmond on July 31, was apparently apprehended in Knox County Wednesday afternoon. The initial investigation indicates that Billy R. Lowe, 43, walked away from the facility in Richmond....

Williamsburg Independent School has its first ever agriculture teacher and she is a local native, who is excited about her new job. Toraleah Shelley has been tapped to be the first ever agriculture teacher in the history of Williamsburg Independent School. “I think it relates to...

Whitley County road crews were still cleaning up Monday following flooding in southern Whitley County Sunday that washed some road tiles out and caused mud slides, but fortunately the damage was significantly less than what many parts of the state have seen recently. Photos...

Kentucky State Police from the Richmond Post are searching for a Gray man, who walked away from the Bluegrass Career and Development Center, on July 31, according to a KSP release Monday. The initial investigation indicates that Billy R. Lowe, 43, walked away from the facility in...

A federal jury in London convicted a Nashville man Thursday, who led Knox County (Kentucky) sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase through the residential streets of Corbin in 2018. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

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