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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 11 Office advises motorists the weigh station and truck rest haven on I-75 northbound (mile point 33.2) in Laurel County will be closed beginning Tuesday, May 3, at 7 a.m. and is expected to re-open on Friday, May 13. Parking...

Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center residents and staff played host to Kentucky State Senator Julie Raque Adams during an April 22 visit where she spent about two hours touring the facility. After touring the facility, she enjoyed having lunch with residents, staff and...

Freedom was only one locked jail door away for convicted killer Paul Brock and an accused killer Nicholas Rucker during a failed escape attempt from the Whitley County Detention Center late Friday evening.

Things are starting to get a little bit lonely for me here in the News Journal newsroom. First, Jennifer Perkins left us a couple of weeks ago to pursue a job in television. Now News Journal Sports Editor Dean Manning left us at the end of the week to become a police dispatcher....

When it comes to mastering technology, students from the Williamsburg Independent School District can hold their own and recently proved as much bringing home awards during the Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) State Championship, which was held on April 20 at the...

For a second year in a row, young Maverick Broussard won the Colonel Harland Sanders look-a-like contest, which was part of Colonel Fest Saturday. The event brought 58 vendors to downtown Corbin. Attendees could shop for crafts, including a crocheted version of Harland Sanders in...

For the first time since the pandemic area Republicans gathered Saturday at The Corbin Center for the 82nd Annual Fifth-District Lincoln Day Banquet. Nearly 400 people attended the sold-out Republican event with keynote speakers Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell,...

The Corbin Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance to help identify this suspect, who was caught on security camera burglarizing WD Bryant in Corbin early Tuesday morning. Sgt. James Miller said video surveillance showed a white male breaking into the lawn and...

Want to know the secret to getting a bunch of people to show up at a school board meeting barring a tax increase or major controversy? You recognized a whole bunch of students for outstanding achievement, like the Whitley County Board of Education did during its April 21 regular...

A Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy recently seized $33,298 and marijuana from a vehicle belonging to a Michigan couple, according to a sheriff’s department release. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...