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Photo Gallery: Williamsburg Community Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg fun returns: After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Williamsburg Community Easter Egg Hunt returned to Briar Creek Park Saturday afternoon as dozens of youngsters turned out to hunt eggs and enjoy free hot dogs.
Posted On 22 Apr 2022

February unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between January 2022 and February 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 22 Apr 2022

Deputies find meth, marijuana and six-year-old in vehicle

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Williamsburg man Friday after locating methamphetamine and marijuana inside his vehicle along with a six-year-old. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...
Posted On 21 Apr 2022

Whitley County receiving more than $11 million in state road funding

The Kentucky General Assembly recently allocated $2 million for a design study to widen I-75 to six lanes from the Kentucky/Tennessee state line milepoint 0 to milepoint 20, and $4.4 million to address a condition on I-75 from milepoint 20.045 to milepoint 25.4. In addition,...
Posted On 21 Apr 2022

New W’burg stage will be named in honor of ‘Nannie’ during Pops in the Park Saturday

The stage in Williamsburg’s newest park will soon officially be named after one of Williamsburg High School’s longest serving and most popular band directors, Nannie Hays. The stage dedication will take place during the Pops in the Park event on Saturday, April 23, at River Fog...
Posted On 21 Apr 2022

Mural provides a message of hope for inmates at the jail

“Where there is life there is hope,” reads the message at the top of the mural, whose audience is primarily inmates inside the Whitley County Detention Center. Mural with a message: Inmate Brandon McCullah (third from left) was the primary artist who painted this mural inside the...
Posted On 21 Apr 2022

Second Annual Colonel Fest returns Saturday

The forecast is for sunshine and temperatures in the 80s on Saturday, which will be a marked improvement as the second annual Colonel Fest comes to downtown Corbin. Corbin Downtown Director Maggy Monhollen said more than 50 vendors have signed up to participate in the event,...
Posted On 21 Apr 2022

Corbin’s Colonel Fest, Williamsburg’s Pops in the Park slated for Saturday

There is plenty to do in downtown Corbin and Williamsburg this Saturday. The second annual Colonel Fest will take place from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Main Street in downtown Corbin. The event is being held in honor of Corbin’s most famous resident, Colonel Harland Sanders, who founded...
Posted On 21 Apr 2022

‘Operation Ice Melt’ seeks those wanted for drug trafficking, drug possession

Nearly two dozen local police officers were up before the crack of dawn Wednesday in an attempt to round up nearly a dozen people – most of whom were wanted for drug trafficking or drug possession – in the Williamsburg Police Department’s first major drug round-up in over 10...
Posted On 20 Apr 2022

Castle indicted on two counts of assault in stabbing case, but claims self-defense

The Whitley County Grand Jury handed down an indictment against a Corbin man Monday morning for allegedly stabbing two people in late February. 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...
Posted On 20 Apr 2022