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Baptist Health Corbin delays due to weather Tuesday

Due to the inclement weather, the following Baptist Health Corbin offices will on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. All other services will open at normal hours. All Baptist Health Medical Group Offices. Virtual visits will be available in Corbin, London and Somerset....
Posted On 18 Jan 2022

KSP investigating officer-involved shooting in Whitley County

A Kentucky State Police trooper shot an armed man following a domestic dispute in Whitley County late Saturday evening, according to a KSP release. 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 17 Jan 2022

Baptist Health Corbin announces weather closures for Monday, Jan. 17

Due to the inclement weather, the following Baptist Health Corbin offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. All Baptist Health Medical Group Offices. Virtual visits will be available in Corbin, London and Somerset. BHMG Family Practice Somerset, Williamsburg and...
Posted On 17 Jan 2022

Forcht Bank Donates to Local Food Banks to Help Stick a “Forcht” in Hunger

(Lexington, KY) In its fifth year, Stick a Forcht in Hunger, hosted by Forcht Bank, collected over 22,900 nonperishable food items to be donated to local food banks. Customers, community members and employees dropped off items for nearly six weeks at Forcht Bank locations to be...
Posted On 16 Jan 2022

Two Whitley natives help plan DanceBlue

When University of Kentucky student Nick Joseph,  a senior from Lexington, was traveling through an airport recently, the UK T-shirt he was wearing and a yellow DanceBlue ribbon pinned to his backpack caught the eye of another traveler. The curious traveler struck up a...
Posted On 16 Jan 2022

If possible, let’s try to prevent another elderly tragedy

If you spend any amount of time at all working in journalism, law enforcement, emergency services, social work on in any number of other fields, then there is a pretty good chance you have dealt with a tragedy in some form or another. One of the most tragic ones I have covered...
Posted On 15 Jan 2022

Reclaiming Futures adding suicide prevention component

A program aimed at helping get youth involved in the judicial system off drugs and to stay in school, among other things, is adding suicide prevention to its mission thanks in part to the efforts of a woman, whose teenage daughter took her own life. “The whole idea is to surround...
Posted On 14 Jan 2022

Governor’s proposed budget includes earmarked funds for Whitley schools

At this point in the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2022 legislative session anything could happen in regards to the state budget. 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
Posted On 13 Jan 2022

KSP trooper returns fire shooting suspect in north Corbin area

State police are investigating an officer involved shooting in the north Corbin area, which involved a suspect allegedly fleeing from a trooper and firing shots at the officer before the officer shot back striking the suspect, who survived the shooting. Read this story and more...
Posted On 12 Jan 2022

W’burg police arrested four people for drug trafficking

An early Wednesday morning traffic stop in Williamsburg resulted in the arrest of four area residents for alleged drug trafficking. 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
Posted On 12 Jan 2022