The Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) recognized Corbin Planning Commission member Henry Heaberlin with a KLC Level I award for Achievement in City Governance. The award is part of the KLC City Officials Training Center (COTC), a voluntary education program. City officials complete...
Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between September 2021 and October 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
What do Christmas and natural disasters have in common besides the aftermath sometimes leaving your home in varying degrees of disarray? The answer is that both of them tend to bring out the best in people, and make us forget our differences for a little while. Let’s take the...
Joy to the World the Lord has come! It is a great song and it is a wonderful time of the year. If you have ever attended church you have heard many songs with the word Joy in them. The word Joy stands in our front yard this year as part of our Christmas decoration. I saw the sign...
A Williamsburg man, who allegedly tried to run over a Kentucky State Police trooper nearly 18 months ago before he was subsequently shot by another trooper, was indicted again Monday by a Whitley County Grand Jury. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe...
Three people are still incarcerated in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of $50,000 cash bonds after a joint investigation by the Williamsburg police and federal agents resulted in the seizure of about 60 grams of suspected methamphetamine, according to arrest citations...
City employees got a nice surprise Friday morning when they showed up at Williamsburg City Hall for their annual Christmas dinner and to get their paychecks and Christmas bonuses. A short time before the dinner, the Williamsburg City Council held a special meeting where they...
For the first time in nearly 30 years, there will be a contested race for Whitley County Property Valuation Administrator (PVA) in Whitley County. Incumbent Ronnie Moses and challenger Herb Petrey both filed to run for PVA on Dec. 15. Moses was first elected during a special...
Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies seized about three pounds of suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl, opium and heroin at a motel in southern Laurel County during an investigation earlier this month, according to a Laurel County Sheriff’s Department release. Deputies, who were...