A Williamsburg man is one of four people, who has been named to the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Foundation’s board of directors. The new board of director members include: Jake Brock of Williamsburg, Russell M. Coleman of Crestwood, Judith A. Taylor of Lexington, and Mar...
Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, McCreary and Bell counties between April 2021 and May 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...
Corbin residents and many Corbin businesses will be getting new curbside 95-gallon trash cans as part of an upgrade the City of Corbin is doing for its sanitation department. It remains to be seen how soon those new garbage cans will get here though. The Corbin City Commission...
For the first time in the program’s history, Whitley County’s boys and girls soccer teams will play their home games under the lights as fixtures have been installed at the field on U.S. 25W. Whitley County has previously been precluded from hosting the 13th Region Tournaments...
The Whitley County Board of Education gave Superintendent John Siler the equivalent of all A’s on his report card during this year’s recent annual evaluation. The board met in executive session for about 45 minutes with Siler during its monthly meeting to discuss the annual...
They are back and hopefully will be better than ever. We’re talking about festivals, fairs and the like, which were mostly all canceled last year due to the pandemic. For those of you, who were cooped up for the better part of a year, it’s time to get back out and support our...
Organizers are hoping for about three dozen vehicles for the inaugural Cumberland River Cruise-In, which is slated to take place in downtown Williamsburg on Saturday. “I am thinking 30 to 40. That is kind of what I am hoping. Maybe a little more,” said Jonathan Jones, the...
A new HVAC system for Whitley North Elementary School, a cafeteria expansion for Oak Grove Elementary School, and a construction delay for the new Whitley County High School Career and Technical Education Building, were three of the major topics discussed by the Whitley County...