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The Laurel County Health Department has announced that 112 new COVID-19 cases have been reported between Saturday and Monday. On Monday, 53 new cases were reported, 24 new cases Sunday, and 35 new cases Saturday. This brings the county’s total to 3,410. There are currently 1,462...

The Whitley County and Knox County health departments have issued a pair of public health COVID-19 notices concerning employees being diagnosed at two different stores. A positive case has been reported involving an employee at Big Lots in Corbin. The employee last worked at Big...

We all know that our firefighters deal with a lot, particularly our volunteer firefighters, who don’t get paid for what they do. There are structure fires, brush fires, and auto accidents in addition to a host of other calls. There was one call that came across the radio scanner...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department had a busy month of November. During the month of November, sheriff’s deputies answered 1,133 requests for assistance, and responded to 44 motor vehicle collisions. The sheriff’s department also investigated 31 new criminal cases, and made...

The Whitley County Health Department announced 11 additional COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the county’s total to 2,013. There are currently 343 active cases, of which eight are hospitalized. A total of 1,651 people have been released from isolation. Whitley County has had 19...

An investigation by the Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force has resulted in the arrest of a Williamsburg man on charges related to child sexual abuse material. At 3:01 p.m. Thursday, Kentucky State Police Detective Jason Dials arrested Hobert Lee Elswick,...

Since the start of the current school year nearly every Whitley County school district student has been learning virtually from home using school district issued Chromebooks for their instruction, and their instructors have been teaching virtually. On Dec. 10, the Whitley County...

The Whitley County Health Department announced 35 additional COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the county’s total to 2,002. There are currently 380 active cases, of which eight are hospitalized. A total of 1,603 people have been released from isolation. Whitley County has had 19...

The Bell County Health Department reported its second COVID-19 related death this week on Wednesday afternoon. It was the 30th related COVID-19 death in Bell County. The Bell County Health Department reported the county’s 29th COVID-19 related death Monday. The fatalities have...

For the second year in a row, the Denham Addition has taken home first place honors as the best decorated neighborhood in 16th annual Williamsburg Christmas decorating contest. The Denham Addition includes South Third Street, Front Street, Ridge Avenue and Pine Street. Prior to...