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The Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) announced on Oct. 29 that 28 law enforcement officers from agencies across the state had graduated the basic training academy, including one Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy. Deputy Chad Estep graduated and received the...

Whitley, Laurel, Knox and Bell counties all reported double-digit increases Friday in the number of new COVID-19 cases reported. The Whitley County Health Department reported 20 new COVID-19 cases Friday, seven new cases Thursday, 13 new cases Wednesday, 19 new cases Tuesday, 29...

A Whitley County Board of Education member was elected Monday night by her school board peers as the Upper Cumberland Region Chairperson of the Kentucky School Board Association. Brenda Sears Rose will represent the Upper Cumberland Region of school boards. The board is composed...

During his daily press conference Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear honored a Corbin doctor who died recently after battling COVID-19. Dr. Mohammad Jawed, a loving father to three daughters, a beloved husband and one of our frontline health care workers, was only 59 when he passed away...

For the second time this week, the Whitley County Health Department has reported additional COVID-19 fatalities. “We are terribly sad to report two more deaths as well,” the Whitley County Health Department wrote in a release Thursday. The Whitley County Health Department...

There is a new participant in the legal battle between the Corbin City Commission and London City Council over London’s attempt to annex property off Exit 29 in southern Laurel County. The City Utilities Commission of Corbin voted during an Oct. 28 special called meeting to...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently announced that 182 Kentucky nursing homes will receive a total of $5,332,001 to protect seniors from the coronavirus. The federal funding, distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was made...

Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties all reported double-digit increases in the number of new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) reported 48 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, including one case involving a child. “We have been notified that 21 of these...

About 200 people turned out recently for the Cumberland River Green Dot program’s indoor trunk or treat event, which was held at The Corbin Center.  

Barbara Neubert was a fire cracker. While she may have been small in stature, that little lady packed quite a bit of energy in a small package. Barbara was a fixture in the Williamsburg community for what seemed like forever. She was a smart, classy lady, who you often saw...