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Four days after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Whitley County, health department officials have confirmed a second case. Friday morning, Whitley County Health Department Public Health Director Marcy Rein issued a release announcing that the health department had received...

During his daily briefing Thursday afternoon, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that he was ordering the closure of Cumberland Falls State Resort Park and Natural Bridge State Resort Park due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve had to make the tough decision to close Natural...

A little over half of the employees at Williamsburg Firestone Industrial Products Plant will be returning to work on Sunday after a temporary two-week shutdown. The entire Williamsburg facility shut down on March 29, which was about one week after most of the companies plants in...

(Op-Ed: By Dr. James Finck is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and Chair of the Oklahoma Civil War Symposium. Follow Historically Speaking at http://www.Historicallyspeaking.blog or on Facebook.) There has been a lot of criticism...

A disturbance complaint early Sunday morning about a man allegedly trying to break into a residence led to a Williamsburg man being Tasered and arrested on multiple charges. Tommy Powers is facing multiple offenses, including drug charges. About 2:33 a.m., Williamsburg Police...

The Williamsburg Main Street program is doing its part to get people into the Easter spirit, even if they can’t congregate in person for Easter. The Main Street program is holding an inaugural Easter Decorating Contest, and there will be first, second and third place prizes for...

Have a little spare time on your hands? Bored sitting at home? Are your kids upset that they won’t get to participate in an Easter egg hunt this year due to social distancing restrictions because of COVID-19? If you answered yes to any of these questions, and I am sure several of...

The sentencing hearing for a Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and two teenage daughters in their southern Whitley County home on Jan. 13, 2019, has been delayed. On Feb. 19, Courtney Taylor, 44, entered an Alford plea to three counts of capital murder in the...

A total of 22 law enforcement dispatchers graduated Thursday, March 25, from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT), including Whitley County E-911 Center dispatcher Rachel A. Durham. The graduates hail from...

Williamsburg native Bill Freeman spent 44 years at Cumberland College, which is now known as the University of the Cumberlands, wearing many hats during his career including: director of admissions, assistant to the president for development, director of public and media...