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Williamsburg Superintendent Dr. Amon Couch received the highest marks possible on his recent evaluation by the board of education. First year Superintendent Dr. Amon Couch got the highest marks possible on his superintendent’s evaluation from the Williamsburg Independent Board of...

If you like fireworks, then you will have the opportunity to view them over the course of three different nights in local towns. London will kick-off Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, July 1. Corbin and Barbourville will follow on Monday, July 3, and Williamsburg and...

Unemployment rates fell in 74 Kentucky counties between May 2016 and May 2017, including Whitley and Laurel counties, rose in 28 and stayed the same in 18 counties, including Knox County, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky...

Joshua Antonio Hipolito, 16, hadn’t been at the Laurel Lake Spillway long Monday afternoon when he and some friends decided to jump off some rocks near the beach like numerous others have done. Unfortunately for Hipolito, he apparently tired out before being able to swim back to...

A 16-year-old male, whose name hasn’t been released by authorities yet pending notification of his next of kin, hadn’t been at the Laurel Lake Spillway long Monday afternoon when he and some friends decided to jump off some rocks near the beach like numerous other people....

Emergency officials are on the scene of an apparent drowning near the Laurel Lake Spillway. The drowning was reported about 4:20 p.m. and involves a 16-year-old male. The teen was reportedly jumping off a rock near the spillway. Emergency officials from eight agencies are on the...

A portion of KY 1418 at mile-point 0.9 in Whitley County will be closed Wednesday, June 28 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The road closure is necessary to allow Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 11 crews to perform cross drain operations. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet asks...

A July 19 arraignment has been scheduled in U.S. District Court in London at 1:30 p.m. for a Corbin man, who was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges related to an alleged murder-for-hire scheme where two of the would-be victims were Whitley County prosecutors....

A late evening traffic stop resulted in the arrest of three people, two of who were charged with drug trafficking. About 9 p.m. on June 20, Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonas Saunders was patrolling in the Highway 92E and Louden Road area in response to complaints that the...

A complaint about a possibly intoxicated person recently lead Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies to the arrest of four people and the recovery of a stolen pick-up truck with the words, “Drive It Like You Stole It!!!” written on the steering wheel. It all happened about 4:30 p.m....