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Just two days after announcing 50 new COVID-19 cases in one day, Knox County now has two additional COVID-19 cases. The Knox County Health Department announced its 71st and 72nd positive COVID-19 cases Sunday afternoon. “As we are beginning to see an increase of COVID-19...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department had a busy month of May. During the month of May, sheriff’s deputies answered 1,060 criminal complaints and responded to 35 motor vehicle collisions. The sheriff’s department also investigated 31 new criminal cases, and made 44 criminal...

Williamsburg Independent School is home of the “Jackets,” but if recent activity is any indication, another forest creature is apparently making its case for a changing of the mascot in Williamsburg. Bears. In recent days there have been plenty sightings of the furry creatures in...

The Laurel County Health Department is now reporting 100 positive COVID-19 cases in Laurel County. The Laurel County Health Department announced Friday that six new cases had been reported, and that one of the previously reported cases is now hospitalized. Laurel County now has a...

Positive COVID-19 cases have been recently confirmed in employees at restaurants in London and Barbourville. The Laurel County Health Department reported late Thursday morning that there is a positive COVID-19 case associated with Starbucks of London. “As a result, the...

Both Laurel and McCreary counties reported new COVID-19 cases late Wednesday afternoon. Laurel County, which has seen a surge in cases since June 9, reported four new cases Wednesday, and that one of the 12 cases reported Tuesday, which was listed as probable, has now been...

A pair of local hospitals will share in a $383 million settlement regarding a 13-year-old dispute regarding Medicaid funding rates. St. Joseph London will receive $18,245,058 as part of the settlement, and Baptist Regional Medical Center, which now operates as Baptist Health...

The legal case against a Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and two teenage daughters in their southern Whitley County home on Jan. 13, 2017, is now officially closed. On Wednesday morning, Courtney Taylor, 44, was officially sentenced to life without the...

COVID-19 cases are increasing at a high rate in Laurel County, which recently recorded its third death from the virus, and it continued to spread at a much slower rate in Whitley, McCreary, Knox and Bell Counties over the past week. The Laurel County Health Department announced...

The 68th Annual NIBROC Festival has officially been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. The Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce issued a statement Wednesday morning officially announcing the cancelation. “As you are all acutely aware, we are living in extraordinary times....