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U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier sentenced an Indiana man to 84 months in prison Thursday for selling devices that convert pistols into fully automatic machineguns to a confidential informant in Corbin last year. Bailey Tyler Monde Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

During Williamsburg’s Old Fashioned Trading Days this week and throughout the month of September, local residents will have the chance to view artwork designed by local students to raise awareness about suicide and ways to prevent it. If they go view the art on Thursday, Sept. 7,...

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Editor’s note: The News Journal publishes only the final disposition of district court criminal cases except for those which are waived to a grand jury or dismissed without condition. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

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U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute nearly $3 million to eight Kentucky organizations through the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), and that a Corbin...

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between June 2023 and July 2023, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...

Over the years I have written about a great many crimes. Some are for really stupid things, such as indecent exposure. As my buddy and former co-worker, Dean Manning, used to point out, there is almost always a funny story that goes along with somebody being arrested for indecent...

Tourism in Whitley County is back to pre-pandemic levels and then some, and few people are happier about that than Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Monhollen. “We’re blowing it out of the water,” Monhollen said. “I am very pleased. I couldn’t be happier.” In 2022, tourism supported...