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Corbin Middle School celebrates Kindness Week with positive self-esteem, generosity, and service

Developed from her Ossoli Club sponsored platform, Grit and Grace, MaryAlice McVey, May Day Queen 2022, along with The Kindness Club at Corbin Middle School, created week-long KINDNESS awareness activities and lessons for the student body. MaryAlice, a junior at Corbin High...
Posted On 14 Mar 2023
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KLC presents Senator Stivers with “Friend of Kentucky Cities” award

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers was recently presented with the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) 2022 “Friend of Kentucky Cities” award during City Day/City Night in Frankfort. KLC Executive Director and CEO James D. Chaney and President and Southgate Mayor Jim Hamberg...
Posted On 08 Mar 2023
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Fiscal Court gets $50k federal grant to purchase police vehicles

The Whitley County Fiscal Court is getting a $50,000 federal grant to purchase three new trucks for local law enforcement. These vehicles will help officers respond to emergencies and provide efficient and effective law enforcement and emergency response in one of Kentucky’s...
Posted On 06 Mar 2023
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Update: Missing Laurel County females found safe

Update: Megan Hill and Audrey Slone, who were recently reported as missing in Laurel County, have been located, according to a Laurel County Sheriff’s Department release Thursday afternoon. Original story The Laurel County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s...
Posted On 01 Mar 2023
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House passes legislation making changes the Employee Child Care Assistance Program

The Kentucky House of Representatives has passed HB 165, which was sponsored by 82nd Rep. This legislation makes some changes to the Employee Child Care Assistance Program to better serve Kentuckians across the state. “The Employee Child Care Assistance Program is a crucial part...
Posted On 01 Mar 2023
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Toddler helps sheriff’s deputies arrest fugitive

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies are crediting an honest toddler with helping to apprehend a fugitive. On Friday, Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies Brentley Patrick and Jarrett Carr along with officers from the Williamsburg Police Department and the Kentucky State Police went to...
Posted On 01 Mar 2023
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McCullah graduates dispatcher academy

Whitley County E-911 dispatcher Jessica Marie McCullah was among 20 dispatchers across the state, who recently graduated from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training’s (DOCJT) Public Safety Dispatch Academy and is now ready to begin answering calls to provide...
Posted On 26 Feb 2023
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Mother of suicide victim demands change at Whitley Co. BOE meeting

(Story by Mark White and Trevor Sherman) Family members of a Whitley County Middle School student, who killed themselves earlier this month, want to see the Whitley County School District to make some changes. Amy Early and daughter Taylor McCullah addressed the Whitley County...
Posted On 22 Feb 2023
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W’burg among schools to benefit from sponsored Registered Apprenticeships

Louisville-based Dataseam has announced that grants from both the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will provide over $2 million in advanced instructional computing to participating eastern Kentucky schools as part of the...
Posted On 21 Feb 2023
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W’burg Sav-A-Lot presents check to Calvary Missionary Baptist Church

Sav-A-Lot’s annual “Bags for a Brighter Holiday” fundraiser event was a huge success in 2022. The Williamsburg location saw the most donations in its division, which includes over 50 stores. For every bag of food that customers purchased, Sav-A-Lot matched one dollar. Since the...
Posted On 20 Feb 2023
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