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Renovations to football stadium discussed by Williamsburg Ind. BOE

New field lighting will be in place at Williamsburg’s Ralph Prewitt/Finley Legion Field for the start of the 2023 football season in August, though a number of changes and upgrades could be expected in the future. The Williamsburg Board of Education was presented with a first...

Williamsburg Ind. holding 2nd Annual Disney Character Brunch

Williamsburg Independent School is asking the local community to “Be Our Guest” for their Second Annual Disney Character Brunch. The brunch is being held Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Williamsburg Convention and Tourism Center. Entry is $10 per person and the...

Brock pleads guilty to charges stemming from WCDC escape attempt

The second of three men who attempted to escape from the Whitley County Detention Center last year has entered a guilty plea to charges stemming from the incident. Paul Brock, 42, faced charges of attempting to escape from a penitentiary, first-degree persistent felony offender...

Whitley County joins lawsuit against Kentucky Department of Corrections

Whitley County has formally joined the fray in a multi-county lawsuit against the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC). During the Whitley County Fiscal Court’s regular monthly meeting on Feb. 21, magistrates authorized the county to join the lawsuit, which was originally...

Bigger, more accessible entrance being planned for Whitley County Fairgrounds

A larger, more accommodating entrance could be added to the Whitley County Fairgrounds in the near future, as the beginning steps have been set in motion. During the Whitley County Fiscal Court’s regular monthly meeting last week, magistrates approved the hiring on an engineering...

Wilson settling in to life as state legislator

Public defender, prosecutor, Survivor, legislator—Nick Wilson has now done it all.  Elected in November to serve as the 82nd House District Representative, which covers Whitley County and a small portion of southern Laurel County, Wilson is currently in the midst of his first...

Details of child’s death revealed during preliminary hearing for Jordan B. Taylor

TAYLOR Amoura Smallwood, the three-year-old child that died last month due to non-accidental injuries sustained while she was being watched by her mother’s boyfriend, suffered blunt force trauma and multiple brain bleeds, according to information provided during a preliminary...

Bond stays $150k for W’burg man accused of stabbing his ex

A Williamsburg man, who allegedly shot at a residence where his ex-girlfriend was at and then broke into that same residence hours later when he stabbed her 22 times, didn’t get a reduction in his bond following a preliminary hearing Monday morning in Whitley District Court....

A Bird’s Eye View: See the changes coming to Roy Kidd Avenue

Aerial photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Providing clarity: A recent vote by the Corbin City Commission to make changes to the traffic pattern along two small portions of Roy Kidd Avenue has left many area residents confused as to exactly what to expect once the new pattern is implemented....

Corbin 2023 event schedule released, new food event could send home chef to World Food Championship

The 2023 Corbin event calendar has been released. Corbin Downtown announced this year’s schedule earlier this month, which includes all the staple events Corbin residents have come to love, such as NIBROC, Christmas Open House and the Christmas parade, the Cumberland Valley...