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Corbin BOE hires district officers to fill in for missing SROs

Corbin Independent Schools hired several new school resource officers last week who were intended to work on a per diem basis, though as of Monday, all are currently on full-time patrol within the district. The hirings came following a special-called Thursday meeting of the...

Harrison retiring after nearly four decades with EMS

It’s the last week on the job for one of Whitley County’s longest-serving and most stalwart employees. Kelly Harrison, director of Whitley County EMS, is retiring after over 35 years in local emergency services—32 of which have been specifically in Whitley County. Effective...

Updates may be done on Black Diamond Road by end of year

Work to entirely resurface and widen portions of Black Diamond Road in Whitley County could begin before the end of the year, though that is contingent upon state funds being received in time. The Whitley County Fiscal Court approved a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky...

Operation Inasmuch returns to Williamsburg following pandemic hiatus

Photos by Timothy Wyatt  Hundreds flocked to the Cumberland Regional Mall on Saturday for Operation Inasmuch 2022, where a variety of giveaways were available. The event, which was headed up by the South Union-Mt. Zion Baptist Association, provided free food, clothes, books,...

Williamsburg tax rates officially set for 2022

The Williamsburg City Council has finalized tax rates for 2022, and city residents can expect to see a slight drop in their property taxes. Council members met for a special-called meeting on Sept. 14 for a second reading and vote of an ordinance setting the city’s real and...

Holston Gas honored by Whitley County BOE

Photo by Timothy Wyatt The Whitley County Board of Education presented Holston Gas of Williamsburg with the Above and Beyond Award during the board’s regular monthly meeting on Sept. 15. Superintendent John Siler said the district has always had a good relationship with the...

Williamsburg Ind. tax rates increase based on revenues

The Williamsburg Independent Board of Education approved a 4 percent increase in real and personal property tax rates last week, though tax payers will not be seeing an actual 4 percent jump on their tax bills. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

Tax rates dropping again in Whitley County School District

Tax rates within the Whitley County School District will be dropping slightly this coming year. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Not guilty plea entered in fatal Whitley County shooting

A not guilty plea has been entered for a Williamsburg man accused of fatally shooting his stepson at a Whitley County home last week. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

California man indicted for murder stemming from drunken Laurel Co. crash

POORE A California man who allegedly killed three people by driving the wrong way on I-75 while intoxicated was indicted Monday by a Laurel County grand jury. Joshua S. Poore, 21, of Clovis, California, was named in a three-count indictment charging him with murder in the deaths...