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Farmer’s Market opens Thursday in W’burg with bicycle rodeo

The Whitley County Farmer’s Market in Williamsburg will kick-off for the season Thursday, and will include a Green Dot Bicycle Rodeo for children. The farmer’s market will take place every Thursday through the growing season at Bill Woods Park on Thursdays starting at 5 p.m. This...
Posted On 19 May 2021

Crossfit 606 celebrates grand reopening

Crossfit 606 recently celebrated the grand reopening of their business at a new, bigger location off Cumberland Falls Highway between Oak Grove Elementary School and Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department.
Posted On 10 May 2021

P.T. Pros in Williamsburg holds ribbon cutting

P.T. Pros in Williamsburg held a ribbon cutting on April 30, for its newest location in Williamsburg. Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board Member Lisa Harrison presented PT Pros with a plaque to welcome them to the chamber. PT Pros is located off Third Street next to the...
Posted On 08 May 2021

Williamsburg getting new Pizza Hut building

For fans of the Williamsburg Pizza Hut, there is some bad news and some good news for you. The bad news is that the longtime restaurant off Exit 11 will be closing at the end of business on Saturday, May 8. The good news is that the reason it is closing is so that the old store...
Posted On 08 May 2021

Enjoying an 83rd birthday celebration…

Forcht Group employees and friends helped Terry Forcht celebrate his 83rd birthday on April 28th at Copper Roux in Lexington. Photo above, arriving at the event, left to right, Roger Alsip, David Witt, Latoshia Davis, Marion and Terry Forcht, Dennis Cupp, Brittani Norman, Brenda...
Posted On 06 May 2021

Unemployment rates for March rise in Knox, Laurel, McCreary counties

Unemployment rates increased in Laurel, Knox, McCreary and Bell counties between February  2021 and March 2021, and stayed the same in Whitley County, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet....
Posted On 01 May 2021

Unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Laurel and Bell counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, and Bell counties between January  2021 and February 2021, increased in McCreary County during that same time period, and stayed the same in Knox County, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the...
Posted On 10 Apr 2021

Sheltowee Trace offers adventure fun for all ages

Belle from the Disney classic ‘Beauty and the Best’ was always looking for her “adventure in the great wide somewhere” before she met the Beast. Fortunately for local residents, they don’t have to meet a scary, mythical creature or travel far to find their own adventure at the...

Houchens Food Group donates $250 to Canadatown Fellowship Pantry

The Houchens Food Group donated $250 to the Canadatown Fellowship Pantry last week. The check was presented at the Save-a-Lot store in Jellico. Joyce Wilson, the director of the pantry, said they serve 60 families every month. The pantry regularly hosts food giveaways for anyone...

Save A Lot in Williamsburg makes donation

Teddy Anders, the store manager for Save A Lot in Williamsburg, recently presented a $500 check to Travis Jones, the pastor at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. “Over the holidays for the month of November and December, we did a feed the needy holiday bag giveaway,” said Anders....