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The City of Corbin officially has a new tourism director, and she is a 15-year veteran of the tourism industry. During a special called meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Corbin Tourist and Convention Commission voted to name Nancy Conley as its new executive director. “With great...

10 percent of Whitley County voters went to the polls to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s May Primary election in the Republican and Democrat presidential primaries. As former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden had long since secured enough delegates for...

James Wren, II, the Williamsburg attorney charged with DUI last spring while on his way to court for a jury trial, was taken into custody Friday afternoon in Whitley District Court following a two-day trial in which jurors found him guilty of multiple charges. Prior to meeting to...

The Corbin City Commission has selected its next city manager to replace Marlon Sams, who is retiring effective April 1, and he is a familiar face with extensive knowledge about the workings of city government. The Corbin City Commission held a special meeting late Friday...

A Williamsburg man who has been missing since Sunday evening has been found alive. Walter Dewayne Dale, 35, was last seen in the area of the Eagle Falls trailhead at Cumberland Falls State Park Resort traveling on foot. A Golden Alert D was issued Monday by the Kentucky State...

Corbin City Manager Marlon Sams announced his pending retirement at the end of Monday’s monthly Corbin City Commission meeting. His official retirement date will be April 1, 2024. The Corbin City Commission agreed to accept Sams pending retirement, and voted to advertise...

Update: As of 2:15 p.m., KY92E has been reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed. Original story: Motorists traveling in eastern Whitley County are encouraged to seek an alternate route as KY92E is expected to remain closed for several hours due to a two-vehicle fatality...

There was allegedly a pattern of abuse in the home where 4-year-old Chloe Darnell most recently resided before her untimely death, according to investigators, and though the cause of that death still remains unknown, preliminary autopsy results indicate Darnell had suffered...

UPDATE: A body believed to be that of four-year-old Chloe Darnell, who had not been seen since September, has been found, according to a release from the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department. The release, posted early Friday morning, stated that the body has been sent the...

Outdoor burning is now prohibited for the near future in Whitley County due to extremely dry conditions. “Due to current and predicted weather conditions, and the extreme danger of forest fires in Whitley County, I, Pat White, Jr., County Judge Executive of Whitley County,...