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Former Williamsburg Fire Chief James Privett has died following a relatively short battle with cancer. Privett, 63, served as Williamsburg fire chief for more than 20 years before retiring on July 29, 2016. Privett took over as fire chief in May 1995, and spent 35 years working...

Less than a week after an incident last Friday evening at Paintsville High School where Williamsburg starting quarterback Dalton Ponder was apparently purposefully shoved by an adult male on the Paintsville sideline as he went out of bounds, new details have come to light about...

A Rockholds man, was arrested late Monday night for allegedly attempting to use an old tire to set fire to a wooded area on Tyes Fairy Road. Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Leland D. Evans, 45, on charges of setting fire without consent of owner, and second-degree...

As millions of Americans celebrate Small Business Saturday, University of the Cumberlands announces a host of new businesses, collectively called Marketplace on Main & 3rd, opening early next year in downtown Williamsburg. Located on the 300 block of Main Street (former...

A new study finds Kentucky is the No. 42 smartest state in the U.S. Studies show that about 2 in 3 Americans say they are smarter than the average person, but not everybody can be right. To help determine who is really the smartest, SafeHome.org today released a study ranking the...

Over the course of about four hours on July 23, 2017, Michelle Marlow was viciously beaten to death at a home on Old Mud Creek Road. Her attackers thought she had taken $300 from them. The money was never found. The beating was so severe that the mother of nine children and three...

Two Corbin residents and a Keavy man are among the five people named in an indictment returned Friday in Laurel County Circuit Court in connection with a search warrant served against the former American Patriots club in Lily in March. Harold E. Mayton, 71, and Jessica Danielle...

Help wanted: artist needed to help design and execute a new mural in downtown Williamsburg. The job pays $5,000, which includes the cost of supplies. The Whitley County Community Green Dot program is seeking a muralist to design and execute a mural to cover the white wall at the...

A Harlan County woman in handcuffs spent more than two hours on the run from Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies Monday night before she was taken back into custody. Brittany N. Turner, 31, of Evarts, was arrested just before midnight after she was found hiding from deputies in the...

A Gray woman was indicted Friday in Laurel County for allegedly attempting to make off with $1,400 worth of hemp out of a farmer’s field. Donna M. Huff, 49, was indicted on one count of theft by unlawful taking of the value of $500 or more but less than $10,000. The indictment...