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New bride arrested after allegedly stabbing husband

The honeymoon appears to be over for a Williamsburg couple as police say a verbal domestic situation ended with the woman stabbing the man last Thursday night. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

Arrested again within four hours of release

Within four hours of their release from the Whitley County Detention Center Monday morning, a Florida couple, who had initially been charged with burglarizing storage units and vehicles in Williamsburg, was back in custody accused of burglarizing a residence near the jail. Read...

Grandpa Sanders: Remembering their icon grandfather

Was Colonel Sanders a real person? Do you get free chicken? Do you know the secret recipe? These are the most frequently asked questions that Colonel Harland Sanders’s great granddaughters get, and the answers to those questions respectively are yes, no, and no.   Read this...

Sanders great granddaughters making KFC museum signage

Two great granddaughters of Corbin’s most famous colonel have a unique connection with the Sanders Café and Museum in Corbin that has nothing to do with their great grandfather birthing his fried chicken recipe there. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

I-75 bridges in Whitley County to undergo patching work Tuesday

The bridges carrying traffic on Interstate 75 in Whitley County will undergo temporary lane closures on Tuesday as crews do patch work. Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the bridges scheduled for the work include at mile-point 2.5 just north of the state...

Kentucky State Police selling Trooper Bears for Easter

Kentucky State Police are offering the public the opportunity to add a trooper teddy bear to Easter baskets across the commonwealth. The sale of the bears, which will benefit the Trooper Teddy Project, will run through Sunday. The Trooper Teddy Project provides teddy bears to...

Williamsburg Board of Education recognizes academic team

The Williamsburg Board of Education started its monthly meeting on March 16 by recognizing the members of the Williamsburg Elementary School Academic Team who placed second at the regional tournament. Both students and faculty were recognized by the board. “When you hear Lowrie,...

Unemployment rates drop locally in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell and McCreary counties between December 2020 and January 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 27 Mar 2021

Longmire commits to University of Kentucky

After it came down to West Virginia, Louisville, Kentucky, Virginia Tech and a couple others, Treyveon Longmire told Kentucky Sports Radio Friday that he has committed to play football at the University of Kentucky. Longmire said, “For the next three to four years, I will be...

Jacket Seusstacular: A celebration for Dr. Seuss’s Birthday

Save the Children and the Family Resource Youth Service Center hosted a drive through celebration for Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 18 at Williamsburg Independent School. Students received a goody bag and book, and were able to get their picture taken with the Cat in the Hat,...