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Colonel Players return to the stage

In the era of COVID-19 how do you put on a play and still enable an audience to watch? If you are the Whitley County High School Colonel Players, you record “In The Garden of the Selfish Giant” last week and offer it online for three days this week. “This is good for us because...
Posted On 24 Mar 2021

Traffic stop leads to recovery of stolen vehicle

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies conducting a traffic stop on a pickup truck with no license plate Thursday night in Woodbine, discovered the vehicle to be stolen and the driver to be in possession of heroin and methamphetamine. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

W’burg police charge Corbin man with felony DUI charge

What began as a traffic stop for speeding early Friday morning on U.S. 25W in Williamsburg ended with a Corbin man facing a felony driving under the influence charge. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

Bell County Health Department announces 2 additional COVID-19 related deaths

Whitley, Laurel, Knox and Bell counties all remain in the top 20 counties in Kentucky with COVID-19 incidence rates at 20 or higher. Whitley County The Whitley County Health Department announced nine additional COVID–19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 3,533....

Still time to register for PRIDE Spring Cleanup

The PRIDE Spring Cleanup at Cumberland Falls is this Saturday, March 27, from 9 a.m. to noon. “The cleanup will look a little different this spring, but we will be accomplishing the same goals: cleaning up the roads near Cumberland Falls and welcoming spring with friends and...

Laurel deputies, Corbin, Barbourville PD seize two pounds of meth

A joint investigation by Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies, Corbin Police and Barbourville Police resulted in the arrest of two people and the seizure of two pounds of methamphetamine Sunday. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said James J. Wagers,...

Dog alleged cause of car accident

The driver of a white Chevrolet was taken to the hospital by ambulance after she swerved to avoid hitting a brown dog that was in the roadway Monday, said Woodbine Fire Chief Rick Fore. The accident happened on KY 6 just past the Woodbine Fire and Rescue station. Crews were...

State accountability system has new proposed changes

The means of measuring school accountability has been a moving target for several years. Just as districts, parents and stakeholders begin to get comfortable with a system and its components, the system changes once again. Because of the accountability system’s history of change,...

Impacting local school districts

Kentucky’s education accountability system is kind of like Kentucky’s weather. If you don’t like it, wait a little while and it will change. Next school year could potentially usher in a new accountability system after it was proposed during the Kentucky Board of Education’s Feb....

Team receives rings

Webbed Sphere, Inc., in partnership with Insurance Service Center of Corbin, recently announced a sponsorship agreement to help purchase commemorative rings for the Corbin Middle School 8th grade football team. The rings are to celebrate the team’s convincing 28-8 Div. 2 state...
Posted On 21 Mar 2021
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