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Fiscal Court approves leasing ordinance

The Whitley County Fiscal Court voted unanimously to approve the second reading of an ordinance regarding the lease to purchase the sanitation department property at Happy Hollow Road in Williamsburg during its Feb. 16 meeting. The first reading of the lease was on Jan. 18. The...

Declaring a weather day

Should in-person classes be canceled during an ice storm? Most people would agree that the answer is yes. While cancelling in-person classes during an ice storm seems like an obvious decision, superintendents are often faced with weather situations where the decisions are far...

Structure fire leaves one person injured

Williamsburg Fire Department responded to a structure fire that left one person injured at approximately 2:12 p.m. Tuesday. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Gulls spotted in Corbin parking lot

                A flock of gulls was spotted in the Corbin Walmart parking lot Sunday. The most common and widespread gull in North America are the Ring-billed Gull which can often be seen in parking lots, near fast-food restaurants or swarming over landfills,...

New garbage truck, bids on Gordon Hill sidewalk project

The Corbin City Commission voted unanimously to approve the lease of a new city garbage truck through Enterprise Fleet Management at a Feb. 16 special called meeting. Public Works Director Gary Kelly had requested a new garbage truck during the commission’s Dec. 21 meeting. “We...

Local attorney to open art gallery in Corbin

A local attorney is opening an art gallery in Corbin after he was, “blown up by all these local artists thinking of ideas,” for a curved wall at his firm. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....

Small group gathered to protest police shooting

(Editor’s Note: Some images were altered to cover obscenities and/or potentially libelous statements.) A small group of young adults gathered at Rotary Park before walking to Corbin City Hall Wednesday afternoon to protest the killing of Nick Davenport. Read this story and...

Ice Storm Heroes

Members of the community came together to help one another when recent ice storms caused many to lose electricity and limited travel. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Whitley Co. School District seeking community input

If you have children who will be attending class in the Whitley County School District this fall or if you work in the district, then when would you like to see the 2021-2022 school year begin? If you haven’t given the subject much though, then you might want to start doing so....
Posted On 24 Feb 2021

Georgia man booked into Whitley County Jail twice last Thursday

Williamsburg police arrested the same Georgia man twice during a seven-hour time period Thursday morning. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us
Posted On 24 Feb 2021