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About 80 people turned out at the Corbin Public Library Thursday for “An Evening with Silas House.” House, who is originally from Lily, is a New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, three plays and a book of creative nonfiction. He is also a former commentator on NPR...

The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities/Kentucky Center for Assisted Living (KAHCF/KCAL) honored the top long-term care facilities in Kentucky at their Nov. 17 quality awards banquet, including a facility in Williamsburg. Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation was...

Mountain Outreach, a ministry hosted by University of the Cumberlands, recently donated $5,000 to the Williamsburg Police Department (WPD) for the Department’s upcoming Shop with a Cop event. “I really enjoy this event. For police officers, most of the time we deal with kid...

Participants and spectators had a beautiful Thanksgiving Day morning for the 15th Annual Williamsburg Turkey Trot 5-K. A total of 148 people finished this year’s race. Kevin Black had the overall winning time at 18:18. Robel Schwartz was the top placing female runner with a time...

As the song lyric goes, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” and this will be especially true locally over the next few days as Corbin, Williamsburg and Jellico all prepare for their annual Christmas parades. The Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission will hold the...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Williamsburg’s annual Christmas Craft Bazaar was held Saturday at the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center, where a variety of homemade crafts, baked goods, Christmas ornaments and other items were available for sell. Proceeds from table rentals for...

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Nearly two dozen faculty and staff members were recognized last Thursday during the Whitley County Board of Education’s monthly meeting, where each were presented with the Stilwell Award. The award, which is presented to “the unsung heroes that have gone...

Thanks to the efforts of students at Corbin Elementary School, less fortunate families will be getting 3,764 cans of food this holiday season. The canned food drive was part of a competition where the class bringing in the most cans of food got a pizza party. Angela Kilburn’s...

Construction of a possible new hotel of Exit 25 in Corbin appears to be moving one step closer to reality. The Corbin City Commission presented Recycling Director Roger Shelton, who is retiring at the end of the month, with a gift during Monday’s meeting, officially naming him a...

Nearly 100 people turned out Thursday evening at the Whitley County Cooperative Extension Office for a town hall style meeting over the U.S. Forest Service’s proposal for clear cut logging of about 1,000 acres in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Jellico Mountain area. Read...