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Federal officials recently awarded a Southeastern Kentucky Community Mental Health Center nearly $4 million in grant funding to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC). Cumberland River Behavioral Health (CRBH) Inc., which is headquartered near Corbin and...

Photo courtesy of SCOTT POWELL Inaugural event: The brand new “Pickin’ in the Park” live music series debuted over the weekend, with three local bands taking the stage just behind Sanders Park in downtown Corbin. The new series is meant to spotlight local acts from all genres....

              Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT More than 100 people braved the rain Saturday to participate in Bethany’s Hope Suicide Awareness Walk in downtown Williamsburg. The walk is held annually to honor 16-year-old Whitley County High School...

After an absence of several years due largely to the pandemic, the Whitley County Historical and Genealogical Society’s Heritage Day is back this year. It will take place on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the old railroad depot, which is located at the intersection of...

Photos by Timothy Wyatt  Hundreds flocked to the Cumberland Regional Mall on Saturday for Operation Inasmuch 2022, where a variety of giveaways were available. The event, which was headed up by the South Union-Mt. Zion Baptist Association, provided free food, clothes, books,...

Photo by Timothy Wyatt The Whitley County Board of Education presented Holston Gas of Williamsburg with the Above and Beyond Award during the board’s regular monthly meeting on Sept. 15. Superintendent John Siler said the district has always had a good relationship with the...

An annual suicide awareness and prevention walk is planned Saturday in honor of 16-year-old Whitley County High School student Bethany Faith Lawson, who took her own life in 2018. “Help us let everyone, who may be struggling, know that they do not need to be silent. We are...

If you like looking at public art, then you might want to head down to Williamsburg where five new statues were recently installed downtown, and a sixth is on its way. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

  Whether it was the Oleika Shrine train, a mechanical bull ride, the magic show, the ventriloquist, face painting or enjoying some sweet treats, last week’s Old Fashioned Trading Days offered a little something for everyone.

Whether it was the Whitley Central Intermediate School Fifth Graders performing renditions of patriotic songs, the University of the Cumberland Marching Band literally marching down to Old Fashioned Trading Days from the school, or Williamsburg Independent School Choir and Band...