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Two Lily men and a Corbin resident were among the 18 people that Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies took into custody on drug-related charges. recently. Dillon Asher, 41, of Corbin was arrested on a Laurel County indictment warrant charging him with first-degree trafficking in a...

The ‘Father of Tourism’ in Southeast Kentucky died just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset. Rick ‘Papa Smurff’ Egedi was 82. He started in the tourism business in 1978 at Rockcastle Adventures, in London, and eventually Renegade Rick’s...

The Gateway to the Cumberlands Jeep Jamboree brought approximately 280 Jeeps and about 600 riders last weekend to Williamsburg. Riders enjoyed the scenic views found along more than a dozen trails riders had to choose from. Jeep Specialist Jeff Mayfield said, “The town of...

Corbin and Whitley County have each earned a spot in the 13th Region Volleyball Tournament, but the Lady Redhounds are going as the 50th District Champions after defeating the Lady Colonels Tuesday night. Corbin won at Whitley County in three sets by scores of 25-18, 5-21 and...

Corbin is soaring after playing host to the 8th annual SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) Summit last week at the Corbin Arena. The event brought in more than 1,400 visitors to the area featured a variety of dignitaries, business owners, students and more over its two-day run....

A Halloween display that resulted in a 911 call now has a new feature which denotes it as a Halloween display to help avoid confusion. The display, which is located at the intersection of Old Hwy 25 and Slate Ridge Road, features the grim reaper on top of a car that appears to...

The race to build the Cumberland Mint Gaming Hall is now underway. Local and state officials gathered in Williamsburg Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new facility with Keeneland officials. The horse racing facility is expected to create 213 jobs for the...

Medical trouble led West Knox firefighters to extricate this driver from his vehicle after it struck a house at the intersection of London Avenue and East Lewis Street in Corbin Tuesday afternoon. The driver was airlifted for treatment.

An Ohio man is behind bars in the Whitley County Detention Center after allegedly leading police on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle from McCreary County into Whitley County early Monday morning. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every...

The Williamsburg Turkey Trot 5-K is returning on Thanksgiving Day morning following a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19. “We are going to have it. We are planning a Turkey Trot,” Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison said during a recent Williamsburg City Council meeting in response to...