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When Williamsburg resident Walter Dale, who nearly everyone in town has seen walking around at some point or another, went missing near Cumberland Falls last month, Jason Ryan Beavers set out to find him. Members of the Whitley County Fiscal Court and others recently helped...

On Thursday, Feb. 22, the Corbin Police and Fire Departments will compete with each other in a chili cookoff event to benefit ongoing restorations of the old Carnegie Library building on Roy Kidd Ave. The cookoff will be held at the Depot on Main Restaurant in downtown from 5:30...

Do you believe in magic? You might after seeing Jon Dorenbos. His mind-bending magic tricks coupled with his inspiring life story have riveted audiences around the globe. Dorenbos will be the keynote speaker for this year’s University of the Cumberlands’ Excellence in Leadership...

Saturday was a big day for local elementary school academic teams as the Corbin Elementary School Academic Team took home first place honors in their District Governor’s Cup competition, while Williamsburg Elementary School Academic Team took home first place honors in their...

Kentucky students from the Upper Kentucky River Region, an 11-county section of Eastern Kentucky, effectively wowed their audiences and fellow competitors at the Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL) Regional Speech Tournament, which was held Saturday, Feb. 3, at Knott...

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Debra Cox (right), second grade teacher at Pleasant View Elementary School, was presented with the Above and Beyond Award last Thursday during the Whitley County Board of Education’s monthly meeting. The award is given each month to employees in the school...

By TIMOTHY WYATT and TREVOR SHERMAN The Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA) has released a statement in response to the Kentucky House Current Budget Proposal. In the statement, the group outlines several areas where they believe more funding should be allocated,...

Aerial photography by TIMOTHY WYATT  Big Freeze: With several of inches of snowfall from Sunday night through Tuesday morning, local road crews have been working around the clock to try and clear roadways to make them as safe as possible for travel. According to Whitley County...

The pair charged in the 2021 murder of Timothy Seth Pennington entered guilty pleas in their cases last week. 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

2023 was literally a year marked by both triumphs and tragedies in Whitley County, Williamsburg and Corbin. There were many major news stories that made the front page of the News Journal in 2023, but the Whitley County baseball team’s history-making state championship victory...