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A Woodbine man has been arrested for murder in the death of a three-year-old child Sunday, according to Kentucky State Police. KSP Detective Logan Gay arrested Jordan Blake Taylor, 22, and charged him with murder Sunday. About 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the Whitley County Sheriff’s...

Sav-A-Lot’s annual “Bags for a Brighter Holiday” fundraiser event was a huge success in 2022. The Williamsburg location saw the most donations in its division, which includes over 50 stores. For every bag of food that customers purchased, Sav-A-Lot matched one dollar. Since the...

The University of the Cumberlands Physician Assistant (UCPA) Program Master’s Ball was held on Feb. 10, where over 80 members of the program came together to fellowship and raise money for Emergency Christian Ministries (ECM), a non-profit homeless shelter in Williamsburg. During...

The Williamsburg City Council is in unanimous agreement when it comes to a pair of bills currently before the Kentucky General Assembly, which would make local elections for the offices of mayor, city council and soil and water conservation offices partisan races. They see...

Heavy rainfall Thursday evening and throughout the night left many areas with the threat of rising water, which kept local first responders busy. Despite the handful of incidents, however, no injuries have been reported. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses...

This Sunday, February 19, the string quartet and woodwind quintet from the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will perform at 3:00 p.m. at Grace on the Hill Community Church in Corbin.

Students at Williamsburg High School should soon have more opportunities to receive college credit hours without ever leaving the Williamsburg Independent campus. Through a partnership with University of the Cumberlands, high school students at Williamsburg Independent have been...

A Williamsburg woman and London man have been cited after a vape tobacco product was allegedly sold to a minor at the Kwik Shop in Williamsburg. According to citations for the two individuals obtained from the Whitley District Court Clerk’s Office, the sale occurred on Jan. 28,...

 The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the people involved in a collision on Cumberland Falls Highway. According to a release from the sheriff’s department, the collision occurred at Bells Country Store near KY511. The vehicle in...

(Story by Charles Myrick with The Mountain Advocate) Knox County Public Schools is sounding the alarm after it was reported Wednesday that four students received medical care after a vaping-related scare earlier in the week. It was reported by television media that four students...