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Corbin firefighters had a busy 36-hour period before Christmas responding to three structure fires inside the city limits and assisting West Knox firefighters with a fourth structure fire near Corbin between Dec. 23-24. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

A GoFundMe has been set up for a Whitley County man who had a major fire rip through his home in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve. Fire crews responded to the fire along Majestic View Drive in the Rockholds community at approximately 1:35 a.m., according to homeowner...

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT What a view: Despite all of the trouble caused by recent snow, ice and freezing temperatures, folks in our region were treated to a White Christmas in 2022. Right, an aerial view of downtown Williamsburg on Christmas day shows the area from City Hall up to...

What can first responders do when they are called to the scene of a suspected overdose, but the person refuses to go to the hospital? A local health department thinks it may have found an answer to that question.

A member of the Whitley County Board of Education, who has served on the board for nearly a decade, has resigned.  The resignation of board member Malorie Cooper was announced during a special-called board meeting Monday morning via livestream on the district’s YouTube channel,...

The Corbin Rotary Club has announced the most recent donations for the 2022 Empty Stocking Fund Christmas Party to benefit children in need throughout the tri-county area. Donors and the amounts given for the week ending Dec. 16 include: Grace Community Health Center –...

Criminal justice students recently hosted their Eighth Annual “Operation Joy” Holiday Christmas Food Basket program that hopes to help dozens of area families have a better Christmas meal. The Corbin Area Technology Center Criminal Justice classes donated 65 holiday food baskets...

Area residents should be aware of a new scam in which fraudsters are posing as a police officer in an attempt to get money. According to a release from the Corbin Police Department, multiple reports have been made that someone is using the police department’s phone number to make...

Several major construction projects have been ongoing throughout the Whitley County School District this year, though two that were expected to have already been completed have been delayed due to supply chain shortages. During the Whitley County Board of Education’s regular...

A new school resource officer contract between Williamsburg Independent School and the Williamsburg Police Department is expected to ensure that an officer will now be within the school 11 months out of the year while students are present. The contract was presented to the...