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One online student is behind bars after allegedly calling the University of the Cumberlands Admission’s Office late Tuesday afternoon and leaving a threatening message, which resulted in a lockdown at the school, according to the Williamsburg Police Department. Read this story...

U.S. News & World Report recently recognized Baptist Health Corbin as a 2022-23 High Performing Hospital for COPD care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn from U.S. News’ Best Hospitals and Procedures & Conditions ratings. The annual Procedures & Conditions...

The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) recently recognized the NAfME Collegiate Chapters of seven schools as “Chapters of Excellence” this summer, including the chapter at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg. These preservice music educators and...

Eastern Kentucky University has announced recipients of the President’s Award for the spring 2022 semester. The President’s Award was established to recognize outstanding academic achievement, bestowed upon full-time undergraduate students who attain a 4.0 grade point average for...

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between May 2022 and June 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...

An investigation is ongoing into a break in at a family-owned deli market in Gray that occurred overnight. Cope’s Grocery and Deli, located at the corner of Calvary Church Rd. and KY1232, was broken into early Friday morning by several unidentified individuals using a full-size...

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), who is a ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, recently recognized a Corbin restaurant as the Senate Small Business of the Week. Paul entered the following into the Congressional Record: “As Ranking...

University of Cumberlands’ long-standing campus landmark—the old viaduct—may be no more, but a new, modern version of the iconic structure has emerged in its place. The university announced late last year that the viaduct, which had been in place at the campus for more than 100...

Charlie West (Story by Mark White and Trevor Sherman) Alcohol involvement is suspected and one person is behind bars in connection with an early Wednesday evening shooting, which took place on KY 1481 about five miles north of Williamsburg, according to an arrest citation and the...

A single-vehicle crash along I-75 near Exit 11 sent two people to the hospital Thursday afternoon, with both having to be airlifted due to extensive injuries. According to officers with Williamsburg Police Department, a 1979 GMC truck was traveling northbound on I-75 between...