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Cumberland Falls Cleanup brings out 270 volunteers

As visitors start to pour into Cumberland Falls State Resort Park this summer to take in its majestic beauty, one thing that they will have to look at a lot less is litter thanks to the efforts of 270 volunteers Saturday, who collected 700 bags of trash during the annual PRIDE...
Posted On 05 May 2022

May Day winners announced, will be crowned Friday (May 6)

The winners of Corbin’s May Day Festival have been determined. MaryAlice Rose McVey, the 16-year-old daughter of John and Heather McVey, will be crowned the 2022 May Day Queen during the Ossoli Club of Corbin’s 79th May Day Festival, which will take place on Friday, May 6. Ella...
Posted On 05 May 2022

12-hour community prayer event set for Thursday (May 5)

A 12-hour community prayer event is planned on Thursday, May 5, around the Whitley County Courthouse in conjunction with the National Day of Prayer. In observance of this historical day, there will be prayer stations set up around the courthouse from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. to...
Posted On 04 May 2022

Final hurdles being cleared to build Corbin Farmer’s Market Pavilion

Corbin tourism officials say a project to build a new farmer’s market pavilion along Main Street hasn’t progressed as fast as they would have liked, but the project is now only a couple of more hurdles away from construction starting. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 04 May 2022

Sweet to take final bow as Colonel Players director

When the curtain closes this weekend on the Whitley County Colonel Players’ final production of the year, the drama program’s instructor will take his final bow in that role, where he has taught and directed for 21 years. David Sweet, known affectionally by his drama students ...

Whitley BOE approves district-wide wage increase

Employees of the Whitley County School District will have a little more money in their pockets later this year following a decision Monday evening during the Whitley County Board of Education’s special-called meeting. While some will see a bigger wage increase than others, the...

Additional details about jail escape plot coming to light

Williamsburg Police believe that a Whitley County Detention Center inmate faked a diabetic emergency Friday evening in order to lure three detention center staff into his cell so that a convicted killer and an accused killer could trap jail staff members inside the cell in order...
Posted On 04 May 2022

Two CHS students admitted to The Gatton Academy

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, which is located at Western Kentucky University (WKU), has selected 98 Kentucky sophomores for the Class of 2024, including three local students. Corbin High School’s Tyler Clifton and Zachary Clifton are both from Knox...
Posted On 03 May 2022
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I-75 northbound weigh station will be closed beginning May 3

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 11 Office advises motorists the weigh station and truck rest haven on I-75 northbound (mile point 33.2) in Laurel County will be closed beginning Tuesday, May 3, at 7 a.m. and is expected to re-open on Friday, May 13. Parking...
Posted On 02 May 2022

Whitley County students receive KYTC Civil Engineering Scholarship

​Whitley County students McKinley Chute and Luke Baker have been selected to receive the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) Civil Engineering Scholarship. Currently there are 80 scholarship openings each year, which are filled with returning students and new students...
Posted On 02 May 2022
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