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Whitley County Cattlemen’s Association installs officers/directors for 2022

After a year of being mostly sidelined by COVID, the Whitley County Cattlemen’s Association has installed two new officers and three new board members for 2022. New officers include: President Garrett Croley and Vice-President Josh Wilson. Newly installed board members are Steve...
Posted On 17 Apr 2022
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UC professor appointed to state commission

Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed a University of the Cumberlands professor to a state commission. On Friday, Beshear announced that he had appointed Geoff Marietta of Williamsburg to the Kentucky Commission on Small Business Innovation and Advocacy. He replaces Darren West, who...
Posted On 16 Apr 2022

Local tourism commissions get state funding

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet and members of the General Assembly announced recently that 103 tourism and destination marketing organizations in 88 Kentucky counties will receive a total of $5.3 million in funding, including two organizations...
Posted On 16 Apr 2022

Razmus declares April as Child Abuse, Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus signed a proclamation Monday afternoon declaring the month of April as Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the City of Corbin. Razmus was joined by employees from Baptist Health Corbin and employees from Cumberland River Behavioral Health’s...
Posted On 16 Apr 2022

Police fatally shoot driver following chase from Wburg to Knoxville Thursday

A man was shot and killed by police in Knox County, Tennessee, Thursday night following high-speed chase that began in Whitley County. 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

‘Shaggy & TLC’ coming to The Corbin Arena

Tickets go on sale next week at The Corbin Arena Box Office for the “Shaggy & TLC” concert, which is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20, starting at 7:30 p.m. There will be a presale on Thursday, April 21, at 10 a.m. The presale password is ANGEL. Then regular ticket sales start...
Posted On 15 Apr 2022

W’burg Little League sees 25 percent growth over 2021

The Williamsburg Little League program has grown significantly this year with each division having at least one more team that last year. Williamsburg City Council member Patty Faulkner estimated that the program is seeing a 25 percent increase over last year with a total of...
Posted On 15 Apr 2022

W’burg summer entertainment will look a lot different this summer

Williamsburg’s free Friday night entertainment is going to look a little bit different this summer with the traditional block parties featuring rock music mixed in with country music concerts and movies in the park. A Jimmy Buffett – themed block party will be held at the...
Posted On 15 Apr 2022

May Day Queen & Tiny Queen update

At the end of the first count in the race for May Day Queen and Tiny Queen, the GFWC Kentucky Ossoli Club of Corbin has released the following results: First place in the May Queen race at this time is Sydney Dixon. Jules Deal is in second place and Kennedie Guiher is in third...
Posted On 14 Apr 2022

Colonel Players presenting ‘The Desperate Housewives of Shakespeare’ Friday, April 8

Playwright William Shakespeare and several of his most notable female characters will be taking to the stage in the Whitley County High School cafeteria at 7 p.m. Friday and this time it will be the bard himself who suffers the tragedy in the Colonels Players performance of, “The...