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There will be one less contested election in Whitley County this May. Williamsburg Police Officer Dorman Patrick Jr. officially withdrew from the judge-executive’s race Monday morning, said Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis. “This morning, I officially withdrew my candidacy for...

The University of the Cumberlands’s student newspaper, The Patriot, received the third-place General Excellence Award for class 1 student publications at the Kentucky Press Association’s Convention on Friday. In addition to the General Excellence Award, members of The Patriot’s...

Bobbie Poynter, a Corbin resident and cancer survivor, noted in a Facebook post, “Glad to be able to pay it forward.” Poynter donated 20 crocheted toboggans and caps to Baptist Health Corbin’s Oncology Department. Her Facebook post read, “I know first-hand how badly cancer...

The Save A Lot Store in Williamsburg donated 1,519 bags of food to Calvary Missionary Baptist Church as part of its Bags for a Brighter Holiday effort. “This year continued to be challenging for many so we’re honored to be able to support local Williamsburg families in need...

January’s winter weather has First Baptist Church of Corbin’s White Flag Ministry in need of monetary help to be able to provide hotel rooms to those in need. “We are seeing between 100 and 120 people each night,” said Pastor Alex Lockridge noting that the ministry is spending...

A federal judge threw the proverbial book at a Corbin man Friday afternoon, who was one of the leaders in a 2018 case that saw a woman kidnapped in Tennessee and brought to Corbin where she was bound, blindfolded and repeatedly assaulted. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier...

Almost 550 retired teachers live in Whitley County. Out of this number is an organization known as Whitley Area Retired Teachers Association (WARTA). When they retire, many teachers find that the desire to help students and give back to their communities doesn’t go away. One of...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies have made two arrests in connection with a local multi pound methamphetamine drug trafficking organization, which they say has been dismantled and was distributing drugs in the Corbin area, according to a sheriff’s department release late Friday...

A Williamsburg man, who tried to run over a Kentucky State Police trooper nearly 20 months ago before being subsequently shot by another trooper, will have a quite a bit of time behind bars to think about his mistake. Randy Sullivan pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder....

Social media rumors Thursday evening about a message supposedly left on a bathroom wall at Whitley County High School concerning a plan for a school shooting are untrue, the Whitley County School District wrote in a Facebook post late Thursday evening. “Local law enforcement,...