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In the last few years it has been commonplace to hear about bus driver shortages throughout our state and the nation. The Whitley County School District is making plans to ensure that if such a shortage strikes here, in-person instruction will be able to continue for student...

Tuesday at 4 p.m. was the deadline to file to run for elected office in the upcoming May primary elections in Kentucky, but it’s possible that the filing deadline and the primary election itself, could get postponed due a legal challenge over of the state’s new redistricting...

The News Journal claimed 19 awards Friday at the annual Kentucky Press Association Convention awards banquet, including its fifth First Place General Excellence Award in six years. News Journal Publisher Don Estep said that he was proud of the News Journal staff, which he said...

It’s official. There will be contested races for sheriff, jailer, PVA, judge-executive, Corbin City Commission, and in three out of four magistrate and constable districts this May in Whitley County, and a contested district judge race in November. Read this story and more for...

Police seized drugs and cash from inside a stuffed animal while executing a recent search warrant in eastern 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

An armed Williamsburg man, who was shot by a Kentucky State Police Trooper during a Jan. 15 hostage incident near Emlyn, is now out of the hospital and in jail. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

Two Corbin residents and a Gray man were among the 14 people Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Monday on drug-related charges. 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

A search warrant served at a Corbin residence Thursday led to the recovery of more than an ounce-and-a-half of methamphetamine packaged for sale, resulting in the arrest of a Corbin man. Jimmy T. Gilbert, Jr., 48, was charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled...

Kentucky State Police have released the name of the suspect and the name of the officer involved in a non-fatal trooper-involved shooting that occurred about two weeks ago in the north Corbin/southern Laurel County area. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

A Corbin man was arrested Friday night on rape and sexual abuse charges. 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