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The Laurel County Sheriff’s Department is warning area residents of a phone scam in which the caller informs the individual that they have won, “Publishers Clearing House.” According to the sheriff’s office, the caller is telling individuals that they have won $4.5 million but...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between October 2021 and November 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...

If you grew up in southeastern Kentucky, then there is a pretty good chance that at some point in your life you have worked in a garden. Come spring the ground was tilled. You dug a hole, put down some fertilizer and planted a seed. Then a few weeks later, depending on what you...

How can you get grant money to do things when, in many cases, the big grants may require that 15,000 – 20,000 students to be serviced by the grants and you don’t even have that many students in your entire school district? The Whitley County School District and a few other local...

A search warrant served at a Corbin residence Thursday led to the recovery pf more than an ounce-and-a-half of methamphetamine packaged for sale, resulting in the arrest of a Corbin man. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise and hospitals face increasingly crowded conditions, Baptist Health Corbin officials are asking the community to stop coming to the emergency department for routine tests for the COVID-19 virus. “We are having issues with patients coming into the...

Williamsburg Police arrested two women last week after a traffic stop for a suspect DUI that turned up heroin and a five-year old in the back seat. 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...

The Fourth Annual WYMT Fishing Expo presented by Pittsburgh Marine was cut short due to winter weather. The normally three-day event was shortened to two days because of inclement weather which moved into the area Sunday. As of Saturday morning, event coordinator Lonnie Marcum...

A Corbin man wanted for parole violation and multiple warrants for violating parole and failing to appear in court was arrested Monday night. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Tommy Francis, 32 on Robert E. Cox Road, off of American Greeting Card Road, at approximately...

By Jeff Ledington The Mountain Advocate Once pardoned from a murder conviction that saw him serving 19 years behind bars, Patrick Baker will spend the next 39 and a half years in federal prison. Baker’s federal sentencing Tuesday by Judge Claria Horn Boom saw him receive 42...