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W’burg police seize over 300 suspected Ecstasy pills

Williamsburg police say a domestic dispute at a Williamsburg motel Friday led to the discovery of over 300 suspected ecstasy pills, and the arrest of one adult and one juvenile on a drug trafficking charge. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get...
Posted On 19 Jan 2022

Baptist Health Corbin delays due to weather Tuesday

Due to the inclement weather, the following Baptist Health Corbin offices will on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. All other services will open at normal hours. All Baptist Health Medical Group Offices. Virtual visits will be available in Corbin, London and Somerset....
Posted On 18 Jan 2022

KSP investigating officer-involved shooting in Whitley County

A Kentucky State Police trooper shot an armed man following a domestic dispute in Whitley County late Saturday evening, according to a KSP release. 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...
Posted On 17 Jan 2022

Crews are out trying to clear roads across Whitley County

State, county and local road crews have been out in force since Sunday as they attempt to clear and maintain the roads throughout Whitley County. County and State roads Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White, Jr. was manning one of the county’s six salt trucks Monday morning....

Cumberland Valley Electric working to restore power

Cumberland Valley Electric is working to restore power to more than 3,000 customers. The electric cooperative has an outage affecting 950 customers on East Ky 92 in Whitley County near the county line. This is the largest reported outage in the county as of 10:35 a.m. According...

Baptist Health Corbin announces weather closures for Monday, Jan. 17

Due to the inclement weather, the following Baptist Health Corbin offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. All Baptist Health Medical Group Offices. Virtual visits will be available in Corbin, London and Somerset. BHMG Family Practice Somerset, Williamsburg and...
Posted On 17 Jan 2022

Forcht Bank Donates to Local Food Banks to Help Stick a “Forcht” in Hunger

(Lexington, KY) In its fifth year, Stick a Forcht in Hunger, hosted by Forcht Bank, collected over 22,900 nonperishable food items to be donated to local food banks. Customers, community members and employees dropped off items for nearly six weeks at Forcht Bank locations to be...
Posted On 16 Jan 2022

Two Whitley natives help plan DanceBlue

When University of Kentucky student Nick Joseph,  a senior from Lexington, was traveling through an airport recently, the UK T-shirt he was wearing and a yellow DanceBlue ribbon pinned to his backpack caught the eye of another traveler. The curious traveler struck up a...
Posted On 16 Jan 2022

WYMT Fishing Expo to end Saturday evening

The WYMT Kentucky Fishing Expo presented by Pittsburgh Marine will end on Saturday due to potential inclement weather. “It is normally a three-day event – Friday, Saturday and Sunday – however, due to the forecast and concern for the safety of everyone, we are going to go ahead...

Jellico Police discover Suboxone, Neurontin while attempting to serve arrest warrant

Jellico Police’s attempt to serve an arrest warrant on a woman Friday resulted in additional charges after officers located Suboxone and Neurontin. Evette Marie Zehr was charged with possession of Schedule III drugs (Suboxone), possession of Schedule IV drugs (Neurontin) and...