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A program aimed at helping get youth involved in the judicial system off drugs and to stay in school, among other things, is adding suicide prevention to its mission thanks in part to the efforts of a woman, whose teenage daughter took her own life. “The whole idea is to surround...

Between Jan. 6 and Jan. 7, Whitley County received between 4.5 and 7 inches of snowfall, depending on the location within the county, according to the National Weather Service in Jackson. Because  many community members went outside to enjoy the snow, the News Journal put out a...

The Garden Club of Kentucky, which is led by current president and Corbin native Carcille Burchette, has established a fund that will help restore the land devastated by the tornadoes in western Kentucky. Burchette said the fund is an application of the club’s mission statement...

With the help of a Spotlight grant, Tri-County Elks Club 2826 donated $2,000 to Kentucky Harvest Southeast for the Backpack Program in Knox County. The Backpack Program benefits 163 children every weekend.  

The London Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify the individual that robbed a gas station at gunpoint Thursday morning. According to police, the black, male suspect robbed the BP gas station on Ky. 192, off of Exit 38, at approximately 8 a.m. The suspect...

Corbin and the surrounding area offers a wide array of boating, fishing and outdoors opportunities and the fourth annual WYMT Kentucky Fishing Expo at The Arena in Corbin this weekend will feature the equipment and gear to help improve that experience out on the water. The expo...

A proposal to build a pavilion to house the Whitley County Farmers Market on the Corbin Tourism lot on North Main Street will, hopefully, be completed in June. Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Monhollen told the tourism commission Tuesday during its regular monthly meeting that the...

At this point in the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2022 legislative session anything could happen in regards to the state budget. 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 Corbin man is facing several charges after a joint investigation by the Williamsburg Police Department and Kentucky Probation and Parole led to the discovery of approximately 106 grams (almost 4 ounces) of suspected methamphetamine. Larry B. Shelton, 38, was arrested at a...

“Omicron is here. It is the predominant strain,” Baptist Health Corbin President Anthony Powers told the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Tuesday at the groups luncheon. “We are very fortunate. We are better than some of the other hospitals in our system,” said Powers. He...