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Baptist Health Corbin receives the 2021 KHA Quality Award

Baptist Health Corbin’s Critical Care Unit (CCU) recently received the 2021 Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) Quality Award for Acute Care Hospitals with more than 250 beds. The KHA Quality Award honors hospital leadership and innovation in quality, safety, and commitment in...
Posted On 28 Nov 2021

W’burg offering prizes in business decorating contest, Christmas parade floats

Christmas. A chance to make some money. Do we have your attention yet? Williamsburg officials want you to get into the holiday spirit, and they are willing to give many groups the chance to make some money in the process. Whether you represent a downtown Williamsburg business, a...
Posted On 28 Nov 2021

Local organizations receive $500,000 awards from ARC

Horizon Health in Corbin and the KCEOC Community Action Partnership Inc. in Gray will each receive $500,000 as part of a $1,560,976 award from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). According to a press release from the Governor’s Office, the award was made in partnership...

Whitley County Sheriff’s Department stay busy in Octover

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department had a busy month of October. During the month, sheriff’s deputies answered 1,179 calls for service and responded to 45 motor vehicle collisions. The sheriff’s department also opened 35 new criminal cases, and it made 93 criminal arrests...
Posted On 27 Nov 2021

Baptist Health Corbin opens Radiation Oncology Center

Baptist Health Corbin’s Radiation Oncology Center is officially open. The hospital cut the ribbon on Nov. 18. The Baptist Health Corbin Cancer Center is a hospital-based, community cancer program. With the established services offered by the center, the hospital can now offer...

Mi Casa #3 officially open in Corbin

Mi Casa is more accessible than ever after opening its third location on Cumberland Falls Hwy. The restaurant is named Mi Casa #3 as Mi Casa #1 is located near Yamato’s on the northern end of Corbin, Mi Casa #2 is located in London. Restaurant owner Oscar Barajas also owns Mi...

Parents file wrongful death lawsuit in case of their seven-year-old

The parents of a seven-year-old boy, who died following a 2020 crash in Whitley County, are now suing the man, who was driving their son while allegedly impaired. On Oct. 22, Williamsburg attorney Paul Croley filed the lawsuit in Whitley Circuit Court against Bobby D. Canada on...
Posted On 26 Nov 2021

Break-in complaint leads to arrest for stolen vehicle

A complaint about a break-in at a north Corbin residence Thursday night resulted in the arrest of a Jellico man whom Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies say was driving a stolen car. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

Jail gives away free Thanksgiving meals to inmate families

Having a father, a mother or another loved one in jail can be difficult on the rest of their family in the best of times, let alone around the holiday season. Having the money to buy the traditional holiday feast or even a good meal for many of these families is probably...
Posted On 25 Nov 2021

Corbin’s Christmas Open House a success

Several hundred people visited downtown Corbin Sunday for the city’s Christmas Open House. The event marks the kickoff for holiday shopping in Corbin. “Christmas Open House was such an incredible time! Not only was it the perfect way to kick off the holiday shopping season in...