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Once again Cumberland Falls State Resort Park has made Kentucky Living’s Best in Kentucky winners list. Ahead of the ‘Best in Kentucky’ issue of Kentucky Living in September, the 2021 Best In Kentucky Awards Show, hosted by Miss America 2000 Heather French Henry, premiere...

Baptist Health Corbin has been awarded a 2021 WE SEE YOU CARE Award by Hicuity Health. Hicuity Health is the nation’s leading provider of high-acuity telemedicine services, stated a press release from the hospital. The award program is in its sixth year and recognizes the...

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

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department had a busy month of July. During the month, sheriff’s deputies answered 1,480 calls for service and responded to 26 motor vehicle collisions. The sheriff’s department also opened 49 new criminal cases, and it made 110 criminal arrests in...

Williamsburg Police found methamphetamine and a 10-month-old infant during a recent traffic stop outside a local motel late Tuesday night. On Aug. 31 about 11:54 p.m., Officer Dorman Patrick Jr. stopped a red Chevrolet car because it only had one headlight working, according to...

Last week the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the murder, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and tampering with physical evidence conviction against a Williamsburg man, who killed a woman during a 2017 incident. In February, the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the conviction of his...

The Whitley County Health Department moved its End Overdose Awareness Walk from in-person to a virtual event due to both weather and COVID rates. The walk was scheduled for Aug. 31, on International Overdose Awareness Day. Harm Reduction Case Manager Kelsee Dewees said several...

Baptist Health Corbin is overwhelmed right now due to the latest COVID-19 surge, and it has temporarily closed its surgery department and stopped patient visitation. Sherrie Mays, vice president and chief nursing officer for Baptist Health Corbin, was one of the speakers during...

Thanks in part to the efforts of a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy, an injured missing person was recently found safe. On Aug. 17, Deputy Caleb Hester responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle off Highway 90 that had been parked along an old dirt road for two days. When...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that a portion of I-75 southbound (right lane) at mile point 27.9 (Lynn Camp Creek Bridge) will be closed beginning Thursday, Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. The lane closure is necessary to allow crews to perform...