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Local districts have no options on masks in schools

If you don’t like the fact that students, teachers and staff have to wear masks while inside schools, then you shouldn’t take it out on local officials, who are still being mandated by the state to require mask wearing. While the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a ruling Saturday...
Posted On 26 Aug 2021

UC Cheerleaders welcomed back students and staff at Pleasant View Elementary School

Summer break may be over for students and staff in Williamsburg, but University of the Cumberlands Cheerleaders were on hand at Pleasant View Elementary School Friday morning to help ‘cheer’ up the students. Cheerleaders created a ‘tunnel’ for students, staff and parents to walk...

Baptist Health employees to receive pay increase

Baptist Health employees can expect to see a pay increase reflected on their paychecks beginning Oct. 1. Baptist Health announced general increases for all staff and raised its minimum starting hourly wage to $15 per hour for all full-time, part-time and temporary workers at its...

In southeastern Ky.’s Covid-19 hotspot, health-care providers try to fight misinformation without confrontation

By Jamie Lucke Kentucky Health News Martin Huff of WYGE Christian Radio in London says he never shied from vaccines before. He gets an annual flu shot and has been vaccinated against shingles. Covid-19 was different. “There was so much propaganda and talk, you didn’t know what to...
Posted On 25 Aug 2021
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Final arguments made ahead of Brock’s Sept. 8 trial

Attorneys for Paul Brock made some of their final arguments in court Tuesday ahead of his Sept. 8 trial. 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

Brock to have one last chance to avoid trial

Paul Brock will have one last chance to avoid going to trial in September during a mediation session on Thursday. 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

Williamsburg man arrested after falling while trying to flee

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies say a Williamsburg man, who attempted to run from them Saturday night, had methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in his possession. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

Meth, heroin and prescription pills found in hotel room

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two people Tuesday in connection with methamphetamine, heroin and prescription pills found in a north Corbin hotel room. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

Corbin man indicted on four counts of assault

A Corbin man has been indicted on four counts of first-degree assault in connection with a March 2 crash in north Corbin that left four people injured. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not...

Woodbine man indicted on murder charge

A Woodbine man has been indicted on a murder charge in connection with the death of a woman who was riding in the bed of his pickup truck when he crashed. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....