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Corbin native, Brooke Danielle Way, was second runner up for the Miss Kentucky Pageant Heather French Henry Quality of Life Award. The award is meant to highlight candidates who go above and beyond when it comes to service. Miss Pride of the Bluegrass, Hannah Edelen took home the...

Two local ladies made it to the top 12 at the Miss Kentucky Pageant over the weekend, but their journey to Miss Kentucky ended just short of the title when Morgan Moses and Makenna Thibodeaux were not announced as members of the top eight at the pageant’s finals on Saturday. Five...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court recently entered executive session to discuss pending litigation relating to the opioid litigation. In 2017, the Whitley County Fiscal Court became part of a multi-county suit against the three largest wholesale distributors of prescription...

The Williamsburg Independent School District’s Local Planning Committee unanimously approved its district facility plan during a meeting on Thursday. The plan, which had been sent to the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) for review, had received several comments from a KDE...

One of Williamsburg’s favorite sons is moving up in the television news business. Longtime anchor Bill Bryant has been named to succeed Sam Dick on WKYT’s award-winning evening anchor team. “This is a tremendous honor. I grew up watching WKYT and walked through the door here and...

Thanks to the contributions of drug dealers in Laurel County, the sheriff’s department has been able to purchase a new piece of equipment to aid in the reconstruction of accident and crime scenes. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said $29,900 in...

Whitley County Constable Ron “Bubba” Bowling is warning of a phone scam in which the caller threatens the arrest of the individual. Unlike similar scams, Bowling said the callers are saying specific local agencies and/or law enforcement officers would be the ones arriving to make...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a shooting complaint Tuesday night in southern Laurel County that resulted in a drug trafficking arrest. Deputies arrested Richard Kilgore, 46, of London, on Hanes Baker Road, off of U.S. 25, on charges of first-degree...

A well-known police officer announcing his retirement and a community member asking for additional softball fields were just two of the several items discussed at the Corbin City Commission regular monthly meeting on Monday. Major David Maiden announced in a letter to Chief Rusty...

Last Thursday’s bond sale to fund construction of the new Corbin Career Center resulted in better interest rates than school officials expected. The winning bid carried a 2.024 percent net interest cost, which is a low interest rate and less than expected. The winning bidd...