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Wrestlers share testimonies of their journeys from the ring to the church pew

Grace Christian Fellowship in Williamsburg recently welcomed Nelson Simpson, Terry Allen, and Bradley Cain to speak about their professional lives and what brought them to accept Jesus Christ. Professional wrestling fans know them as Nikita Koloff, Magnum T.A. and Lodi, three men...

Whitley County home to pair of Certified Farm Markets

Moonlight Meat Processing and Moonlight Meat Shop of Whitley County are two of the 108 markets across the Commonwealth accepted into the 2021 Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) Certified Farm Market Program. In joining the KFB Certified Farm Market Program, these markets have committed...
Posted On 23 May 2021

Farmer’s Market contest winner announced

The winner of the Whitley County Farmer’s Market t-shirt design was Julia Centers, a high school art teacher at McCreary Central High School. “We live on a little farm and I was looking at the barn out back. I thought, ‘hey, that would be  really cool to do on it,’ and I wanted...

The Holler Creative expanding thanks to SKED loan

You can learn a lot about a person while sharing a cup of coffee. Kevin Flora, Ph.D. and Josh Coppock found their interests intertwined and their goals aligned at a coffee shop in Corbin in 2017. Three months later, they were in business together as co-owners of The Holler...
Posted On 22 May 2021
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Educators get educated

Whitley County Board of Education members Brenda Hill, Brenda Rose and Malorie Cooper recently attended the Kentucky School Board Association’s 86th Annual Conference in Louisville where they obtained required board training hours and networked with other school board members...
Posted On 22 May 2021

Corbin man charged with trafficking heroin, cocaine and meth

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man who attempted to run from the scene of a traffic stop for a seatbelt violation was found in possession of large amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and Xanax. Deputies charged Benjamin C. Liford, 35, with first-degree...

Driver, passenger deny knowing about bag of suspected heroin inside vehicle

A recent routine traffic stop of a car resulted in the discovery of a bag with suspected heroin inside it, but neither the driver nor the passenger claimed to know anything about it. Whitley District Judge Fred White entered not guilty pleas during Thursday afternoon’s...
Posted On 21 May 2021

Jellico Police make gambling arrests at Main Street pool hall

A raid on a pool hall in Jellico Wednesday resulted in the arrest of the owner, the seizure of working gambling machines along with other gambling related items, and more than $4,600 in cash. Jellico Police Chief Gary Perkins said in a release that Warren Terry, of Duff,...

Tombstone Junction property now up for auction thru May 27

Bids for the Tombstone Junction property are coming in as the auction winds down. The auction which is set to end on May 27 at 5 p.m. had received 90 bids as of noon on May 17 with the highest bid being $60,100. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

Corbin High School students collect shoes donated by community for WaterStep

Corbin High School Social Studies teacher Cheryl Tinsley said Corbin has been participating with the WaterStep program for seven years. It all started with Tinsley’s two sons and Lauren Shackleford’s, the current leader of the program, older brother. “It’s really not a difficult...