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Clerk turns over record excess fees to fiscal court

Despite COVID-19, 2020 was a busy year for people to buy and sell property, get married, and transfer and license automobiles among many other things that the Whitley County Clerk’s Office oversees. As a result of all these transactions, Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis...
Posted On 25 Mar 2021

W.D. Bryant celebrated the opening of Outdoor Solutions

W.D. Bryant is celebrated the grand opening of its newest edition, Outdoor Solutions, on March 19 and 20. “The Outdoor Solutions is an extension of W.D. Bryant’s,” said Jeff Earnest, co-owner of W.D. Bryant. “It was a brain storm with Lee and us, and we got together and just...

Opening day for The Rootbeer Stand…

Tuesday was opening day for The Rootbeer Stand, which always serves as the unofficial start of Spring in Corbin. People of all ages turned out to get their chili hotdogs, but the frosted root beer mugs and window trays were nowhere to be seen as the beloved restaurant still deals...

License plate check indicated owner had six outstanding warrants

A traffic stop of a vehicle whose owner was wanted on six outstanding arrest warrants, Saturday in Corbin led to the discovery of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Corbin Police Cpl. Wade Mitchell arrested Brittany A. Roberts, 20, of Corbin, following the traffic stop on...

Forcht Broadcasting makes annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky list

Forcht Broadcasting, a Kentucky based radio group serving nine markets in three states, is excited to be named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky in 2021. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management, and ClearPath Mutual Insurance...
Posted On 25 Mar 2021
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Forcht Bank welcomes community leader to team

(Lexington, KY) – Forcht Bank is proud to welcome Lynn Hudgins as a new Treasury Management Officer. Hudgins joins the bank after holding various leadership positions in the Lexington community. Lynn will be joining an existing team with a focus on providing customer support and...
Posted On 25 Mar 2021
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Corbin residence a total loss after Tuesday fire

A majority of the upper level of a two-story residence was destroyed after the resident told firefighters that he fell asleep while cooking. The fire occurred about 9 p.m. Tuesday night on Hawe Street. West Knox Fire Chief Daryl Baker said the resident, who was renting the...

Governor asks Biden to issue disaster declaration for Kentucky

Gov. Andy Beshear is asking President Joe Biden to issue a major disaster declaration for Kentucky in regards to the severe winter storm system that impacted Kentucky from Feb. 8 – Feb. 19, 2021, and for public assistance for 44 counties, including: Whitley, Laurel and McCreary...
Posted On 24 Mar 2021

Colonel Players return to the stage

In the era of COVID-19 how do you put on a play and still enable an audience to watch? If you are the Whitley County High School Colonel Players, you record “In The Garden of the Selfish Giant” last week and offer it online for three days this week. “This is good for us because...
Posted On 24 Mar 2021

Traffic stop leads to recovery of stolen vehicle

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies conducting a traffic stop on a pickup truck with no license plate Thursday night in Woodbine, discovered the vehicle to be stolen and the driver to be in possession of heroin and methamphetamine. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...