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A joint investigation by Kentucky State Police Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies led to the seizure of almost 1.5 ounces of heroin and 10 ounces of methamphetamine Friday afternoon. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today,...

The University of the Cumberlands recently received nearly $6 million in emergency coronavirus relief funding, but is redirecting every dollar of the money to its undergraduate student body. Full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students will receive direct payments of $1,500,...

Rodney Carrington Live is coming to The Corbin Arena on April 23. The concert is slated to start at 8 p.m. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. and are available through Ticketmaster.com or The Corbin Arena Box Office. Call The Corbin Arena box office for more information...

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell and McCreary counties between November 2020 and December 2020, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County’s...

For over 150 years, the Grisell family has been in the funeral business. Now, in the form of Evan Grisell, the family has welcomed its seventh generation to the family business. The Grisell’s history in the business began in 1847 when Simeon Grisell, a Quaker minister and cabinet...

The Whitley County Health Department announced 14 additional COVID–19 cases on Friday, bringing the county’s total to 3,137. There are currently 211 active cases, of which 14 are hospitalized. With the new cases, Whitley County’s COVID–19 incidence rate stands at 58.3. Knox...

An investigation into a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of a north Corbin business early Thursday morning led to the arrest of a man who allegedly slashed his girlfriend with a knife and held it to her throat. Laurel County sheriff’s deputies arrested Mitchell Vaughn, 30,...

Gov. Andy Beshear and Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) Secretary Rebecca Goodman announced Tuesday that approximately $587,000 in grants had been awarded for the cleanup of 72 illegal dumps in 18 counties across the commonwealth, including Whitley Count...

He stated simply that it was just a mining camp, but listening to him describe it, it was evident that it was more than just a camp – it was his home. Phillip Lawson and his brother, Bobby Ray, have recreated the town of Gatliff as it stood before the early 1960s. What started as...

The case of a Rockholds man, who is charged with abusing his elderly grandfather, will go before a grand jury. Following a preliminary hearing Monday, Whitley Distirct Court Judge Fred White found probable cause to send the case against 25-year-old Blake E. Ustler to the grand...