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The Corbin Rotary Club has announced additional donations for the 2020 Empty Stocking Fund Christmas Party to benefit children in need throughout the tri-county area. Recent donors and the amounts given include: Baptist Health Corbin – $6,180. Jack Cloyd and Associates – $500....

There is more than $8.3 million worth of unclaimed property in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties combined, and some of it might be yours. Each year the Kentucky State Treasury receives millions of dollars from places like banks and insurance companies, who by statute must...

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

Whitley County Fiscal Court’s first 2021 Dumpster Program’s weekend was a success. The event took place Jan. 7 through 9 at the Whitley County Sanitation department, which is located at 535 Happy Hollow Road, Williamsburg. The next date for the dumpster program is Feb. 11 though...

For the second consecutive day Friday, Whitley County reported a COVID-19 fatality. No details were released about the deceased. This brings the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in Whitley County to 25. The Whitley County Health Department announced 20 additional COVID–19...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies say a Keavy man, who attempted to flee from deputies investigating suspected shoplifting at the Corbin Walmart Thursday, was under the influence. Brien K. Vann, 29, was charged with theft by unlawful taking of the value under $500, public...

The Sunup Initiative in Corbin will be hosting a Corbin Trash Clean Up in honor of the National Day of Service on Monday. The National Day of Service corresponds to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and...

A Corbin couple was arrested Thursday night for allegedly abusing a teen with a belt and extension cord. Howard W. Smith, 45, and Amanda Smith, 39, are each facing one count of fourth-degree assault – child abuse. In addition, Amanda Smith is charged with one count of...

After more than eight years allowing customers to serve up their own choice of flavor(s), size and toppings for their frozen yogurt desserts, Froyoz in Corbin closed its doors at the end of business on Dec. 31. “The pandemic killed us!” said Terry Joe Martin, one of the...

The Corbin High School Band will be giving the Christmas season a final sendoff on Tuesday when it performs the Christmas concert. “We have not had a concert since spring 2019,” said Band Director James Cornn. “We cancelled the Christmas concert for snow that didn’t hit us,”...