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A Williamsburg man was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly assaulting and strangling a woman in Laurel County. Larry W. Turner, 34, was arrested following an investigation by Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies into a disturbance complaint on North Stewart Road in north Corbin....

The Hutton School of Business at University of the Cumberlands has been busy this year. The School recently completed the accreditation process for its doctorate programs, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and Doctor of Philosophy in Business (PhD). At the Hutton School of...

Mountain Outreach (MO), a ministry hosted by University of the Cumberlands, is teaming up with the B Squad Project, a local non-profit, to help make Christmas magical for underprivileged children in the community. Each year since 2018, the B Squad identifies children who do not...

The family resource centers and youth service centers at Corbin Independent Schools are facing a huge challenge with the Angel Tree Program that has already seen 169 children in need added to the list. “I have been helping with the Angel Tree for 12 or 13 years and that is, by...

Nearly everyone in Corbin assumes that the ‘B’ in B&H Shoes stands for Barnett, which is the last name of current owner Marsha Barnett. They would be wrong about that. “My father started these stores in Somerset in 1948,” said Barnett, whose maiden name was Hawkins. She...

Football playoffs are being delayed in Kentucky, according to an announcement by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Saturday morning. The KHSAA notified member schools Saturday morning that the start of the football playoffs will be delayed one week in an effort to...

The Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) announced on Oct. 29 that 28 law enforcement officers from agencies across the state had graduated the basic training academy, including one Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy. Deputy Chad Estep graduated and received the...

Students should be familiar with credit scores, according to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). Your credit score is a three-digit number that has a long-lasting effect on your buying power. “It’s important for young people to learn about financial...

Whitley, Laurel, Knox and Bell counties all reported double-digit increases Friday in the number of new COVID-19 cases reported. The Whitley County Health Department reported 20 new COVID-19 cases Friday, seven new cases Thursday, 13 new cases Wednesday, 19 new cases Tuesday, 29...

The University of Kentucky, in partnership with Baptist Health Lexington and Norton Healthcare in Louisville, has been selected as a testing site for the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson’s Phase 3 clinical research study, called the ENSEMBLE trial, to...