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A Williamsburg Police officer’s investigation into a report of a vehicle that crashed into a ditch late Sunday night, resulted in a Williamsburg man being arrested on a felony DUI charge. Thomas M. Cox, 52, was charged with driving under the influence, and operating on a...

Corbin officials announced Monday that the annual downtown trick-or-treat event will not take place this year. According to officials, the decision is the result of Gov. Andy Beshear’s Halloween guidance for Kentucky, along with state mandates regarding COVID–19....

Whenever in-person classes finally resume in the Williamsburg Independent School District, school officials are planning to implement a new technology that will help them keep track of how and when students make their way on and off campus. “The program is known as Student...

After several weeks, the renovations to the sand volleyball courts in downtown Corbin are nearly complete. The sand has been completely replaced. A new drainage system has been installed. The grass underneath the court that had begun growing through has been completely torn out....

If you finished college in May and have federal student loans, it’s almost time to start repaying them. These tips from the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) may help. “This pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for Kentuckians, especially many of our...

Former Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz has received her final audit report as county clerk from the Kentucky state auditor’s office, and it was an almost entirely good audit. Schwartz resigned on Nov. 30, 2019, after working nearly 44 years in the Whitley County Clerk’s Office,...

Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties between July 2020 and August 2020 and between August 2019 and August 2020, according to figures from the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley,...

The Whitley County Health Department reported 21 new COVID-19 cases Friday, 28 new cases Thursday, nine new cases Wednesday, seven new cases Tuesday, 29 new cases Monday, 37 new cases Sunday, and nine new cases Saturday. Whitley County has had a total of 609 COVID-19 cases....

The former Western Sizzlin’ Steakhouse in north Corbin was severely damaged by fire early Friday morning. West Knox firefighters were called to the scene on West Cumberland Gap Pkwy. at approximately 12:30 a.m. “It was about 50 percent involved,” said West Knox Fire Chief Darryl...

A Keavy man was arrested early Wednesday morning on drug trafficking charges after police found more than five grams of heroin, four grams of methamphetamine and a set of digital scales in his car at a north Corbin truck stop. Christopher Mason, 33, was charged with first-degree...