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One day after the Kentucky High School Athletic Association recommended that fall sports proceed as planned, a Whitley County High School football player has tested positive for COVID-19. “In an effort to keep our school family and community informed, we want to share that the...

The Corbin Board of Education officially pushed the start of in-person classes back to Sept. 28 Thursday night. At a special called board meeting, the board voted unanimously to follow the recommendations by Gov. Andy Beshear to not have students return to school in-person until...

Longtime Williamsburg educator Jack V. Foley, who died Wednesday at age 64, will be laid to rest on Sunday. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. at the Davis Addition of Highland Park Cemetery with Rev. Gerald Mullins officiating. The family will receive friends after 5...

A Corbin man allegedly ran from and then assaulted a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy on Aug. 14, and Thursday morning apparently turned himself in at the Whitley County Courthouse where he was arrested on a warrant stemming from the Aug. 14 incident. John L. Bunch, 54, is facing...

A Williamsburg woman is facing a felony DUI charge following her arrest Friday night on what would be her fourth DUI arrest within the last 10 years. Misty D. Justice, 41, is facing charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs/etc. – fourth or greater...

A London man was arrested last Thursday night for allegedly firing a handgun at another motorist during a traffic dispute in Corbin. Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Ricky A. Vaughn, Jr., 30, on charges of first-degree wanton endangerment, possession of a firearm by a...

Thursday was a deadly day with local health departments reporting three COVID-19 fatalities in two counties. The Bell County Health Department reported two COVID-19 fatalities Thursday, involving a 79-year-old female and a 73-year-old female. These deaths bring the total number...

The Kentucky State Police Electronic Crimes Branch arrested a Laurel County man Thursday on charges related to child sexual abuse material, according to a state police release. Andrew Evans, 32, was arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children...

The Whitley County Health Department reported two new COVID–19 cases Thursday and the county’s second COVID–19 related death. Officials did not provided details on the fatality except to say it was an adult. The brings the county up to 172 cases since early April. Officials said...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies attempting to serve a parole violation warrant at a residence outside of Williamsburg early Wednesday morning, arrested two people on a charge of trafficking heroin. Wendel F. Malone, 46, of Williamsburg, and Dena B. Baird, 31 were arrested on...