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Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison needs the public’s help Saturday to beat Tennessee. Harrison said that he was recently contacted by Jellico Mayor Dwight Osbourne challenging him to take part in a food drive of University of Kentucky fans vs. University of Tennessee fans. The...

The Williamsburg City Council approved a resolution Monday night, which will allow it to start applying for reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for various road repairs caused by water issues over the last year. “Bottom line, it is a resolution so we...

Kentucky has received a record $37.9 million in federal grants to support crisis intervention services for victims of crime, and over $1.1 million of that funding is going to local organizations. In total, 135 Kentucky programs have received funding this year through the federal...

Residents around West Fifth Street have been circulating a petition asking the Corbin Planning and Zoning Commission to stop a zoning change they say will land a junkyard in their neighborhood. A public hearing on the proposed change, which would reclassify the property at 1031...

If you are one of the 1,315 people in Whitley County, who haven’t cast a ballot in the last two presidential races or during the last eight years, but you want to vote on Election Day, then you can still do so. However, you will have to jump through a few more proverbial hoops in...

Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz is hoping for a 30 percent voter turnout for next week’s General Election as voters head to the polls to cast their ballots for governor, attorney general, secretary of state and a handful of other statewide offices. During the 2015 gubernatorial...

Two local men are among three individuals named in a federal indictment charging a conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone and Oxymorphone in Whitley, Knox, Laurel and Rockcastle Counties. Albert D. Davis, 62, of Gray, and Logan Ray Towery, 72, of London are each charged with...

A Corbin man wanted in connection with a stabbing incident outside a Keavy area business on October 24 was arrested Saturday. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies located Jason Blevins, 34, at a residence off of Wagers Lane in the Campground community. Deputies had secured an arrest...

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stopped at a downtown Corbin restaurant Friday afternoon to campaign for incumbent Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin. It was a capacity crowd at Shep’s Place, a restaurant and sports bar on Main Street, for Pence who was traveling with Bevin and...

Traffic flow and parking on Kentucky Street in Corbin is going back to the way it was. The City of Corbin recently moved the centerline for parts of Kentucky Street, eliminated parking on the right hand side of the road and created designated parking spots on the left hand side...