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A burn ban is currently in effect in Whitley County as a statewide state of emergency has also been declared due ongoing wildfires. Last week, Whitley County Judge Executive Pat White issued a burn ban to prohibit outdoor burning of any kind within the county. The ban comes as...

Violators of the City of Williamsburg’s animal ordinance could soon be facing steeper penalties as the Williamsburg City Council is expected to begin discussion on increasing fines in the new year. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...

A Williamsburg woman is suing the City of Williamsburg, members of its police department, and a towing service owner for a car she is wanting back. She wants $25 per day, which is the same daily rate charged when a vehicle is impounded, for each day she was deprived of possession...

Somerset Community College (SCC) Pharmacy Technology Program student Nicole Anderson of Corbin has been named the recipient of the SCC Health Sciences Division’s Student of the Month Award for September. She is now a candidate for the Division’s Student of the Year Award, which...

University of the Cumberlands cares about many things, and providing food for local families is one of them. With rising costs across every type of basic need, families face tough choices and impossible decisions. Food insecurity is ever-growing. Local food programs for families,...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Bell and McCreary counties and stayed the same in Knox and Laurel counties between August 2023 and September 2023, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development...

If you like your community theater along with your dinner, then you are in luck as the Millstone Community Theatre Guild is bringing a performance to Corbin on Friday, Nov. 17, and to London on Saturday, Nov. 18. “Dinner at Eight, Dead by Nine,” which was written by Michael...

A Williamsburg man, who allegedly shot at and attempted to rob his mother during a January incident that led to a day-long manhunt, has be ruled competent to stand trial. Brady Bowman, 25, appeared in Whitley Circuit Court for a competency hearing Monday afternoon, which was held...

Consider this question. “What would you like to see change in your community to make it a safer place to live?” Now think about how to answer that question using your cell phone camera. Organizers of the Cumberland River Green Dot Corbin and Williamsburg Photo Contest 2023 would...

The Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has announced that its next member luncheon will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center.