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Property assessments up, tax rate dropping in Williamsburg

Total property tax assessments are up about $15 million in Williamsburg this year, and the real estate tax rate will be dropping while the motor vehicle tax rate will be increasing slightly. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...
Posted On 10 Oct 2018

The B Squad Project aims to buy beds for less fortunate children this Christmas

Shannon Barman, who has a busy day job as manager of a Williamsburg restaurant, is one of those people who – when she gets an idea for something – she runs with it. Take a few weeks ago for instance. She was online and read about the TERF Project out of Mt. Sterling, which she...
Posted On 10 Oct 2018

Suspect in Gray man’s killing now jailed

A Barbourville man is now behind bars in the Knox County Detention Center charged with murder in connection with the Sept. 19 shooting death of Gray resident Glenn Edwards, 57. About 4:52 p.m. on Sept. 19, Kentucky State Police officers from Post 10 in Harlan received a call from...
Posted On 10 Oct 2018

Couple who smoked meth around children plead guilty to lesser charges

A Corbin couple charged with child abuse after admitting to smoking methamphetamine in the presence of their young children has pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

Corbin man pleads to indecent exposure

A Corbin man can avoid jail time in an indecent exposure case if he remains out of legal trouble over the next two years and stays away from the 312 boat ramp where he was arrested on September 9. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...

Motorcycle chase suspect takes eight-year plea deal

A man, who led Kentucky State Police on a high-speed motorcycle chase through three counties in July, has entered a guilty plea in Whitley Circuit Court. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....
Posted On 10 Oct 2018

W’burg City Council discusses success of River Fog Festival, other events

The success of Saturday’s inaugural River Fog Festival and the upcoming 25th Annual Gateway to the Cumberlands Jeep Jamboree were two topics of discussion during Monday’s monthly Williamsburg City Council meeting. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe...
Posted On 10 Oct 2018

Pedestal replacement project begins at Sanders Park

The Colonel will soon be on stable ground once again. Tuesday morning, workers began to replace the crumbling pedestal on which the bronze statue of KFC founder Col. Harland Sanders stands in the center of Sanders Park in Corbin. Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Kriebel said the...

Update: One killed, one airlifted in truck collision on Corbin bypass

Update: The identities of a Cumberland Valley Electric truck driver, who was killed, and a UPS tractor trailer driver, who was airlifted from the scene after their trucks collided on the Corbin bypass (Highway 3041) Wednesday morning, have been released. Firefighters and...

Arson suspected in Monday fire on Moore Hill

A fire that destroyed a home on Moore Hill Ave. Monday morning is under investigation. West Knox and Lily responded to the scene near Ott Road in Corbin at approximately 4:45 a.m. West Knox Fire Chief Darryl Baker said firefighters had been called to the same scene at...