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A new school year and a new school created traffic issues Monday on Master Street and Main Street in Corbin, but officials at Corbin Independent Schools say they are working to resolve the problem. Superintendent Dave Cox said it was a combination of things that caused the backup...

#KeepCorbinClean is one of 11 finalists in the 2018 Beautify the Bluegrass initiative and it has until Wednesday to overcome a substantial voting deficit. Ballots may be cast at www.kentuckyliving.com. As of Monday morning, Mt. Sterling’s effort to rejuvenate its downtown park...

Funeral arrangements have been set for Wednesday afternoon for a Whitley County High School student, who died Saturday. Bethany Faith Lawson, 16, of Limestone Branch, Williamsburg, died at her home. She was to be a sophomore at Whitley County High School this fall. Lawson was...

A Williamsburg man is in jail after leading police on a half-mile foot chase Thursday afternoon where a police K-9 suffered cuts to its paws while tracking the suspect. Williamsburg Police Officer Greg Rhoades arrested Franklin Abe Mills, 35, of 147 Levi Lay Road, about 5:19 p.m....

UPDATE: Ky. 26 in Whitley County has been reopened to traffic. Whitley County Projects Director Amber Owens said the high water has receded, making the roadway passable. However, more rain is expected to move through the area. “If there is water on the road, do not drive...

A homeless Whitley County man, who has a history of run-ins with the law, has been arrested in connection with a 1993 Lexington rape case. Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird arrested James Fields, 47, about 5:53 p.m. on Aug. 7 and served him with the Fayette County arrest...

He’s not the biggest, or most intimidating player on the court. But former Corbin High School, and Alice Lloyd College, standout Isaac Wilson has been the most consistently dominate presence at the annual NIBROC 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament over it’s six year existence. He’ll be...

Former three-term Whitley County Attorney and Whitley Circuit Judge Emby McKeehan has passed away. McKeehan, 94, died Aug. 7 at his home on Bee Creek Road. McKeehan was a Whitley County native born on Whippoorwill Creek next to Laurel Lake. When he was three years old, his...

Two Tennessee residents received prison sentences Monday afternoon for burglarizing a Whitley County home in 2014 and torturing a dog. Dena Brooke Baird, 29, of Duff, and Daniel Myers, 35, of Jellico, broke into the residence of Cathy Evers and shot her dog in the face on Nov. 7,...

The trial of a Corbin man, who is charged with killing two people last year, is being postponed until next year over the objection of the defendant because all the lab results won’t be completed until late this year. Paul Parsons is charged with two counts of murder and burglary...