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Whitley County’s Second Annual Kayaking for Kids Kayak Race Saturday featured nearly four times as many participants and raised more than twice as much money for charity as did last year’s race. This year’s race had 98 participants, featured 71 kayaks or jon boats and raised...

Makayla Mack of Williamsburg was crowned Miss NIBROC 2018 Saturday night. Mack, the daughter of Craig and Joy Mack, is a 2017 graduate of Williamsburg High School and currently attends Western Kentucky University where she is majoring in exercise science. “I have been coming and...

Work to repair George Hays Road, which partially collapsed on April 17 into Briar Creek, is almost ready to begin. George Hayes Road is is still closed following the April 17 collapse of a portion of it, but work is slated to start next week to repair it. Williamsburg Mayor Roddy...

As the City of Corbin has incurred more and more expenses mowing overgrown grass on seven properties, the code enforcement board is recommending liens be filed to ensure if/when the properties are sold, the city can recoup some of its expenses. Read this story and more for just...

With the filing deadline less than a one week away, it appears two local school boards could each potentially be getting a new member. Two Whitley County Board of Education seats are on the ballot in November. First-District board member Larry Lambdin, who serves as chairman of...

If a Williamsburg man, who tried to have his name changed to Victor Von Frankenstein one week before he allegedly killed someone earlier this year, is found incompetent to stand trial next month, then he would be sent off to a state mental institution for treatment, and could...

The toughest 5k race in all of sports is back and organizers are expecting around 600 competitors to compete to see who truly has the “heart of a Lion.” The seventh annual Lion’s Chase obstacle course 5k race will take place again, September 8, on a rolling, picturesque farm in...

The 57th Annual Concert Series schedule for the Fine Arts Association of Southeastern Kentucky has been released and it provides a diverse offering of entertainment that just about anyone will enjoy, officials with the organization say. “I believe our programming is simply...

A Lily man died Thursday from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. 25 in Laurel County. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, identified the deceased as Richard McFadden, 62, who was pronounced dead at St. Joseph...

Former Assistant Corbin Police Chief Larry Goodin is being remembered this week as a quiet, dedicated servant who served in an often-tough profession with class and dignity. Goodin, 67, died Saturday roughly 16 years after he served his last shift with the Corbin Police...