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A gambling scam involving a game of three card monte was apparently behind an incident at the Williamsburg Pilot Travel Center Thursday when a Georgia truck driver allegedly chased another man to the neighboring Walmart with a knife and cut him while recording the incident on his...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court took the first step in the process to acquire a remotely operated submersible vehicle to aid in search and recovery efforts. At last Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting of the fiscal court, the magistrates unanimously approved a resolution...

Corbin Police have arrested a Corbin man suspected to be involved in a series of copper thefts targeting businesses along Cumberland Falls Hwy. after he was caught allegedly targeting another business Friday morning. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

Members of the community came together Tuesday night at The Corbin Center to recognize Union College President Dr. Marcia Hawkins, the 2018 recipient of the Daniel Boone Visionary Award. In introducing Dr. Hawkins Tuesday, Mike Sharpe, chairman of the finance committee for the...

The Knox-Whitley Humane Association is seeking items for its benefit yard sale on May 5. Association Board President Mary-Ann Smyth said new and used items will be welcomed and appreciated. “If anything has any yard sale value, we would love to have it,” Smyth said. Items may be...

Corbin Police are continuing to search for the man caught on video robbing Whitaker Bank on Main Street on April 6. “We have had a lot of tips, but none of them have panned out,” said Corbin Police Chief Rusty Hedrick. The robber walked into the bank at the intersection of North...

A Knox County man was arrested Monday night after sheriff’s deputies say he posted threats on social media to kill, “all Knox County Police Officers.” Deputy William Stewart, the department’s public affairs officer, said deputies arrested Timothy L. Roark, 29, of Barbourville, on...

At least 250 people are estimated to have come out to the Whitley County Courthouse square Saturday for an ice cream social that is part of Williamsburg bicentennial celebration. At least half a dozen local churches, the Forcht Bank Ice Cream machine, and Athens Enterprises...

The Whitley County school district moved one step closer to finding its next superintendent Tuesday evening. The Whitley County Board of Education Superintendent Search Committee met in executive session for about an hour Tuesday evening to review the applications of all five...

The 2018 Whitley County Farmerss Market will kick off Tuesday in Corbin. Officials said the market will open at 5 p.m. at NIBROC Park on Main Street and continue until 8 p.m. The market will be held weekly through October. A variety of local meat and produce, prepared food,...