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If you attend a Whitley County Fiscal Court meeting today, you are likely to hear discussions about annexing roads into the county road system or extending roads. You may hear talk about how to allocate coal severance funds, or discussion about civic groups picking up liter. What...

Dear Gov. Matt Bevin, let me tell you a little something about my dad, who is a retired teacher. You’d like him if you knew him. My mother was a stay-at-home mom. My dad, Mike White, was definitely the breadwinner in our household. He was a high school social studies teacher,...

The Carnegie Library Corporation of Corbin has exceeded its $41,000 fundraising goal, which clears the biggest hurdle in its effort to restore the historic building on Roy Kidd Ave. – purchasing it. Since the fundraising effort first began in May 2017, the non-profit organization...

A trespassing complaint Sunday night led to the discovery of assorted drug paraphernalia and the arrest of a Keavy woman on numerous warrants out of three counties. Laurel County Sheriff deputies arrested Olympia C. Vann, 38, on the warrants out of Knox, Laurel and Whitley...

A Corbin man charged with child abuse after school officials discovered bruising on a 4-year-old’s leg and buttocks, is scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday. Jeremy Adam Smith, 38, who is facing one count of third-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or under, is on...

With the winter weather finally over, area school districts have been able to finalize their calendars. Whitley County Schools have been hit the hardest as the weather and resulting snow days have forced the cancellation of spring break and the Memorial Day holiday. The school...

One local school district will be closed Tuesday as educators descend on Frankfort to advocate for education funding in the biennial state budget. Williamsburg Superintendent Dr. Amon Couch announced Monday that the classes would be cancelled. “About 40 of our teachers will...

One person was killed Thursday in a two-vehicle wreck involving a Kentucky State Police Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer on northbound Interstate 75 in Laurel County. According to Trooper Lloyd Cochran, public affairs officer at KSP Post 11 in London, the...

A limited number of tickets remain available for the annual Rotary International Dinner scheduled for Friday night at The Arena in Corbin. Officials said approximately 60 of the 500 tickets for the event are still available. Tickets, which are $25 each, may be purchased from any...

By Jack Brammer Lexington Herald-Leader FRANKFORT: Any government official in Kentucky would be able to use a personal device, such as a cell phone or laptop, to conduct government business and keep the records private under legislation being pushed by Senate Majority Leader...