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UPDATE: Shelby County man charged after turning himself in to police Thursday A Shelby County man is facing multiple counts of criminal mischief in connection with four incidents of vandalism at local businesses. Corbin Police Detective Coy Wilson said 25-year-old Joseph Walters...

The body of a missing McCreary County man, who was last seen in Laurel County on Sept. 10, was recovered from a pond on private property in Whitley County late Monday afternoon. Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley pronounced John T. Smith, 38, dead at 5:30 p.m. Croley said that it...

More than 60 years ago, Williamsburg native Charlie H. Hill, 31, was serving in the United States Army during the Korean War when he went missing in action and was never seen again. Recent efforts and DNA testing have finally identified Hill’s remains. The remains of a...

For the 11th consecutive year, members of the Appalachian Outreach Ministry traveled to Williamsburg in an effort to share the “love of Jesus Christ” and items to help make people’s lives a little easier, said Yvonne Piercy, director of the Appalachian Outreach Ministry and WMU...

About 10 churches and 50 volunteers came out Saturday at Cumberland Regional Mall for the South Union-Mt. Zion Baptist Association’s first ever “Operation Inasmuch.” There were free car washes. There was free clothing, children’s books and toys for youngsters. Church groups gave...

Do you have a chili recipe that you think is the best in Williamsburg? Saturday, Oct. 7 is your chance to prove it and collect some prize money to boot during the Fifth Annual Williamsburg Chili Cookoff Contest. “There is always some really good chili,” noted Williamsburg Mayor...

Corbin High School’s Redhound Theatre will open its season Thursday night, and it will be with a laugh. Breaking with the recent tradition of opening the season with a drama, CHS Theatre Director Rebecca Liford-Hibbard said the students would bring Brandon Thomas’ classic farc...

The Corbin Planning and Zoning Commission is asking the city commission to offer tax breaks to property owners who spend significant money to update and upgrade older properties. At the regular workshop meeting of the Corbin City Commission Monday night, Henry Heaberlin with the...

A Kentucky State Police arson investigator has been asked to examine a fire that destroyed a home on Barnhill Road Sunday morning. Woodbine Fire Department Battalion Chief Rickie Fore said firefighters were called to the scene off of Brays Chapel Road about 11:30 a.m. “It was a...

A London man allegedly shot at two people during an alleged altercation Wednesday while he was dropping off his two-year-old son at residence in southern Laurel County. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies charged Justin Dean Hampton, 22, of London, with three counts of first-degree...