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Carson Payne, Jr., affectionately known as “Bad Eye” to his radio listeners and fans, age 69, of Monticello, Kentucky, formerly of the Red Ash Community of Whitley County, KY, passed away on Tuesday morning, June 21, 2023, at his home. He was born on December 21, 1953, to the...

The Tri-County Elks Lodge, in collaboration with the Downtown Corbin program, proudly celebrated Flag Day on June 14, commemorating the symbol of our nation’s unity, strength, and freedom. The event brought together enthusiastic individuals, young and old alike, to honor the...

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Jim Brown died a couple of weeks ago. He was the Jim Brown many, even today, consider the greatest football player to ever play the game. He was 87. There was a day when he brushed against Warren County and Bowling Green. There is no real sports fan from Corbin to Paducah and...

Eldridge Fugate, 94, passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Graveside service was Sunday, June 4 in Pine Hill Cemetery. Hart Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell, and McCreary counties between March 2023 and April 2023, according to the Kentucky Center of Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate...

Update: The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department announced at 3:30 p.m. on June 2 that the missing juvenile has been located. Original story The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s assistance in an attempt to locate a missing teenager....

Road Trip! For more than twenty years I have been signing off my columns with the encouraging words of “get up, get out and get going!” I’ve always tried to take my own advice, as my wife and I will occasionally hop in the car and motor someplace not too far away for lunch. And...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT  Though the rain poured down Saturday, crowds weren’t deterred from the second annual BBQ in the Burg competition at the Green Space on Main in downtown Williamsburg. In the pulled pork and pulled chicken categories, Paul Douglas took first place. In the...