On Tuesday, Dec. 13, during a special called meeting of the Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission, a vote was upheld to relocate the tourism commission’s offices from the Corbin Center off of I-75 Exit 25 to the old L&N Railroad Depot building, located on Depot Street in...

Over $30,000 in cash was recently forfeited as part of a pair of plea deals in Whitley District Court involving a marijuana trafficking case and two Detroit residents. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

Police seized over $14,000 cash and seven firearms while executing a search warrant in southern Whitley County Saturday evening. Photo courtesy of the Williamsburg Police Department Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

Whitley County is among a group of counties that were selected to receive fair grant awards. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

The death penalty is officially off the table for a Woodbine man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2019. According to a notice filed in U.S. District Court earlier this month, prosecutors in the case against Daniel Nantz, 32, who is facing murder and kidnapping charges in the...

The Corbin Rotary Club has announced donations for the 2022 Empty Stocking Fund Christmas Party to benefit children in need throughout the tri-county area. Donors and the amounts given include: Patil Foundation Inc. – $1,000. Walmart Store #1259 – $3,500. Rotary International...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet advises motorists lane closures will occur on I-75 northbound and southbound (mile point 14.5) in Whitley County on Tuesday (Dec. 13) due to bridge maintenance operations. The work schedule is listed below: On Tuesday (Dec. 13) northbound...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that a portion of I-75 southbound (mile points 25.0-15.0) in Whitley County will have intermittent right lane closures beginning today (Dec. 12), and will last until Friday (Dec. 16) due to slide and ditching...

Forcht Bank of London recently presented the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department’s “Shop with a Cop” program with a $250 donation. Forcht Bank staff are seen presenting the check to Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo and London Police detectives Stacy Anderkin and...

The Student Government Association (SGA) at University of the Cumberlands recently visited Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center to spread some holiday cheer. SGA hosted a Christmas Bingo event, complete with prizes and handwritten Christmas cards, which they delivered to...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT A group of students from University of the Kentucky delivered more than 700 toys to the South-Central Toys for Tots Campaign on Monday. The students had held a months-long toy drive in anticipation of donating them to the campaign. While there are Toys for...

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between September 2022 and October 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Several dozen people came out to the Green Space on Main in downtown Williamsburg for the second annual Hanging of the Green event on Saturday. Students from the Williamsburg High School Choir performed a number of Christmas carols followed by a reading of...

Each year, local organizations are chosen to benefit from the Annual Colonel Sanders Half Marathon event in downtown Corbin by receiving a portion of the proceeds. In 2022, the groups receiving the donations are the Corbin Rotary Club and the Corbin Lions Club. Last week, event...

A local man was found under a bed when police executed a search last month last month at a 74 Johnson Avenue residence in the Highland Park area of Williamsburg and arrested two people on drug trafficking charges. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe...

The calendar is full of holiday-themed events during the month of December at the Corbin Public Library. In its latest monthly newsletter, the CPL informed patrons of the many exciting and fun-filled activities that are on tap in the coming weeks, including a full slate of movie...

About 80 people turned out at the Corbin Public Library Thursday for “An Evening with Silas House.” House, who is originally from Lily, is a New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, three plays and a book of creative nonfiction. He is also a former commentator on NPR...

A Corbin man could be facing federal charges after allegedly being found with 2 pounds of crystal methamphetamine during a traffic stop last month. As part of a joint operation by the Laurel County Sherriff’s Department, London Police Department, Pulaski County Sheriff’s...

Whitley Circuit Judge Paul Winchester has ordered that the City Utilities Commission (CUC) of Corbin to pay $200,141.25 in attorney fees and $8,092.41 in lawsuit related costs to a woman and her attorneys following a $350,000 jury verdict earlier this year against the utility and...

A vehicle pursuit that went from Kentucky to Tennessee and then back into Kentucky Sunday evening and involved the attempted assault of a police officer with a vehicle resulted in the arrest of the driver and one other individual,according to a Williamsburg Police Department...