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Running into the history books: Looking back at the 1973 state champion track team at WHS

On Thursday, June 1, the Williamsburg track and field team will make their annual trip to Lexington to compete in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s Class A state championship meet at the University of Kentucky. It will mark 50 years since a group of Yellow Jackets...

Whitley Circuit Clerk takes down a bull elk

Whitley Circuit Clerk Gary Barton recently harvested this bull elk in Pike County. Elk hunting is legal in Kentucky, but is limited by an annual lottery for elk permits through the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. A total of 594 elk permits were available in 2021.
Posted On 02 Oct 2021
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Ex-Williamsburg Mayor Bill Nighbert remembered

Right after Bill Nighbert was sworn in as president of the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) in 2002, he called his then five-year-old son Benton to the stage, and hoisted him above the podium showing the audience of KLC staff and city officials what drove him to public servic...
Posted On 28 Jan 2021

Whitley Circuit Clerk’s Office will have reduced hours; evictions can be filed again starting Aug. 1

The Kentucky Supreme Court has cleared the way for evictions and criminal trials to resume across the state starting next month, according to an announcement issued Monday afternoon. Also, starting next week those wanting to go to the Whitley Circuit Clerk’s Office to renew a...
Posted On 31 Jul 2020

No court in Whitley County through April 10

Whitley Circuit Court Clerk Gary Barton said Friday that, in keeping with the order of the Kentucky Supreme Court, all court dates are canceled beginning Monday and continuing through April 10. Barton said court officials will be sending notices out to anyone with pending court...