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The Bell County Health Department reported its second COVID-19 related death this week on Wednesday afternoon. It was the 30th related COVID-19 death in Bell County. The Bell County Health Department reported the county’s 29th COVID-19 related death Monday. The fatalities have...

The Bell County Health Department reported the county’s 29th COVID-19 related death Monday. The Bell County Health Department reported its 28th COVID-related death on Dec. 8. The fatalities have ranged in age from 56-97. The Bell County Health Department announced 13 new...

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell and McCreary counties between September 2020 and October 2020, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County’s...

The Laurel County Health Department reported its 14th confirmed COVID-19 death on Thursday. “Unfortunately, we have had an additional COVID-19 death. We ask you to please remember the family and friends of the 56-year-old,” the Laurel County Health Department wrote in a release....

The Whitley County Health Department announced 41 additional COVID–19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 1,711. There are currently 378 active cases, of which eight are hospitalized. A total of 1,314 people have been released from isolation. Whitley County has had...

The Whitley County Health Department announced 48 additional COVID–19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 1,670. There are currently 340 active cases, of which eight are hospitalized. With the new cases, Whitley County’s COVID–19 incidence rate stands at 106.4....

Wide loads coming south on Interstate 75 through Laurel County will be forced to detour through Pulaski County beginning Friday. Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet stated that wide load restrictions will affect southbound I-75 between mile points 41.5 and 42....

Whitley and Laurel counties each reported over 40 new COVID-19 cases Thursday. The Whitley County Health Department reported 41 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, 26 new cases Wednesday, 38 new cases Tuesday, 45 new cases Monday, three new cases Sunday, seven new cases Saturday, and 37...

The Whitley County Health Department announced 38 additional COVID–19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 1,404. There are currently 195 active cases, of which nine are hospitalized. With the new cases, Whitley County’s COVID–19 incidence rate stands at 53.2. Laurel...

One person was killed Tuesday in a crash involving a tractor-trailer truck and a passenger vehicle on northbound Interstate 75 near Corbin. Kentucky State Police Trooper Scottie Pennington, public affairs officer at Post 11 in London, said the wreck occurred at approximately 4:50...