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Nearly everyone, who lives in Southeastern Kentucky, is familiar with the story of Corbin’s most famous resident, Colonel Harland Sanders, who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken. What many people may not realize is throughout its 200 year history, Whitley County has been the home of...

Cumberland Falls is known as the “Niagara of the South,” and for good reason. A 125-foot wide curtain of water plunges 65 feet over the falls. The volume of water pouring over Cumberland Falls is the second greatest east of the Mississippi River after Niagara Falls. Cumberland...

Whether it was chicken legs on the bone, barbeque ribs, barbeque pork or shredded barbeque chicken, the cooks at the Whitley County Bicentennial BBQ Cookoff had a little something for everyone. Half a dozen cooks took part in the first ever event outside the Whitley County...

(Editor’s note: This is the first part of a three-part story detailing the origins of some of Whitley County’s smaller communities. The second part of this story will appear on next month’s bicentennial page in the News Journal.) They have names like Boston (not the liberal place...

Williamsburg’s bicentennial celebration is officially underway. Monday morning, the “Historical Picture Show” began playing on a loop in the city council meeting room at Williamsburg City Hall where it will play all month during regular business hours. It is a pictorial history...

If you attend a Whitley County Fiscal Court meeting today, you are likely to hear discussions about annexing roads into the county road system or extending roads. You may hear talk about how to allocate coal severance funds, or discussion about civic groups picking up liter. What...

If you are a former local beauty queen, then there is a good chance the Williamsburg Bicentennial Committee is looking for you for its “20 Decades of Williamsburg Parade.” During a planning meeting Thursday, Mayor Roddy Harrison announced that organizers came up with the idea for...

On April 7, 2018, Williamsburg and Whitley County leaders will dedicate a historical marker near the present-day courthouse in honor of Samuel Cox, who is celebrated as the “Father of Williamsburg,” but who was Samuel Cox? Cox, who is known as the father of Williamsburg and its...

Williamsburg officials are still tweaking bicentennial celebration plans in April, and trying to nail down a few loose ends. Williamsburg’s bicentennial planning committee met for about two hours early Thursday evening to discuss the 200th anniversary celebration. Williamsburg...

Whitley County is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year, and county officials held a birthday party Thursday afternoon to celebrate, complete with a birthday cake and everything. “We are celebrating 200 years of Whitley County’s existence. This is the bicentennial,” Whitley...