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You can now request a mail-in ballot for May Primary Election

The May 17 Primary Election in Whitley County will look a little different than past elections with some good changes and one not so good change. First the good changes. Voters will be casting ballots at one of eight voting centers across Whitley County rather than at one of the...
Posted On 08 Apr 2022

New voting machines in place for May Primary Election

When voters go to the polls on May 17 in Whitley County, they will be voting on entirely new machines. Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis said that voters shouldn’t have any problems using the new machines as they are very similar to what the voters have been using the last...
Posted On 07 Apr 2022

Redhounds snap losing streak: Colonels’ losing streak reaches three games

Coach Jeremy Philpot’s Corbin Redhounds have bounced back from their four-game losing streak, picking up wins at home against Franklin County, Somerset and Clay County to even out their season record at 4-4. The Redhounds outscored their opponents by a combined 41-15 in picking...

Lady Colonels win fourth straight game

Home has been good to Angela Singleton’s Whitley County Lady Colonels who are in the midst of a four-game winning streak over the last week. Whitley County shut out Pineville last Tuesday and then added wins over Harlan County Barbourville and Middlesboro to improve to 5-2 on the...

Shoulder, lane closures scheduled for I-75 in Whitley County beginning Monday

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said a portion of Interstate 75 in Whitley County will undergo shoulder and right lane closures beginning Monday and continuing through Friday. Officials noted that the area will include the shoulders at mile points 15 through 21 on northbound...

Bridging Kentucky Project starts today (March 24) in Whitley County

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 11 Office advises motorists lane closures will be in place on US25W at mile point 6.205 (Clear Fork Bridge) in Whitley County beginning today (March 24) until Tuesday, Nov 1. The lane closures are needed to accommodate a bridge...
Posted On 24 Mar 2022

Eric Swords taking over Whitley County Boys’ Basketball

Whitley County High School’s new boys’ basketball coach will look familiar to Colonel Nation as Eric Swords will be making the move from Williamsburg. In a press release Tuesday, officials announced that Swords, who has coached the Yellow Jackets for the last two seasons, has...

Semi wreck has southbound I-75 closed near Exit 25

Southbound I-75 near Exit 25 was closed to traffic from almost two hours Tuesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer truck went through the median and tore out a portion of the cable barrier. “He was headed north and ended up north bound in the southbound lane,” said Corbin Police...

Whitley Co. Baseball seeking return to Legends Field

The race to unseat 13th Region Baseball Champion Whitley County has begun as teams across the area take to the field this week in hopes of playing at Legends Field for the state title. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

REVISED: I-75 lane closures scheduled for Tuesday, March 8, in Whitley County

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, March 8, due to bridge maintenance operations. (The lane closures had initially been planned for Monday, March 7.) The...
Posted On 07 Mar 2022