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Thieves stealing trucks, crashing into stores, trying to take ATM machines

Local thieves are stealing trucks and then using them to break into small businesses in order to try and steal ATM machines from inside those businesses, including weekend break-ins in Corbin, Williamsburg and on Jellico Mountain in Tennessee. Read this story and more for just...
Posted On 31 Aug 2022

Turn lane project on US25W near Exit 15 underway

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) crews began a turn lane installation project on US 25W in Williamsburg on Friday. The project area will be at mile point 15.60. Preparation for the asphalt work will require temporarily reducing the roadway to a single lane, maintained by...
Posted On 26 Aug 2022
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Dates for Williamsburg mobile disaster recovery center changed

If you had planned to go to the Whitley County Health Department in Williamsburg on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of this week in order to talk in-person with a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about damage you suffered during the July 31 flash flooding or other flooding...
Posted On 24 Aug 2022

Mobile disaster recovery center coming to Williamsburg Sunday (Aug. 21)

Those affected by the July 31 flash flooding in Whitley County or other flooding events across eastern Kentucky, who want to talk to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official in-person, can go to the Whitley County Health Department on Sunday, Aug. 21, through...
Posted On 19 Aug 2022

Veteran-led Yellow Jackets have the talent to go the distance in 2022

The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets look to be in very good shape coming into the 2022 season, with several of their big playmakers from their previous campaign returning to the lineup. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

W’burg man arrested for assault in shooting case

Charlie West (Story by Mark White and Trevor Sherman) Alcohol involvement is suspected and one person is behind bars in connection with an early Wednesday evening shooting, which took place on KY 1481 about five miles north of Williamsburg, according to an arrest citation and the...
Posted On 04 Aug 2022
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Aug. 2 blood drive set in Corbin; Aug. 4 blood drive set in W’burg

Whether you live in the Corbin or Williamsburg areas, you will have the chance next week to help the Kentucky Blood Center (KBC) shore up its low blood supply this summer, which could save someone’s life. If that isn’t enough to make you want to donate blood, donors also get the...
Posted On 31 Jul 2022

Jones Plastics gives away school supplies to nearly 250 children

(By Steve Myers) If you have a parent that works at Jones Plastic & Engineering in Williamsburg, then chances are you got a bunch of free school supplies recently courtesy of the company. Jones Plastic & Engineering in Williamsburg donated school supplies to employee’s...
Posted On 29 Jul 2022
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A weekend of celebrations: Williamsburg’s Fourth of July

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Long Weekend Fun: Williamsburg’s Independence Day festivities kicked off Friday night at Bill Woods Park with the city’s second Block Party of the summer, featuring the band Hi 5 (TOP). The band kept the crowd entertained with a variety of hits from...

First-Ever Karaoke Night held Friday at River Fog Park in downtown Williamsburg

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Rockin’ the Park: The summer event schedule in Williamsburg keeps chugging along, with the latest event—Karaoke Night—being held Friday evening. Anyone in attendance was free to take the stage and perform their best rendition of whatever song they desired....