The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways District 11, plans a series of closures next week, beginning Monday, April 12, on KY 511 near Rockholds in Whitley County. The closures are necessary for replacement of a cross drain. Closures will take place daily, 7...

A Rockholds woman was one of two people arrested Thursday night in Laurel County after sheriff’s deputies discovered methamphetamine, heroin and drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop. Kimberly A. Croucher, 32, of Rockholds, who was driving the Chevrolet Silverado, was charged...

Two Williamsburg people suspected of being wanted fugitives from Tennessee were located at a north Corbin motel with heroin in their possession Tuesday night. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Jeremy Fore, 29, and Vivian Fore, 29, both of Williamsburg, at the motel off of...

A Corbin man accused of attempting to kidnap and then buy a 3-year-old child Wednesday, is scheduled to appear in Whitley District Court on Monday. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a...

Belle from the Disney classic ‘Beauty and the Best’ was always looking for her “adventure in the great wide somewhere” before she met the Beast. Fortunately for local residents, they don’t have to meet a scary, mythical creature or travel far to find their own adventure at the...

The Houchens Food Group donated $250 to the Canadatown Fellowship Pantry last week. The check was presented at the Save-a-Lot store in Jellico. Joyce Wilson, the director of the pantry, said they serve 60 families every month. The pantry regularly hosts food giveaways for anyone...

Teddy Anders, the store manager for Save A Lot in Williamsburg, recently presented a $500 check to Travis Jones, the pastor at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. “Over the holidays for the month of November and December, we did a feed the needy holiday bag giveaway,” said Anders....

Corbin Police arrested a 73-year-old man who allegedly attempted to kidnap a toddler and then offered the grandparents $1,000 for him when they intervened Wednesday night. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to...

This year the monthly  Corbin community yard sales have been renamed the Depot Street Market. The first one of the season drew quite a crowd Saturday as area residents came down to find some bargains.      

The Toy Store on South Main Street in Corbin held a formal ribbon cutting Friday morning. Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus and Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Director Bruce Carpenter joined store owner Tonya Ridener and business partner Angel Henderson as they cut the ribbon. The...

Spring is here and in Corbin it is again time for one of the season’s most traditional events:  the GFWC Kentucky Ossoli Club’s May Day Festival. This year’s 78th May Day Festival will, again, like last year, be a virtual event.    The May Day Festival is a fund raising event for...

Williamsburg police recovered suspected methamphetamine and heroin during a traffic stop late Friday evening in the Highland Park area. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

For Ronald Blaine Stewart, public service wasn’t just a concept but something that he lived and performed for much of his life. Stewart served 30 years in the U.S. Army before retiring and moving back to his hometown of Williamsburg where he served three terms as a district judge...

COVID–19 vaccinations are now available to Kentucky residents at least 16 years of age. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the change that went into effect last Friday. “We are seeing a number of states with an increase in cases and hospitalizations, and it is happening among younger...

A March 8 wreck on U.S. 25W in north Corbin near Kentucky Fried Chicken involving a Whitley County school bus was not the fault of the bus driver. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man, whom they found naked in the laundry room of a home on Whippoorwill Road Monday night was under the influence of drugs. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in the parking lot of a Lily store where he had allegedly been consuming food items right off the shelves early Tuesday morning. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login...

Corbin Police officers responding to a reported drug overdose on Main Street early Friday morning arrested three people on charges of trafficking methamphetamine and possession of heroin. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

Whitley County remains in the red as Laurel, Knox and Bell counties move into the orange zone. Whitley County The Whitley County Health Department announced eight additional COVID–19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 3,648. There are currently 54 active cases, of...

Southbound traffic on Interstate 75 near the Tennessee state line will be reduced to one lane on Wednesday, April 7. Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet stated that the right lane on the bridge at mile point 2.5 will be closed in order for crews to complete...