The Corbin Fire Department is getting a new reserve fire truck next month, and the new ladder truck is only a few months behind. Monday, during the regular Corbin City Commission meeting, Corbin Fire ...

Thomas Underwood, age 85, of Williamsburg, KY, passed away Thursday,2, 2026. He was born April 14, 1941 in Faber, KY, to the ...

College football week 7 is in the books, and this week was one of the most exciting weeks of football yet! Several upsets, and several teams even though it wasn’t an upset, they still overcame the ...

Judith Ann Satterfield, a loving and cherished member of the Corbin, Kentucky community, passed away peacefully on October 23 ...

Thanks to the Corbin Police Department’s replacement of its Tasers, the Whitley County Detention Center will be getting some new to them equipment. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, ...

Castle Black Games held “A Day into The Renaissance” festival at NIBROC Park Saturday. Some people dressed in renaissance ...

If you have ever thought you might like serving on the Williamsburg Independent Board of Education but weren’t sure you ...

The Corbin Housing Authority is hoping to build up its rainy day fund so it can have six months’ worth of operating money in ...

Williamsburg Independent School alumnus Roy Buhl has left a legacy in life particularly in the realm of science. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every ...

Let me offer a word of congratulations to our local school districts, on their 2025-2026 Kentucky Summative Assessment Test results, which were released last week. Read this story and more for just $.

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During the 2024-2025 school year, Williamsburg High School scored the lowest color rating classification the state offered on ...