WILLIAMSBURG -- Williamsburg residents will see a slight increase in their personal property taxes next year, as the Williamsburg City Council approved both it and the real property tax rates during a special called meeting Monday evening.
CORBIN -- Maxine VonGruenigen had an outlook on life as bright and hopeful as the morning's first peek of sunshine. As a businesswoman, friend and family member, she left an impression that will be missed by many.
LAUREL COUNTY — A Laurel County grand jury returned an indictment for an Ohio man who crashed into stalled traffic resulting in the death of a Williamsburg woman in May.
CORBIN — It has been an ongoing story since 2014 — a horse racing facility is coming to Corbin — but Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus says this is it this time.
CORBIN — It has been an ongoing story since 2014 — a horse racing facility is coming to Corbin — but Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus says this is it this time.
Older workers are a growing part of the 21st century labor force, and they bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and maturity to the workplace. To celebrate their contributions and achievements, Goodwill Industries International and Goodwill Industries of Kentucky is observing National Emp…
MANCHESTER, Ky. – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that a closure is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 22 on KY 2996 in Whitley County to allow crews to replace cross drains.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) -- Kentucky didn’t see over 1,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, but there were still over 400 reported, along with three more deaths.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) -- Kentucky reported a near record number of new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, topping 1,000 for only the second time.
The untimely death of a North Laurel High football player in a four-wheeler accident on Saturday night has left family and friends reeling in disbelief.
WILLIAMSBURG — The University of the Cumberlands athletic department set a new school record as 134 student-athletes were named 2019-2020 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes, announced by the NAIA national office.
MANCHESTER, Ky. (Sept. 18, 2020) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that closures are scheduled for Monday, Sept. 21 on KY 779 and Tuesday, Sept. 22 on KY 628 in Whitley County to allow crews to replace cross drains.
CORBIN - Despite a slight drop in the temperature, the Geeta Patel Splash Pad has seen a number of visitors during its first week of being open.
FRANKFORT – Kentucky’s top election official is estimating $5.42 million in cost overruns associated with running November’s general election.
WILLIAMSBURG — A mother, along with family and friends, were protesting police brutality around Williamsburg’s courthouse square Saturday morning after she says her son was badly beaten by Kentucky State Police officers.
FRANKFORT (KT) -- New cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky bounced back to Wednesday's level, while the state's positivity rate continued to drop, according to information from Gov. Andy Beshear's office on Friday.
LAUREL COUNTY - On Friday, a Laurel County grand jury returned an indictment against the 89th District’s State Rep. Robert S. Goforth on strangulation and assault charges stemming from an incident in late April.
LONDON — The city of Corbin has filed a lawsuit against the city of London in Laurel County Circuit Court, following a recent meeting by London’s City Council, in which the city voted on and passed the second reading of an ordinance that would see London annex two tracts of land near I-75’s …
BARBOURVILLE - In two brief special called meetings this week, the Barbourville City Council approved the city’s real and personal property ad valorem tax rates for the 2021 fiscal year.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - One of Kentucky's largest employers has made a large donation of personal protective equipment, or PPE, to help the state combat the coronavirus pandemic.
CORBIN - Baptist Health Corbin Chalked the Walk to raise awareness for friends, family and co-workers who are battling a mental health condition.
WILLIAMSBURG - On Tuesday, the Williamsburg Board of Education approved Superintendent Tim Melton's plan on students returning to in-seat instruction beginning Sept. 28.
WHITLEY COUNTY - As required by the state each September, the Whitley County Board of Education approved its working budget for the 2020-2021 school year during a special-called meeting Thursday evening.
KNOX COUNTY - A former Knox County deputy jailer, who previously pleaded guilty to third-degree rape charges stemming from an incident in 2014, was ordered to begin her 60-day sentence in Knox County Circuit Court on Monday.
TRI-COUNTY — Laurel County Health Department reported its eighth COVID-19 related death on Tuesday.
CORBIN – Baptist Health Corbin has secured a $1 million grant to combat opioid and substance abuse in Knox and Whitley counties over the next three years.
LAUREL COUNTY - Two former South Laurel High School employees facing sexual abuse charges involving minors had future pretrial conferences scheduled in Laurel County Circuit Court Wednesday morning.
WHITLEY COUNTY — The Whitley County Fiscal Court heard from multiple organizations in the county Tuesday afternoon as they reported progress and discussed tax rates.
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear said the state's COVID-19 positivity rate is coming down during his Wednesday briefing.
LONDON -- A London man is charged with two counts of murder after his parents were found dead in their home on Tomcat Trail about 5 miles east of London Tuesday afternoon.
Testing is one of the few tools nursing homes have to keep the novel coronavirus out of their facilities, and the Trump administration has tried to help by sending them equipment to conduct tests that give quick results.
UPDATE 2:10 PM WEDNESDAY:
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently announced plans to help make a difference during the upcoming academic year with the award of nearly $80,000 in literacy grants in Kentucky. With these funds, educators at 38 schools, libraries and nonprofit organization…
RICHMOND, Ky. — The EKU Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Open Textbook Resources is awarding $23,000 in grant funding to three departments and four individual faculty who submitted proposals to develop zero textbook cost courses. This incentive grant program was made possible by an EKU Boa…
BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – The Union College Department of Athletics donated boxes of authentic athletic apparel to the Appalachian Children’s Home on Wednesday.
If there is one thing I’ve grown to loathe, it’s moving. As I’ve mentioned in columns past, my family and I moved around a lot when I was younger. Back then, I didn’t mind it as much. It wasn’t until I was old enough to help move the furniture that I really started to dread it.
WILLIAMSBURG — Since the annual faculty/staff award banquet was not able to be held this spring, University of the Cumberlands took time in their virtual faculty/staff meeting the week before classes began to recognize outstanding members of the Cumberlands family whose service to the Univer…
KNOX COUNTY - On Thursday, the Knox County Fiscal Court held a special-called meeting where it set its tax rates for 2020 and acknowledged the tax rates of Knox County’s other special taxing districts.
WHITLEY COUNTY - A woman, who was extradited from Oregon back to Kentucky in February on a charge stemming from a car crash which killed a man, had her trial date scheduled in Whitley County Circuit Court Thursday.
CORBIN — The Whitley County Health Department put out a public notice on Tuesday afternoon of a possible COVID-19 exposure at the south Corbin Kroger location.
WHITLEY COUNTY - A Harrodsburg man charged with firing a gun and attempting to steal a truck in the parking lot of Baptist Health Corbin in January was sentenced to serve five years after a hearing at Whitley County Circuit Court Thursday.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet advises motorists that milling and paving operations have begun on Master Street in Corbin. The roadway will be reduced to one lane beginning through Tuesday, September 22 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. | Photo by Erin Cox
CORBIN — When Sam and Brooklyn Nguyen travel, they always like finding the best place to enjoy a boba beverage. But they don’t have to travel for boba any longer, they’ve recently opened a boba cafe of their own in Corbin—Tra Sua.
CORBIN — “I just want to give people the experience they’ve never had,” said Jim Bruso about his soon to open ice cream parlor on Main Street. “We’re not going to be the normal mom and pop ice cream shop.”
FRANKFORT, Ky. - During Monday's COVID-19 briefing by Gov. Andy Beshear, new reporting requirements for students who test positive for COVID-19 were suggested.
More than half of Kentucky’s counties are in covid-19 danger zones defined by the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and there were big increases last week in the state’s covid-19 death rate and the number of counties in the task force’s “red zone.”
Kentucky prisons have the third highest covid-19 death rate compared to death rates for the disease among the state's whole population, even after rates are adjusted for the sex, age, race and ethnicity of inmates, says a study from the National Commission on Covid-19 and Criminal Justice.
The number of U.S. teenagers who use electronic cigarettes has declined by one-third, according to the latest national poll on their use of tobacco products.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Fans will be allowed at Kroger Field this season as capacity is expected to be at 20 percent the school announced Thursday.
WHITLEY COUNTY — Dalton Poynter, his mother Debbie and administrators from the Corbin Area Technology Center met with executives of Jones Plastics & Engineering in Williamsburg Thursday morning in regards to a new partnership.
In a time when virtual connectivity is more essential than ever, Kentuckians in rural parts of the Commonwealth are struggling due to a lack of internet availability near their homes. While school districts and local businesses work together to offer a temporary solution by offering WiFi hot…
James Rogers Lacefield was born December 21, 1941 in Grove City, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Bernard and Nellie Gertrude Hudgins Lacefield. He was united in marriage to Paula Porter Lacefield who survives. He is also survived by his three children, John S. Lacefield and wife Julie of J…
Commented
Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.