Business

For fans of the Williamsburg Pizza Hut, there is some bad news and some good news for you. The bad news is that the longtime restaurant off Exit 11 will be closing at the end of business on Saturday, May 8. The good news is that the reason it is closing is so that the old store can be torn down and a new store can be built to replace it at the same location. It is tentatively expected to open again in August. “The new store is going to be more modern. We are going to have everything brand new. We are going to put in three big screen televisions. There will...

Forcht Group employees and friends helped Terry Forcht celebrate his 83rd birthday on April 28th at Copper Roux in Lexington. Photo above, arriving at the event, left to right, Roger Alsip, David Witt, Latoshia Davis, Marion and Terry Forcht, Dennis Cupp, Brittani Norman, Brenda Hamblin, Jackie Willis, Lori Brock, and Lisa Kersey. Photo left: Marion and Terry Forcht.

Unemployment rates increased in Laurel, Knox, McCreary and Bell counties between February  2021 and March 2021, and stayed the same in Whitley County, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.4 percent between February 2021 and March 2021. Whitley County’s March 2021 unemployment rate was also the same as the March 2020 unemployment rate. Laurel County Laurel County’s unemployment rate increased from 4.8 percent in February 2021 to 4.9 percent in March 2021. Laurel County’s March 2021 unemployment rate was 0.4 percent lower than the March 2020 unemployment rate. Knox County Knox County’s unemployment rate...

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, and Bell counties between January  2021 and February 2021, increased in McCreary County during that same time period, and stayed the same in Knox County, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.6 percent in January 2021 to 5.4 percent in February 2021. Whitley County’s February 2021 unemployment rate was 0.4 percent higher than the February 2020 unemployment rate. February 2020 was the last full month before COVID-19 shutdowns started going into effect. Laurel County Laurel County’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.0 percent in January 2021 to 4.8 percent...

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 Sheltowee Trace Adventure Resort in Corbin. The resort offers a variety of activities including canoeing, white water rafting, kayaking, ziplining, wall climbing, and more. “At the adventure resort, we really focus on families,” said Dania Egedi, owner/manager of the Sheltowee Trace Adventure Resort. “We try to look for things that people can involve their entire family coming in and just kind of fun...

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 that wants to come. Wilson said the pantry had received between 400 and 500 bags of food from the $5 bag donations in the winter which is how the pantry became affiliated with the group.    Wilson said that she and the pantry’s secretary, Joyce Partin, decided to challenge other businesses or individuals to donate to the pantry. “If we can get more money, we can add more people...

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. “Customers purchase bags and they drop them off in the box. Once the box gets full, they comes by and picks it up.” The Williamsburg Save A Lot store met the silver tier with corporate. Save A Lot corporate in return gave a $500 donation back to the Williamsburg store to give to the church, said Anders. “We were just glad that we had...

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 store offers a variety to traditional toys including Hot Wheels cars.

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Bell and McCreary counties between December 2020 and January 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s unemployment rate decreased from 6.5 percent in December 2020 to 5.6 percent in January 2021. Whitley County’s January 2021 unemployment rate was 0.1 percent higher than the January 2020 unemployment rate. During February 2020, which was the last full month before COVID-19 shutdowns started, Whitley County’s unemployment rate was 5.0 percent. Laurel County Laurel County’s unemployment rate decreased from 5.8 percent in December 2020 to 5.0 percent in January 2021. Laurel County’s January 2021 unemployment...

Forcht Broadcasting, a Kentucky based radio group serving nine markets in three states, is excited to be named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky in 2021. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management, and ClearPath Mutual Insurance recently announced the 100 Kentucky companies that made their 17th annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky list. Forcht Broadcasting is the proud parent company of WHOP Radio (Hopkinsville), WCKQ FM, WGRK FM, WTCO AM/FM (Campbellsville/Greensburg), WAIN Radio (Columbia), WYKY FM, WTLO AM/FM (Somerset), WWEL FM, WANV FM. WFTG AM/FM (London), WXKQ FM, WTCW AM/FM (Whitesburg), WSIP FM/AM, WKLW FM, and WKYH AM FM (Whitesburg)...