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Leading up to the election, the two leading Republican candidates to replace Mitch McConnell as U.S. senator both made stopping in Whitley County a priority. Andy Barr stopped at Sanders Park Monday to speak to a crowd of supporters while former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron made a campaign appearance on May 13 at Williamsburg City Hall. Election results show that Barr won Whitley County with 3,810 votes, which was 64 percent of the total votes. He was the overall winner in the Republican Primary statewide with 60 percent of the vote. Barr will square off against Democratic nominee Charles Booker in the November General Election.

The Whitley County Colonels baseball team is the 2026 50th District Champions. The Colonels defeated the Corbin Redhounds, 3-1, Tuesday night. After the top of the first inning, players were sent to the dugouts to wait out weather delays. This year’s championship game was a rematch of last year. In that game, Whitley County won 4-2.

Williamsburg residents owe nearly $30 million in student loan debt. There are an estimated 871 borrowers in the city and approximately 226 of those borrowers are 90 days delinquent on their loans, according to the Kentucky League of Cities. These borrowers may be getting some help to potentially lower their federal student loan payments by finding some debt forgiveness programs already in place, which could eliminate a portion of their debt. This is conditional on the City of Williamsburg agreeing to take part in a new program being offered through the Kentucky League of Cities. This was part of the message Kentucky League of Cities Business Development Manager Sarah Stoll delivered to...

A now suspended South Laurel High School teacher and swimming coach, who got arrested Sunday on child pornography related charges and got out of jail on bond Tuesday, was not free for long. Later Tuesday, Kentucky State Police arrested Bradley Yeager, 35, of Heidrick, on new charges of promoting human trafficking (victim under 18 years old) and promoting a sexual performance by a minor under age 18. He was booked into the Knox County Detention Center at 9:18 p.m. Tuesday. His new bond is set at $100,000 cash, according to the Knox County Detention Center’s website. The detention center confirmed Wednesday morning the Bradley Yeager booked into the facility Tuesday evening is...

The Corbin community is rallying behind six-year-old Millee Kate Daugherty who was recently diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). A GoFundMe campaign has been launched and a 5k fundraiser is being organized. DIPG is a rare and aggressive brain tumor that primarily affects children. “She’s such a bright light,” said family-friend Sarah Reeves. “She is extremely intelligent… she’s a kind, sweet little girl.” According to Reeves, Daugherty has been involved in activities, such as playing softball with the Corbin league, dancing, crafting and spending time with her younger sister who she has a close bond with. “She is always smiling. She’s always a good friend to others in her class,” said another...

The Corbin Arena is getting a second entrance/exit and a new sign. Corbin City Manager Scott Williamson made the announcement during the Corbin City Commission’s monthly meeting Monday. “It is a big deal folks,” Williamson noted about the new entrance/exit. Where the second entrance/exit will go and when it will be built have not been determined yet. It is still in the planning stages. Senate President Robert Stivers’ office has advised the city funds for the new Arena entrance/exit have been earmarked. Stivers helped secure the funding working in conjunction with 86th Rep. Tom O’Dell Smith and 82nd Rep. Nick Wilson. Williamson said the city wants to thank the three legislators for their hard...

Former long-time prosecutor Tom Handy, who died Tuesday, led a life of service in his community both inside the courtroom and out of it. Handy served as the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Laurel and Knox counties for 28 years prosecuting some of the region’s highest profile cases before retiring in 2003. “Tom Handy was not only a visionary leader for Laurel County and Eastern Kentucky, he was a catalyst for change,” said U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers. After his retirement, Handy became a charter member of Operation UNITE (Unlawful Narcotics Intervention Treatment and Education) and a distinguished visionary of the organization, Operation UNITE wrote in a statement on its website. Rogers tapped Handy in 2003...

Currently no foul play is suspected in the death of one person, whose body was found in the remains of a structure fire Sunday morning in Southern Whitley County, according to a Kentucky State Police (KSP) release. Whitley County Deputy Coroner Charles Steve Watson pronounced the victim dead at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. Officials think the deceased was an adult and possibly female, Watson said. Coroner Andy Croley said Tuesday afternoon officials are still waiting on the results of DNA testing before making a positive identification of the deceased. The body was transported Monday to the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort Monday for an autopsy. As of Tuesday afternoon, a determination...

A Corbin man died Monday during a three-vehicle crash near the intersection of Cumberland Falls Highway (US25W) and Ward Cemetery Road, which occurred at approximately 3 p.m. Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley pronounced John P. Canada-Love, 38, dead at the scene at 3:50 p.m. from multiple injuries he sustained during the incident. He died instantly in the crash. Canada-Love was on his way to work in Barbourville when the collision occurred. He was only approximately two miles away from home, Croley said. Canada-Love was driving a 2017 Dodge Ram 1500 Series pick-up truck north on Cumberland Falls Highway when he approached a 2017 silver Honda HR-V operated by Jennifer Kirk, 42, of...

A Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy and five children were transported to the hospital by ambulance after a police vehicle collided with a Whitley County school bus Monday afternoon, but no one apparently required an overnight hospital stay, officials said. “We are just thankful it wasn’t worse than what it was,” said Whitley County Superintendent John Siler. “It was unfortunate, but we are just thankful there were no serious injuries.” Whitley County Sheriff Bill Elliotte echoed similar sentiments. At the time of the crash, the sheriff’s deputy was attempting to respond to a deadly wreck on Cumberland Falls Highway (US25W). There was a total of 36 people on the bus at the time of...