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Williamsburg middle school students were officially initiated into the Jobs for America’s Graduates Kentucky program last Friday.

The Whitley County Historical and Genealogical Society hosted its annual Heritage Day celebration Saturday. Visitors were greeted by tours, displays of old photos and artifacts, a quilt display and a model trail exhibit manned by Darrell Meadors.

  Corbin Middle School students explored various career options last Friday. Students had the opportunity to speak with a chef, a member of the FBI, a professional baseball player, a Kentucky State Police trooper  and a member of the medical community. Other professionals represented at last Friday’s event included engineers, teachers, firefighters, content creators, game designers, chaplains, insurance agents and more.

What will the opening of Northern Campbell Community Hospital, formerly Jellico Hospital, mean for the Jellico community? Jellico Alderman Joe Creekmore said last Friday’s groundbreaking means a lot of things for the community. “There have been a lot of prayers over many, many years. It has been 2015 – I believe – since we had a fully operating hospital here that employed over 200 people. Obviously, when you lose that it is going to impact your community on so many levels, healthcare, jobs, economics, it is across the board. This is just layers and layers of blessings,” Creekmore said. In a community with 1,800 – 2,000 people, Creekmore said the investment of...

A Corbin man, who is charged in connection with a child sexual abuse material investigation, is now being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $10,000 cash bond. On Sept. 23, a detective with the Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crimes Branch initially cited Glennis Eugene Elswick, 56, on a charge of distribution of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor over the age of 12 years old but under 18 years of age, according to his uniform citation and a KSP release. Whitley District Judge Fred White initially ordered Elswick cited to court due to a disability, but during a Sept. 28 hearing, White set...

If you are looking for something free to do outside Saturday, then you might want to head to downtown Corbin for the annual October Fest celebration, which will take place from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. along Main Street. “It’s going to be a great day,” said Corbin Tourism Executive Director Emily Roberts. The event will feature everything from a car show to shopping, fall festivities and kids’ games. The final Cumberland Valley Cruise-In of the season will take place as area antique car and truck owners bring out their vintage automobiles to show off to crowds of classic car enthusiasts. This year more than 40 unique vendors will be taking part. Vendors will...

Corbin police and Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies seized a large quantity of suspected methamphetamine, marijuana, THC vapes, THC gummies, drug paraphernalia, cash and an American Arms rifle while executing a search warrant at a Corbin residence Saturday, according to a Corbin Police Department release. Corbin Police arrested John Gray, 57, Mary J. Tuttle, 44, Madison W. Tuttle, 19, and Renea R. Bell, 42, charging them with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine), trafficking in marijuana over five pounds and possession of drug paraphernalia. Gray, Bell and Mary Tuttle were also charged with cultivating marijuana less than five plants. In addition, Gray and Mary Tuttle were also charged with being a...

Williamsburg hosted its Oktoberfest celebration Saturday complete with musical performers, food vendors and others.

Approximately 90 days ago, Jellico Alderman Joe Creekmore sent the first e-mail to BradenHealth, a mission-driven rural hospital operator, about possibly taking over the former Jellico Hospital facility, which had been closed since March 2024. On Friday, BradenHealth and Jellico officials held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate. “If you are here today and you have ever prayed for this moment … God is not deaf to hear us. The Bible says, ‘He is a very present help in the time of trouble.’ He heard those prayers and he makes a way when there seems to be no way,” Creekmore told the crowd gathered for Friday’s groundbreaking. “It is a historic day...

A Williamsburg man has been sentenced to a decade behind bars for failure to comply with sex offender registration. Last month, Whitley Circuit Judge Paul Winchester followed the recommendation in the plea agreement and sentenced Paul Worley, 57, to 10 years in prison for failure to comply with sex offender registration and 12 months incarceration for registered sex offender public playground restrictions. Winchester ordered the two sentences to be served concurrently, or at the same time, for a total sentence of 10 years in prison. On April 12, Worley allegedly failed to report a change of address to the Kentucky State Police Sex Offender Registry and unlawfully loitered within 1,000 feet of...