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Harness racing returns to Corbin this weekend as the Mint – Cumberland Run kicks off its second season of competition featuring some of the sport’s top horses and drivers. The action on the track is slated to begin at 1 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 13, with races continuing the following Monday and Tuesday. Races will take place Sunday-through-Tuesday through the first week in November (Nov. 3-5). Ted Nicholson is the Vice President of racing for Kentucky Downs and is in charge of overseeing race operations at Cumberland Run. He said that the track’s inaugural season was a huge success last year, and that he is looking forward to what this upcoming...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Houchen’s Food Group recently donated $11,000 to the South-Central Kentucky Toys for Tots Campaign, which works each year to raise money so a great many area children will have a merrier Christmas season.

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Giving hope : Over 60 people converged at the Green Space on Main in downtown Williamsburg on Saturday morning to participate in the Bethany’s Hope Suicide Awareness Walk. The walk is held annually to honor 16-year-old Whitley County High School student Bethany Faith Lawson, who took her own life in 2018. Participants follow a one-mile loop through town before ending back on Main Street.        

History was made Monday in the Commonwealth of Kentucky as Laurel County Judge-Executive David Westerfield and Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White Jr. were the first in the state to announce that they had merged their emergency management programs. “I am excited and look forward to this merger, because we feel this is a positive move for both counties. With the current numbers of volunteers dropping in emergency services, this will allow both counties to leverage each other in times of need,” said Westerfield. White stated, “Whitley County has always been willing to help any of our neighbors and when this was discussed, we feel it is a win, win for both...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT  Elementary students from all over Whitley County converged at the O. Wayne Rollins Center on the University of the Cumberlands’ campus last Friday for the annual Shoes 4 the Soul event, which is organized by the university’s campus ministry program, Appalachian Ministries. During the event, the elementary students are paired with staff and college student volunteers who perform a foot washing for the children before providing them with clean socks and a new pair of shoes.      

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Members of UE Local 728, a chapter of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America that helps maintain operations at the Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, held a rally outside the facility where they work last Wednesday. The rally was in protest of a recent firing of Tiffany Wittenback, one of the union’s chief stewards, which union reps says was done illegally and without any type of justification. “An individual who has worked here for eight years, has an immaculate record, no disciplinary history whatsoever, and they fired her for no reason,” said Kevin White, president of UE Local 728. “The collection of people...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT Williamsburg Independent School held Back to School Bash on Friday afternoon, inviting students to come meet their new teachers and tour the classrooms where they will be spending the upcoming school year. As part of the event, a variety of other activities, including a foam party, face painting and giveaways were also available.

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Members of UE Local 728, a chapter of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America that help maintain operations at the Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, made a large donation of school supplies to the Whitley County School District on Monday afternoon. The donation included $1,000 worth of supplies that students in the district are most in need of. According to Melissa Sergent-Hamblin, treasurer of UE Local 728, the union has provided school supplies to local school districts for the past four year. The supplies are paid for with money using member dues, which requires a majority vote by members. Family resource personnel from...

The Nibroc Fastest Kid in Town races brought out several children ages 3 - 12, who competed by age groups.

The 2024 Nibroc Parade brought out numerous entries this year.