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Forcht Bank has awarded four graduating high school seniors a $5,000 scholarship as part of its Community Impact Scholarship for the 2024-2025 school year. Since the scholarship program began in 2021, Forcht Bank has offered three scholarships per school year. This year, in honor of Forcht Bank’s 40-year anniversary, a fourth $5,000 scholarship was awarded. Chloe Lefevers, Ella Sewell, Ashley Nevison and Chase Turner will each receive $5,000 to help further their education. Lefevers, of Corbin High School in Corbin, Kentucky, plans to major in neuroscience at the University of Kentucky. Sewell, of Lafayette High School in Lexington, Kentucky, plans to major in exercise science at Indiana Wesleyan University. Ashley Nevison, of duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, plans...

Baptist Health Corbin is proud to welcome its third group of Pre-Med Academy students – a program aimed at mentoring and inspiring future physicians from southeastern Kentucky. This summer, five outstanding local students – each with a GPA of 3.5 or higher – will participate in the immersive program, gaining hands-on experience and mentorship across multiple medical specialties. All five students are passionate about pursuing careers in medicine, with the shared goal of returning home to serve their communities in the future. Throughout the program, they will rotate through hospitalist medicine, pulmonary and critical care, primary care, general surgery, sports medicine, and interventional cardiology – both at Baptist Health Corbin and in nearby...

Forcht Bank has awarded four graduating high school seniors a $5,000 scholarship as part of its Community Impact Scholarship for the 2024-2025 school year. Since the scholarship program began in 2021, Forcht Bank has offered three scholarships per school year. This year, in honor of Forcht Bank's 40-year anniversary, a fourth $5,000 scholarship was awarded. Chloe Lefevers, Ella Sewell, Ashley Nevison and Chase Turner will each receive $5,000 to help further their education. Lefevers, of Corbin High School in Corbin, Kentucky, plans to major in neuroscience at the University of Kentucky. Sewell, of Lafayette High School in Lexington, Kentucky, plans to major in exercise science at Indiana Wesleyan University. Ashley Nevison, of duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, plans to...

News Journal Publisher Trevor Sherman made an interesting comment to me about living in the 1950s recently. He said, “No Internet. No cell phones. No social media. I think I would have liked it.” I, too, think you would have liked it, Trevor. It was a much simpler time. The pace was slower, and the stress was much less. But, obviously, without the Internet and the advances that have been made we could not publish this newspaper with the ease that we do now. However, I do cherish those times in the 1950s when I was a teenager. I can only speak from that perspective. It was a “Happy Days“...

The home was fully engulfed in flames at approximately 11 p.m. Thursday night. A large house fire that started late Thursday night has left a three-story home a total loss and investigators are looking for a possible cause. The call regarding the fire was received at 10:33 p.m., according to Williamsburg Fire Chief Larry Todd, with crews on scene within just minutes. The home, which sits at the end of a private drive off of US 25W near Emergency Christian Ministries, was already fully engulfed in flames as fire crews arrived. “It burned enough that by the time we got water on it, it fell in on itself,” said Todd. Based on the...

A large house fire that started late Thursday night has left a three-story home a total loss and investigators are looking for a possible cause. The call regarding the fire was received at 10:33 p.m., according to Williamsburg Fire Chief Larry Todd, with crews on scene within just minutes. The home, which sits at the end of a private drive off of US 25W near Emergency Christian Ministries, was already fully engulfed in flames as fire crews arrived. “It burned enough that by the time we got water on it, it fell in on itself,” said Todd. Based on the location of the home’s driveway and the difficulty of getting fire trucks...

Summer has officially arrived, and Mother Nature is already turning up the heat. As temperatures continue to climb, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company are providing tips to help customers stay comfortable while managing their energy usage. “The weather and how we use energy are two major factors that influence energy bills,” said Shannon Montgomery, LG&E and KU vice president of Customer Services. “We offer a variety of programs, tips and resources for customers to help them beat the heat, manage their energy usage and earn monetary incentives for their energy-saving measures.” These are steps customers can take now to help beat the heat and keep cool during a...

Photos by TIMOTHY WYATT  This year’s lone Cumberland River Cruise-In saw several dozen classic and fancy vehicles take over downtown Williamsburg on Saturday. The vehicles were lined around the perimeter of the old Whitley County Courthouse while vendors were set up in the yard. Williamsburg Main Street Program opted to move to only one cruise-in this year instead of doing it monthly throughout the summer in an attempt to drive up engagement.           

Summer has officially arrived, and Mother Nature is already turning up the heat. As temperatures continue to climb, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company are providing tips to help customers stay comfortable while managing their energy usage. “The weather and how we use energy are two major factors that influence energy bills,” said Shannon Montgomery, LG&E and KU vice president of Customer Services. “We offer a variety of programs, tips and resources for customers to help them beat the heat, manage their energy usage and earn monetary incentives for their energy-saving measures.” These are steps customers can take now to help beat the heat and keep cool during a heatwave: ...

With heavy hearts, we say goodbye to Glennis, who passed away on June 23, 2025. Born Glennis Rhodes on May 21, 1954, in Siler, KY, he was a beacon of love and laughter in every life he touched.A beloved husband, devoted father, proud papaw and great-grandpapaw, and a man whose love for family, faith, and simple country living left a lasting mark on all who knew him.He was a man rooted in the land, and he found peace in the quiet work of it. He had a keen eye for ginseng and loved roaming the hills looking for it with patience and care, just like everything else he...