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Each year, the medical staff at Baptist Health Corbin awards scholarships to recognize and support the academic achievements of healthcare students. Abigail Byrnes, MD, Interim Chief Medical Officer, emphasized the importance of these scholarships, stating, “These scholarships are awarded to students from the Tri County area to keep our greatest resources close to home.” Angelina Foster, President of Baptist Health Corbin, added, “Supporting local talent in healthcare education is a vital part of our commitment to the community’s well-being.” Recipients must be from the Tri County area and currently enrolled in a healthcare-related degree program. This year, a total of 15 scholarships were awarded, distributed across various disciplines: five in medicine, five...

Cumberland River Behavioral Health Inc. Executive Director Melanie Yeager called it a career on July 31. She first worked for the agency in the summer of 1994 as a part-time secretary. After returning to college in the fall of 1994, she returned to the agency in the summer of 1995 in data entry. She then moved to an accounting clerk’s position. By August 1999, she had advanced to an administrator’s position which she held, along with additional duties as the agency’s Privacy Officer, before a promotion to Chief Financial Officer in 2005. In July 2016, she took on additional duties as Associate Director and, became Executive Director upon Danny Jones’...

Knox County Judge-Executive Mike Mitchell recently presented two $5,000 checks to support local senior centers in the face of recent state funding reductions. The checks were presented to Shawn Bingham with the Knox County Senior Center and Amber Case with the Corbin Senior Center. This funding, which was provided through the Knox County Fiscal Court, represents an increase in local support for senior services compared to prior years. Mitchell emphasized that this funding is intended to help offset recent shortfalls and ensure essential programs and services remain available to the senior population of Knox County. “The services provided by our senior centers are absolutely vital,” said Mitchell. “They offer more than just meals...

Corbin High School (CHS) has announced an update to its cell phone policy, now implementing Yondr pouches to create a phone-free zone. This initiative aims to enhance student focus, reduce distractions, and address concerns about mental health and behavior linked to phone use, as discussed in a meeting for parents on July 29. Previously, CHS enforced a “See It-Take It” rule regarding cell phones, which Principal Shannon Dixon and her team found to be ineffective. Dixon said, “We didn’t have an effective tool for the teachers.” The team at CHS emphasized that the policy aligns with KRS 158.165, a Kentucky law that restricts phone use during instructional time. With this new...

The Great Library Escape: Families raced to locate clues and solve puzzles in a timed attempt to outsmart the Touhua Island and deactivate the threat with Code Red.

One of the owners of Williamsburg’s Ngoc Kitchen had to be flown out by emergency medical helicopter Saturday morning after the moped she was driving collided with a pick-up truck near Exit 15, and her restaurant is temporarily closed because of the crash. About 9:50 a.m., Richard Vance, 60, of King Mt. Spur, was driving a 2002 Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck north on US25W when he went to make a left hand turn into the parking lot of the Shell Station near Exit 15, said Williamsburg Assistant Police Chief Brandon White. Vance turned into the path of a 2024 Honda moped, which was heading south on US25W and being driven by...

A local boating race that has generated thousands of dollars to help local schools and children’s programs in recent years is returning Saturday. The Ninth Annual Kayaking for Kids race will take place on Aug. 9. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the race will begin at 10 a.m. The registration fee for the race is $20. Amber Owens, an event organizer, said Friday that roughly 20-30 people have pre-registered for the race and have already filled out their entry forms. Also, a group from Wayne County has pre-registered 10 people. This year there will be no kayak rentals available on the day of the race, but Sheltowee Trace has kayaks available for...

Leaders in the Kentucky Senate are celebrating the awarding of a contract that will allow for the start of construction on the next phase of the ongoing I-75 widening project. This will result in six lanes of traffic, three northbound and three southbound, between Exit 29 in southern Laurel County to just above the 23-mile point in Whitley County. On Tuesday, the Kentucky Senate Majority Caucus released a joint statement from Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, and Sen. Brandon Storm, R-London, regarding the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) acceptance of a construction bid to widen this next segment of I-75. “The I-75 corridor is the lifeline of southern and eastern Kentucky, and...

A Clay County man pleaded guilty but mentally ill Monday to attempted murder in connection with a 2021 Whitley County case. Jonathan R. Hubbard, 41, entered the guilty but mentally ill plea to charges of attempted murder, theft-auto, and theft-firearm. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors recommended a 20-year prison sentence on the attempted murder charge and five-year prison sentences on the two theft related charges. All three sentences are to be served at the same time (concurrently), for a total sentence of 20 years. A third theft charge was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Commonwealth’s Attorney Ronnie Bowling said that attempted murder falls under the state’s violent offender statute, which...

What started out as an investigation into a runway juvenile from a foster home in Corbin last year has resulted in the federal court indictment of a Lily man for production of child pornography, which was allegedly made while he was in jail in Madison County earlier this year, according to federal court records. On July 24, an indictment was returned in open court in U.S. District Court in Lexington charging Daniel Hoskins, 55, with one count of possession of child pornography and six counts of production of child pornography. If convicted on the possession of child pornography charge, Hoskins faces up to 10 years in federal prison. If convicted on...