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The National Federation of State High School Associations, which is the parent organization of the KHSAA, has authorized the member organizations to approved a shot clock in high school basketball beginning in the 2022-23 season. Following the meeting of the organization’s Basketball Rules Committee, which was held virtually in late April, the NFHS followed the committee’s recommendation to permit the state high school athletic associations to adopt a 35-second shot clock. KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett said the Board of Control has approved a survey of officials from the participating schools in Kentucky to gauge interest in instituting the rule in 2022-23. “We expect significant work with our schools, coaches association, athletic director...

Corbin Elementary School students performed Cinderella on Friday. The elementary school is comprised of fourth and fifth grade students.  

The Corbin Tourism Commission is set to unveil a life-size, chainsaw carved statue of Corbin most famous citizen – Colonel Harland Sanders – on May 5 at the Corbin Welcome Center. The statue was created by local chainsaw carving couple J&K Carvers. The duo also created all of the pieces for the Christmas Village at the ice-skating rink during the winter. Director of Tourism Maggy Kriebel said that she met J&K Carvers, Jerry and Kim Eaton, at Octoberfest after seeing their work. “Their work was so amazing,” said Kriebel. “I kept in touch with them and they ended up doing Christmas open house as well.” The idea for the Sanders Statue came from...

Local New York Times bestselling author Silas House talked about his first novel “Clay’s Quilt” Thursday with fellow author Angela Correll. The event, which was hosted by the Kentucky Book Festival, took place virtually via zoom and Facebook. During the event, House reflected on writing “Clay’s Quilt” and his other novels. House shared, with Correll and the audience, some of the inspirations for his books, including the stories he asked to hear from older family members when he was young and the community of Lily where he grew up. House grew up around people with a natural ability for oral tradition. His version of storytelling came in written form. “Since I was often...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 11 Office is advising motorists that a bridge construction project in Whitley County starts on Monday, March 29. This project will replace the Imperial Hollow Road bridge over Colonel Creek. The bridge will be closed for up to 90 days with an expected open to traffic date of Wednesday, June 30. An onsite diversion is in place, so no detour is necessary. This bridge is part of the Bridging Kentucky program’s Eastern Kentucky Design-Build Project No.1. The project is being delivered by a design-build team led by Central Bridge Co., LLC J/V Bizzack Construction LLC and HDR Engineering, Inc. Bridging Kentucky is a program to improve the...

So how much water loss could one water leak account for? In terms of the water loss rate, the answer to that question would be 17 percent. For more than a decade, Williamsburg officials had been looking for “the big one,” as in a large water leak, that would account for the city’s high water loss rate. In late January, they discovered a large water leak under South Second Street near the Williamsburg Senior Citizens’ Center that was gushing about 100 – 150 gallons of water per minute, and caused a nine-foot cavern under the road. “I don’t know what kept the road up,” Mayor Roddy Harrison told the city council during...

The Williamsburg City Council is moving forward with efforts to help land a privately-owned facility to treat veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse in the city. The Williamsburg City Council met in executive session for 59 minutes during its regular monthly meeting Monday before returning to regular session and voting to authorize Mayor Roddy Harrison to negotiate a lease with Troy Dorman for the property located at Savoy, which is owned by Williamsburg. Harrison said that he can’t provide a lot of the details regarding the lease because it is still to be negotiated, but the property will be leased for a nominal fee for a period of two...

Laurel, Bell, Knox and Whitley County’s COVID-19 incidence rates were all within the top 20 highest incidence rates in the state Thursday. The Whitley County Health Department announced 21 additional COVID–19 cases on Thursday, bringing the county’s total number of cases to 3,338. There are currently 91 active cases of which five people are hospitalized. A total of 3,215 people have been released from isolation in Whitley County. The Whitley County Health Department has reported a total of 32 confirmed COVID-19 fatalities with the five most recent deaths being reported on Feb. 22. With the new cases, Whitley County’s COVID–19 incidence rate stands at 39.4, which was the 12th highest rate in the...

A Williamsburg woman and a Rockholds man are both accused of allegedly hiding drugs inside a body cavity during unconnected vehicle traffic stops by two different law enforcement agencies over a two-day period, according to court documents. Both were passengers in their respective vehicles when the traffic stops took place, according to arrest citations. The first traffic stop took place Friday morning in Williamsburg and led to the seizure of 10 grams of crystal methamphetamine, according to a Williamsburg Police Department release. Williamsburg Police Officer Dorman Patrick Jr. arrested Courtney B. Canada, 24, of Hoss McCullah Road, and charged her with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance more than two grams of...

If Christopher G. Creekmore had just come to the door of his 137 Mt. Morgan Road home in Williamsburg when police knocked on it on Jan. 27, then he likely would have just gone to jail because of a warrant for his arrest from Knox County. Creekmore didn’t answer the door though, and instead officers went inside looking for him where they also found suspected methamphetamine, and marijuana seeds, according to court documents. Williamsburg Police Officer Dorman Patrick Jr. arrested Creekmore, 45, on charges of second-offense first-degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), third-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana. Williamsburg police officers initially...