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Carl Terry Akins

Carl Terry Akins, 69, of Falls Creek Road, Corbin,  departed this life on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at his home. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until the funeral hour on Wednesday, August 10, at Croley Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 10, at the...

Onedda Eaton

Onedda Eaton, 84, formerly of Corbin,  and the widow of Foster A. Eaton, passed away Friday, August 5, 2016 at Baptist Health in Louisville. Visitation will be from 6 until 9 p.m. Monday at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home. Her funeral will be held  at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. James...

Carolyn Ann Bass

Carolyn Ann Bass,  60, of Ottawa, IL (formally of Williamsburg) passed away August 7, 2016 in Ottawa, IL. A memorial service will be held at a later date. This obituary is a courtesy of Croley Funeral Home of Williamsburg.  

Peggy Logan Brown

Peggy Logan Brown, 81, of Jellico, TN passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at her home. The funeral was held Saturday, August 06,  in the Harp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Earl Powers officiating. Burial was in the Douglas Cemetery (Wooldridge Community), Jellico, TN. Harp...

Della Mae Taylor

Della Mae Taylor,  57, of Haines City, FL. passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at the Good Sheppard Hospice in Haines City, FL. Funeral services were held Monday, August 8, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Hodge. She was laid to rest in the Slate Hill...

Cecile Bernice Worley

Cecile Bernice Worley,  87, of Genoa, OH departed this life on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg, OH. Funeral services were held Sunday, August 7, at the Croley Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jerry Lowrie officiating. She was laid to rest in the...

Laurel deputies find crystal meth, brass knuckles on woman wanted in Knox County

A Gray woman, who is wanted in Knox County for failure to appear in court, was arrested Friday night in southern Laurel County. According to Laurel County Sheriff John Root, Deputy Rick Cloyd arrested 36-year-old Marta Bush at a residence on Adams Road off of Ky. 770. Cloyd took...

Alleged playground equipment thieves caught

Two local residents, who are accused of stealing playground equipment from a Williamsburg daycare on July 23, have been apprehended. The Jellico Police Department arrested Arthur D. Hill, 49, of Williamsburg, and Amanda L. Rogers, 33, of Jellico, also known as Amanda Johnson,...
Posted On 08 Aug 2016

Sheriff: Evarts man’s DUI arrest in Laurel County makes his third

An Evarts man is facing his third DUI charge after a Laurel County Sheriff’s deputy found him passed out in his vehicle in a parking lot in Lily Friday night. According to Sheriff John Root, Deputy Shawn Jackson arrested 32-year-old John Delph about 11:50 p.m. at a location off...