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The Whitley County Health Department has set a Jan. 13 start date for its needle exchange program. The needle exchange will take place from 2 – 4 p.m. every Friday at the Whitley County Health Department’s main office in Williamsburg, which is located off Penny Lane...

A Christmas afternoon fire gutted an eastern Whitley County home despite the efforts of volunteer firefighters from five departments. The fire was reported about 1 p.m. Sunday at the 10807 Highway 92E home of Tommy Gambrel. Patterson Creek Volunteer Fire Chief Robert “Pee...

A former Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy, who had two emergency protective orders issued against him, has reached agreements to have the orders dismissed. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....

David Wilson Costa, Jr., 45 of Chicago, IL passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 at his home.  He was born July 21, 1971 in Chicago. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mayford and Mary England, and Joe and Alba Costa; great uncles, Claude England and Carroll England;...

Sue Cornelius Prewitt, 68, of East Oak Ridge Street, Williamsburg, departed this life on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Tennova Health Care in Knoxville, TN. She was born on April 10, 1948 in Williamsburg, to the late Mary C. Smith. She retired from Williamsburg City School for...

Yula Irene Jones Huddleston, 72, a resident of the Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center, formerly of the Red Hill community of Whitley County, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at the Jellico Community Hospital in Jellico, TN. She was born on July 18, 1944, in...

As much as the workers and volunteers at the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter would like to save the lives of all the 17 cats or dogs that are taken to the shelter on average each day, they can’t. The save rate for dogs varied monthly from 35 – 83 percent in 2015 while the...

Vanice “Jane” Raines, 77, of Corbin, passed away on Wednesday December 21, 2016 at Baptist Health in Corbin. Born in West Virginia, she was a homemaker who loved her husband and family. Her beloved husband, Ira Raines preceded her in death. In addition to her husband, she was...

A Williamsburg woman said winning the News Journal’s second annual Secret Phrase Game contest made her Christmas holiday a whole lot merrier this year. Kimberly Adkins, 45, said she was surprised when she was the first caller to correctly guess the phrase last Wednesday when she...

Corbin city officials are beginning a new program whereby residents may receive alerts about events affecting the community. Under the new REACH Alert program, residents may sign up to receive text, voice calls, email and/or messaging with information. “From notices of water...