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Two indicted for attempted ATM theft, chase

A Whitley County Grand Jury indicted two Tennessee men Monday morning for allegedly trying to steal one of the most visible ATM machines in Williamsburg late last month. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Cole indicted for murder, assaults

A Williamsburg man, who recently underwent a competency evaluation at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center, was indicted Monday morning for murder and assault. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Leigh Burke gets probation, ordered to pay restitution

A Williamsburg woman, who stole money from the Whitley County Board of Education and the Kentucky Association of School Business Officials (KASBO), resolved her criminal charges with a probated sentence during a sentencing hearing Monday morning, but her legal woes aren’t quite...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Unemployment rate drops locally, statewide

Unemployment rates fell in 119 Kentucky counties and rose in one county (Carter County) between January 2017 and January 2018, according to the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics (KCEWS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet....
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Legal Notices for 3-21-18

NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE In accordance with KRS 350, notice is hereby given that Kopper Glo Mining, LLC; 1197 Rock Creek Ridge Road; Clairfield, Tn. 37715 intends to apply for a Phase I bond release on permit #918-0496, Increment #7 and #8 which was last issued on 8-10-17. The...

Moore accused of trying to break into North Corbin home Sunday

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man was under the influence of alcohol when he attempted to enter a residence on Byrley Road early Sunday morning. Deputies arrested Chad Moore, 38, of Corbin outside the residence off of South Stewart Road at approximately 12:25 a.m....

Father charged with assaulting four-year-old over ‘missed words’

The father of a four-year-old, who is charged with child abuse, told police he whipped the child with a belt because she was missing words. Jeremy Adam Smith, 38, of Corbin is facing one count of third-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or under. Smith was arrested Friday...

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‘Leader’ in case of pharmacy burglaries case to plead Thursday

The man police say led a conspiracy to burglarize numerous pharmacies across the Southeast, including Stephanie’s Down Home Pharmacy in Corbin in 2014, and Sav-Rite Pharmacy in 2015, is scheduled to be rearraigned Thursday in federal court. Robert Nunley of Tracy City, Tennessee,...