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Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, and Knox counties between August 2021 and September 2021, but decreased in McCreary and Bell counties during that same time frame, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department had a busy month of August. During the month, sheriff’s deputies answered 1,215 calls for service and responded to 31 motor vehicle collisions. The sheriff’s department also opened 35 new criminal cases, and it made 111 criminal arrests in...

Did a deputy strike someone? Did a suspect take a swing at a deputy or threaten him? In the past, judges and juries have often been faced with deducing the truth based on how the two parties retell the story about what happened. Soon they will be able to have definitive,...