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Rockholds man receives lifetime prison sentence in federal kidnapping case

A Rockholds man received a lifetime prison sentence Wednesday on federal kidnapping charges. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us
Posted On 12 May 2022
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Agents seize over $2 million, more than 10,000 diverted Oxycodone pills

Investigators from the DEA Criminal Diversion Group, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, the Barbourville Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Manchester Police Department arrested 12 people, and seized approximately 10,000 diverted oxycodone pills and...
Posted On 12 May 2022
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Woodbine man acquitted in 2021 fatal crash

Following a two-day trial, a Woodbine man facing a murder charge stemming from an April 2021 fatal crash was found not-guilty Thursday evening in Laurel County Circuit Court. William Petrey, 38, faced one lone count of murder in connection to the crash, in which he was the driver...
Posted On 12 May 2022

Stivers to speak at monthly chamber luncheon

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers with be speaking on the 2022 legislative session next week during a luncheon co-hosted by the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Knox County Chamber of Commerce. The monthly luncheon will be held Tuesday, May 17, at 11:45 a.m. at...

Once I think voters got educated before casting their ballots

Let’s face it, when it comes to elections much of the time voters cast their ballots because they are friends with a particular candidate or went to school with a candidate or they know a candidate’s brother or their parents go to church with a candidate. I tend to talk to people...
Posted On 12 May 2022

W’burg plans scary ‘Friday the 13th’ outdoor movie night

The towns of Corbin and Williamsburg are both planning free outdoor movie presentations in the coming days, but each will involve a very different type of movie. Williamsburg is hosting a “Friday the 13th Drive-In Style Movie Night” on Friday, May 13 starting at 9 p.m. at the...
Posted On 12 May 2022