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Dates for Williamsburg mobile disaster recovery center changed

If you had planned to go to the Whitley County Health Department in Williamsburg on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of this week in order to talk in-person with a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about damage you suffered during the July 31 flash flooding or other flooding...
Posted On 24 Aug 2022

Williamsburg Ind. donates old classroom furniture to school destroyed by flooding

Hundreds of desks, chairs and other essential classroom furniture that Williamsburg Independent School had originally intended to auction off following a recent remodel of its elementary and intermediate rooms are instead now being put to good use. July’s historic flooding...

Drug-related charges highlight Laurel County indictments

Less than two dozen indictments were handed down Friday by a Laurel County grand jury, with the majority involving drug-related charges. The grand jury returned 22 indictments Friday, some naming multiple defendants. Of those 22 indictments, 13 contained some type of charges...

Case against Somerset man accused of UC threat to be heard by grand jury next month

A Somerset man, who allegedly left a threatening voicemail message at the University of the Cumberlands Admission’s Office earlier this month, will now have his case presented to a Whitley County grand jury following a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Read this story and more for...

Electronic Edition For 8-24-2022

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To his credit, Jerry Taylor was a great politician

Whether you loved him or hated him – and there were certainly a few people who did one or the other – you didn’t have to spend much time around former Whitley County Judge-Executive and Jailer Jerry Taylor to figure out why the guy kept getting elected so much in his life. He was...
Posted On 24 Aug 2022

Mobile disaster recovery center set for Aug. 25-27 at Whitley Co. Health Department

Those affected by the July 31 flash flooding in Whitley County or other flooding events across eastern Kentucky, who want to talk to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official in-person, can go to the Whitley County Health Department on Thursday, Aug. 25, through...
Posted On 24 Aug 2022

Lawsuits

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Posted On 24 Aug 2022
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