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Man jailed for allegedly stabbing girlfriend with a pitchfork

Sixty-five-year-old Delana Helton is in the Knox County Jail for allegedly stabbing and clubbing his live-in girlfriend, Anita Peters, Sunday afternoon.

Welding accident causes fire at storage facility

A spark from a welding torch is being blamed for a fire that damaged C&H Storage on Ky. 26 and destroyed the contents.
Firefighters were called to the scene across from Whitley Gardens about 3:30 p.m. to battle the fire sparked by a welding torch someone was ...

Police seek identify of man who robbed Corbin Circle K store

Though they can't follow the $1,440 in cash that was taken during the robbery at the Circle K on Falls Highway Monday night, Whitley County Sheriff's Deputies were able to follow the four lottery tickets he took when the robber tried to cash the winning ticket(s) at the...

EXTRA CONTENT: Knoxville man claims he was beaten by local police during traffic stop

James Murray of Knoxville, Tenn., who claims he was kicked to the ground by Kentucky State Police Trooper Fred Pennington and then hauled off to the Laurel County Jail with broken ribs where he was left to languish for 11 hours without medical treatment despite his repeated...

Lightning strike causes fire that destroys large Lily home

A lightening strike is being blamed for a fire that gutted a home on Spring Cut Road in Lily Thursday night.
Lily Firefighters were called to the home at the corner of Spring Cut Road and Southern Magnolia Road about 5 p.m.

Ducks race in Williamsburg to benefit American Cancer Society

More than 250 rubber ducks took to the lazy river at Kentucky Splash Water Park Saturday in the fourth annual race to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Man attacked by drunk bicyclist agrees to let assault charge be dropped

Paul D. Jackson may have headbutted, tackled and beat his friend, Jimmy Cox in a dispute over money, but Cox didn't hold a grudge as he agreed to a motion at Jackson's preliminary hearing Tuesday to dismiss the assault charge.

Man hit by train while trying to cross tracks in wheelchair

At approximately 8:40 p.m. Tuesday night, seven miles south of London near Lily, a man in a motorized wheelchair attempted to cross the CSX railroad at the Tackett Road crossing off Ky 522.

Man remains in serious condition after wreck in Keavy last week

Five days after he was cut out of a car and airlifted from the scene of a wreck on Ky. 312 in Keavy, Donnie Brock of Corbin remains in the University of Kentucky Medical Center in serious condition.

Four injured in two-vehicle crash in Keavy

One person was airlifted from the scene and three others, including an infant, were taken by ambulance after a Chrysler 300 T-boned a Pontiac Grand Am in Keavy Thursday afternoon.