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Whitley County has suffered over $1 million in flood damage due to recent rains and rising rivers, and the county is still tabulating the damage. Whitley County Projects Director Amber Owens said that more than 40 hours were directly affected by flooding. Whitley County...

If you are a victim of recent flooding in Whitley County, and need assistance, then please keep reading. If you have read or heard about the recent flooding in Whitley County, and want to do something to help those affected by it, then you should also keep reading. “At this point...

Williamsburg police seized suspected heroin and arrested two people inside a Williamsburg motel room early Thursday morning. About 1:20 a.m., Williamsburg Police Officer Justin Taylor was on patrol behind the Super 8 motel when he observed an open door that was unattended at room...

Ordinarily one might criticize a government entity for doing something that was, well, trashy or just plain garbage. We’ll make an exception just this once though for the Whitley County Fiscal Court’s newest project, which is getting into the garbage collection business. On...

The national ACT exam scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8 on the campus of University of the Cumberlands is being cancelled due to current weather conditions.

Update: As of 3 p.m. Friday, the Cumberland River was at 32.34 feet in Williamsburg. The river is considered to be at major flood stage at 32 feet. The river is now expected to crest at 32.8 feet at 1 p.m. Saturday. The record flood stage in Williamsburg occurred on April 7,...

Flooding continues to ravage parts of Whitley County and Williamsburg as the Cumberland River continues to swell. As of about 9:30 a.m., Briar Creek Park was mostly underwater as was the playing surface at the University of the Cumberlands football stadium. According to the...

Update: As of 4 p.m. Thursday, the Cumberland River was at 27.69 feet. New estimates from the National Weather Service project the river cresting at 33 feet at 7 a.m. Saturday. 32 feet is considered major flood stage. This would make the flood the sixth highest in the recorded...

Williamsburg police arrested a London man early Tuesday morning for allegedly driving under the influence and fleeing or evading police while on a bicycle. The incident happened about 12:50 a.m. about one mile north of Williamsburg. Williamsburg Police Officer Justin Taylor...

The mother of a Whitley County murder victim has a few words for her son’s killer, but we will probably never know what those words are. In the early morning hours of June 17, 2017, Paul Parsons gunned down Denver Nicely, 47, of Corbin, and Joshua C. Wernicke, 29, of Keavy, at a...