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Whitley Co. Sheriff’s Deputy recovers stolen car

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department recently recovered a stolen vehicle from Georgia, according to a news release. On March 26, Deputy John Hill recovered the stolen Toyota Camry on Whetstone Road. The Rossville Police Department had entered it as stolen. The sheriff’s...
Posted On 04 Apr 2019

Trial date set in Paul Parsons’ murder case

A late summer trial date has been set for a Corbin man, who is accused of killing two people in June 2017. 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 03 Apr 2019

Trio of indicted murder suspects now face slow moving court case

A trio of Williamsburg residents, who were indicted last month for murder and robbery in the killing of a man near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line in Jellico, made a brief court appearance Monday afternoon in Whitley Circuit Court. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 03 Apr 2019

Unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Laurel, Knox counties

Unemployment rates fell in 108 Kentucky counties between February 2018 and February 2019, including Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties, rose in seven counties, and stayed the same in five counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the...
Posted On 03 Apr 2019

Free tickets still available for April 9 Laila Ali speech at UC

Free tickets are still available to hear retired boxer, lifestyle expert and author Laila Ali, who is the daughter of boxing icon Mohammed Ali, speak at the University of the Cumberlands next week. Laila Ali will be the keynote speaker for the University of the Cumberlands’...
Posted On 02 Apr 2019

Ballou notes opposition to keeping Corbin District Court open

Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, and 82nd Rep. Regina Huff, R-Williamsburg, recently secured funding to keep the Whitley Circuit Clerk’s Corbin district court office open, but not every member of the Whitley County judiciary is in favor of the move. Read this story...
Posted On 27 Mar 2019

Bevin, McConnell, Paul address Fifth District Lincoln Club Banquet

Republican party faithful got to hear from Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers and Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers during Saturday’s 81st Annual Fifth District Lincoln Day Banquet, which was held at The Corbin...
Posted On 27 Mar 2019

Board of Health moves closer to naming new public health director

The Whitley County Board of Health has moved one step closer to naming a new public health director for the Whitley County Health Department. 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?...
Posted On 27 Mar 2019

WCHS Culinary Arts Program named to 2019 Elite 50

For the fourth consecutive year, the Whitley County High School Culinary Arts Program has been named to the 2019 Elite 50, an annual selection of the top 50 secondary school hospitality programs in the nation. “We are again honored to be one of the Elite 50 hospitality programs...
Posted On 27 Mar 2019

W’burg Firestone plant celebrates 4 million work-hours without accident

Last year while they were celebrating having worked three-million work-hours without having a lost time accident, Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison challenged local Firestone employees to go for four million work-hours without a lost time accident. On Tuesday, Firestone workers...
Posted On 27 Mar 2019