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W’burg man arrested after vehicle pursuit, foot chase

A Williamsburg man pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon to charges related to a recent vehicle chase and foot pursuit. Cody Mullis, 28, pleaded not guilty to charges of failure to wear seatbelts, speeding 26 mph over limit, first-degree fleeing or evading police (motor vehicle),...
Posted On 26 Dec 2018

Four arrested for child endangerment after baby, marijuana, guns found in car

Four adults are facing child endangerment charges and various other offenses after police found drugs, guns and a one-year-old boy inside a vehicle late last Thursday evening. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login...
Posted On 26 Dec 2018

Author of book on Kentucky high school basketball addresses Williamsburg Kiwanis Club

Kentucky is only one of two states that award just one single championship in high school basketball. Delaware is the other. Lexington native Jarrett Van Meter, who is author of the book “How Sweet It Is,” which is about Kentucky High School basketball, has gone behind the scenes...
Posted On 25 Dec 2018

Trio of restaurants banding together to host free Community Christmas Dinner on Dec. 25 in Williamsburg

The B Squad Project, a local charity, is helping to host a Community Christmas Dinner that will be held at the Williamsburg Pizza Hut from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Christmas Day. The effort is a collaboration between Pizza Hut, Jon Eva Jack’s restaurant in Corbin, and Oral Lewis, who...
Posted On 21 Dec 2018

Oak Grove Elementary School temporarily placed on lockdown Tuesday

Whitley County authorities have detained a woman, who showed up at an elementary school late Tuesday afternoon while possibly under the influence. About 4 p.m. Tuesday, administrators at Oak Grove Elementary School called police reporting that a woman was in the front office of...
Posted On 19 Dec 2018

W’burg woman behind the wheel in fatal Knox County crash

Kentucky State Police say alcohol and drugs are a suspected as contributing factors in a fatal wreck that occurred on Ky. 11 Tuesday evening near the Hammons Fork intersection in Knox County, and criminal charges are pending, according to a state police press release. About 8:41...
Posted On 19 Dec 2018

B Squad delivers beds to less fortunate children

It’s not often that in the month of December you put Santa Claus in a room with over 30 children, and he isn’t by far the most popular person there. Saturday morning at the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center the big guy in red had a little competition from Mickey Mouse,...
Posted On 19 Dec 2018

Domestic dispute call Sunday leads to arrest of three people for child endangerment

A call about a possible domestic dispute at an apartment led Williamsburg police to arrest three people on child endangerment charges late Sunday evening. Williamsburg police arrested Chelsey Lawson, 18, of Williamsburg, Shawn Daniel Lawson, 24, and Kylie Scott, 22, both of...
Posted On 19 Dec 2018

Whitley Co. Grand Jury indicts Corbin bank robbery suspect

The Whitley County Grand Jury indicted a Corbin man Monday morning in connection with the Nov. 27 robbery of Hometown Bank in Corbin, and another Corbin man in connection with a separate incident for stealing over $500 worth of trading cards this past spring. Read this story and...
Posted On 19 Dec 2018

Search for fugitives leads to arrest of five for child endangerment early Tuesday

The search for two wanted women lead Williamsburg Police to the arrest of five people early Tuesday morning on a child endangerment charge, according to court documents. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...
Posted On 19 Dec 2018