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Rockholds man airlifted after Tuesday crash

A Rockholds man had to be extricated from his vehicle and then flown out by emergency medical helicopter following a single vehicle crash Tuesday morning just north of Williamsburg. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...
Posted On 31 Oct 2018

Unemployment rate drops locally, across most of state

Unemployment rates fell in 90 Kentucky counties between September 2017 and September 2018 – including Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties – rose in 23, and stayed the same in seven counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky...
Posted On 31 Oct 2018

Trick or treating hours set

Trick or treating hours have been set for local ghosts and goblins on Halloween. Tricking or treating will take place between 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in Williamsburg and Whitley County. Corbin has set trick or treating hours for 3 – 5 p.m. for downtown merchants, and from 6-8 p.m. for...
Posted On 31 Oct 2018

Williamsburg Mayor’s Race – Moses: Wants better jobs for young people

Retired Dr. Bernard Moses wants to do more to create jobs for young people and he wants to limit tax increases to help local residents, who are living on fixed incomes like he is. Moses said these are the two major reasons why he is running for the job of mayor of Williamsburg....
Posted On 30 Oct 2018

Williamsburg Mayor’s Race – Harrison: Has plans he’d like to see finished

Incumbent Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison is seeking his fourth consecutive full term in office because he has some unfinished business and some unmet long term goals he wants to complete before leaving office. Harrison has an easel in his office that has three categories on...
Posted On 30 Oct 2018

W’burg police recover 1 pound of suspected methamphetamine

Four people are being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of $25,000 cash bonds after Williamsburg police recovered about two pounds of suspected methamphetamine at a local motel early Saturday morning. “It is going to be worth several thousand dollars in street...
Posted On 27 Oct 2018

Courtney Taylor triple homicide trial postponed

The Nov. 5 trial of a Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and two children last year, has been put on hold. Courtney Taylor, 43, is charged with three counts of capital murder in the Jan. 13, 2017, shooting deaths of Larry Taylor, 56, Jesse Taylor, 18, and Jolee...
Posted On 26 Oct 2018

Jellico man leads police in pursuit, strikes police cruisers

A Jellico man, who allegedly threatened to kill himself both prior to and immediately after a police chase in southern Whitley County earlier this month, is now being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $50,000 cash bond in that case. Whitley District Judge...
Posted On 25 Oct 2018

Briar Creek Park to get 9-hole disc golf course

A nine-hole disc golf course will soon be opening at Briar Creek Park in Williamsburg thanks to a partnership between the city of Williamsburg and the University of the Cumberlands. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...
Posted On 24 Oct 2018

Ground broken for KY 92W realignment project

If it seems like work to get KY 92W in McCreary County realigned has taken, well, forever to get completed, then you aren’t real far off. Whitley County resident Andy Meadors remembers speaking in 1976 at a public hearing about the subject, which was held at the Whitley County...
Posted On 24 Oct 2018