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With the exception of one minor finding, Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell recently got a clean financial bill of health on his 2017 fee audit from Kentucky Auditor Mike Harmon. State law requires the auditor to annually audit the accounts of each county sheriff. In compliance...

Unemployment rates fell in 110 Kentucky counties between July 2017 and July 2018 –including: Whitley, Laurel and Knox counties – and rose in 10 counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development...

Whitley County High School students thinking about going into the medical field as a career will now be able to get a taste what the profession is like, and get real life training in the process. During its monthly meeting Thursday, the Whitley County Board of Education approved...

Robin Gobel A Williamsburg man is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $50,000 cash bond for allegedly sending a nude picture of himself to a person who he apparently thought was a teenager but was instead the girl’s mother. Read this story and more for...

Whitley County’s Third District will be getting a new constable sooner than most voters anticipated. During the May Primary election, incumbent Third-District Constable Dorman Patrick Jr. lost his bid for re-election to former Third-District Constable Jim Thornton by a vote of...

A Williamsburg man is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $50,000 cash bond for allegedly sending a nude picture of himself to a person who he apparently thought was a teenager but was instead the girl’s mother. Robin Gobel, 39, of Letha Petrey Road,...

A Woodbine man, who had been facing charges of attempted murder and wanton endangerment stemming from a 2016 domestic dispute, has passed away. 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...

A Williamsburg woman will be spending the next two months behind bars after showing up intoxicated to her doctor’s office recently with her two small children. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

A Corbin woman is facing theft and disorderly conduct charges after police say she faked her own kidnapping, badly. 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

Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley says that a trio of suspected self-inflicted gun-related deaths over about a 24-hour period this weekend all appear to be unconnected. The first deceased person was James King, 19, who was pronounced dead about 1:30 a.m. Saturday from a...