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Two indicted for attempted ATM theft, chase

A Whitley County Grand Jury indicted two Tennessee men Monday morning for allegedly trying to steal one of the most visible ATM machines in Williamsburg late last month. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Cole indicted for murder, assaults

A Williamsburg man, who recently underwent a competency evaluation at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center, was indicted Monday morning for murder and assault. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Leigh Burke gets probation, ordered to pay restitution

A Williamsburg woman, who stole money from the Whitley County Board of Education and the Kentucky Association of School Business Officials (KASBO), resolved her criminal charges with a probated sentence during a sentencing hearing Monday morning, but her legal woes aren’t quite...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Unemployment rate drops locally, statewide

Unemployment rates fell in 119 Kentucky counties and rose in one county (Carter County) between January 2017 and January 2018, according to the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics (KCEWS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet....
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

New LED sign installed at Williamsburg tourism office

The Williamsburg Tourism Commission now has a new way to spread news about upcoming events in town. A new LED sign was installed outside the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center late last month. “This sign is going to help us be able to announce all kinds of different...
Posted On 17 Mar 2018

Whitley County begins search for new superintendent

The search is officially on for a new superintendent for the Whitley County school district, and if all goes according to plan, the Whitley County Board of Education will hire its new superintendent by May 10. At the close of a special called Whitley County Board of Education...
Posted On 17 Mar 2018

Whitley County school security measures get high marks

Even though the Whitley County school district isn’t adding any more staff, it is doubling the number of armed law enforcement officers at its schools. This is among other changes that the district is making in light of recent school shootings, Assistant Superintendent John Siler...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018

Security expert says always teach behind locked doors

Not long after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting where 20 school children and six adult staff members were shot and killed, Kentucky Center for School Safety Executive Director Jon R. Akers was at a meeting with the Sandy Hook superintendent. Kentucky Center for...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018

Update: Public’s help sought to find missing woman

Williamsburg police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing woman, who was last seen about 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 11, on Ky. 92W near Pilot Travel Center, and believe that she may now be in Tennessee. Laura A. Anderson, 37, exited a family member’s vehicle...
Posted On 15 Mar 2018

Attorney: Shot that struck man in ear was self defense

A Whitley County Grand Jury is expected to decide next month whether to indict a Williamsburg senior citizen, who allegedly shot a man more than 50 years his junior during a March 4 alleged road rage incident. At the close of a nearly 32 minute preliminary hearing Monday morning,...
Posted On 15 Mar 2018