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LoveLoud expands to Williamsburg with two events

Most local residents know about the annual LoveLoud community outreach program in Corbin and the surrounding area that involves numerous local churches and hundreds of volunteers doing things to help others in their community. Now, a church in Williamsburg has taken steps to...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

Fight complaint leads deputies to meth arrest

A fight complaint near an eastern Whitley County store late Monday evening, resulted in the arrest of four people by Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies, including one, who was charged with trafficking methamphetamine. About 10:30 p.m., deputies Jonas Saunders and Joe Prewitt...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

Store clerk fined for unintentionally selling alcohol to a minor

For the first time since the legal sale of alcohol by the package started in Williamsburg, a store employee has been criminally charged and fined for selling alcohol to a minor following a routine operation by state alcohol officials earlier this year. Read this story and more...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

W’burg Chili Cookoff winners announced

The Fifth Annual Williamsburg Chili Cookoff is all over – except for maybe the heartburn – and the winners have been announced. In the category of best home-style chili, Ron Butterfield took home the People’s Choice Award and Gail Elias took home the Judge’s Choice Award. In the...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

Online property tax payments are now possible in Whitley County

If you own land in Whitley County and haven’t gotten a 2017 property tax bill, that doesn’t excuse you from paying your taxes. “It is their duty to pay the taxes on the property. If they don’t receive a bill, it is their duty to call us or the PVA and find out what their bi...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

I-75 lane closures planned Oct. 10-12 in Laurel, Whitley counties

If you are planning to travel on I-75 in either Whitley or Laurel counties the next three days, then you may want to allow a little extra time to get to your destination because of planned lane restrictions to both northbound and southbound traffic. The lane restrictions will...
Posted On 10 Oct 2017

Investigation continues, but no arrests yet in Deep Branch Road triple murder case

So far there have been no arrests made in connection with the killing of three people at an eastern Whitley County residence nearly three weeks ago, but police feel they are making progress in the investigation. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...
Posted On 06 Oct 2017

Courtney Taylor getting new lawyer, hearing date

A Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and her two teenager daughters while they slept in January, is getting a new attorney. Courtney Taylor, 41, is charged with three counts of capital murder in the Jan. 13 shooting deaths of Larry Taylor, 56, Jesse Taylor, 18,...
Posted On 06 Oct 2017

Public’s help needed to find missing Corbin girl

The family of a missing Corbin teenager is asking for the public’s assistance to help locate her. Taylor J. McVey, 16, of Collins Lane, has been missing since Sept. 15. She is about 5’2” and weighs approximately 110 pounds. She was last seen near the Corbin Wal-Mart wearing a...
Posted On 04 Oct 2017

Tattersall man allegedly robbed at gunpoint Monday night

If you are going to meet someone in real life that you have been corresponding with over the Internet, then take some common sense precautions, such as meeting in a public place the first time. This is part of the advice that Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell has for people...
Posted On 04 Oct 2017