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W’burg police seize crystal meth during traffic stop

Williamsburg police seized methamphetamine and various pills following a traffic stop Thursday evening on Cemetery Road. 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
Posted On 30 Mar 2017

Six arrested in jail contraband conspiracy case

Four Whitley County jail inmates, one inmate’s mother and another’s girlfriend are all facing drug trafficking and promoting contraband charges after deputy jailers found an extremely potent form of crystal methamphetamine, which is also known as “ice,” hidden in a package of...
Posted On 30 Mar 2017

W’burg Kiwanis Club makes $500 donation to Ronald McDonald House

Last year families from Whitley County spent 135 nights at the Ronald McDonald House in Lexington, and Laurel County families spent 388 nights there. “This area is really where we pull most of our guests from,” Ann Evans, Executive Director of the Ronald McDonald House Charities...
Posted On 29 Mar 2017

Special prosecutor appointed in complicity to commit murder case

A special prosecutor, who is overseeing the case against a Corbin man charged with attempting to arrange the murder of four individuals, including two elected Whitley County court officials, is also seeking to have the suspect’s probation revoked in connection with a 2015 Whitley...
Posted On 29 Mar 2017

W’burg announces 2017 schedule of events

If you are looking for something to do entertainment wise this spring, summer or fall, then you are going to have plenty of options in Williamsburg. The Williamsburg Main Street Program and the city of Williamsburg recently released their list of upcoming events for 2017, which...
Posted On 29 Mar 2017

Whitley County cancels school rest of week due to illness

Students in the Whitley County school district are getting an extended spring break because of illness. Whitley County Superintendent Scott Paul said Tuesday afternoon that he has canceled classes for the remainder of the week due to about 15 percent of the students being absent...
Posted On 29 Mar 2017

Thinking about drinking and driving? Consider Adam Childress fate first

If you are going to drink alcohol and get behind the wheel then please consider the following for a moment before you do. In 2001, Lester Cook had been drinking when he got behind the wheel of his 1984 Corvette, sped off and lost control of his car running over a pregnant woman,...
Posted On 27 Mar 2017

Stivers: Corbin annexation proposal delayed until at least next year

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, still plans to introduce legislation at some point that could allow Corbin to annex into Laurel County, it just won’t happen this year. In late January, Stivers, who represents Whitley County in the Kentucky General...
Posted On 23 Mar 2017

Schwartz among 5 inducted into 5th District Lincoln Club Hall of Fame

Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House. They control both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly and the Kentucky Governor’s Mansion. Now what? This was one of the primary topics of discussion by speakers at 79th Annual Fifth District Lincoln Day...
Posted On 23 Mar 2017

Board of Health holds another long executive session to discuss personnel

For the second time in three weeks, the Whitley County Board of Health spent more than two hours in executive session Monday night to discuss “personnel matters,” but took no formal action.
Posted On 23 Mar 2017