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Three injured in two-vehicle crash Tuesday

This Buick Lucerne flipped over on its side against a guardrail Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle crash on US25W near Star Baptist Church. Three people had to be transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash late Tuesday morning near Star Baptist Church,...
Posted On 01 Feb 2017

License plate birdhouse sales go to benefit veterans across Kentucky

What do you get when you combine some old license plates, a little wood and some ingenuity? Birdhouses that are being sold at your local county clerk’s office to support veterans across the state. Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz said that technically the birdhouses are being...
Posted On 01 Feb 2017

Ladder truck, new AED top priorities for W’burg fire chief

Larry Todd, who took over as chief of Williamsburg Fire and Rescue last year, has several goals for his department that he would like to see accomplished before he retires. Among those goals are acquiring a ladder truck for the department, possibly forming a regional confined...
Posted On 01 Feb 2017

Unemployment declined in most of Kentucky

Unemployment rates fell in 119 Kentucky counties between December 2015 and December 2016, but rose in Lyon County (6.3 percent in December 2015 to 6.6 percent in December 2016), according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and...
Posted On 01 Feb 2017

Taylor pleads not guilty to murder; $1 million cash bond set

A Williamsburg woman, who allegedly shot and killed her two teenage daughters and her husband on Jan. 13, pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder Friday, and two counts of criminal attempt to commit the murder of a police officer. Courtney Taylor’s attorney, public advocate...
Posted On 27 Jan 2017

‘I had a gun in my hand. It went off,’ Creekmore told 911

Williamsburg police are going to leave it up to a Whitley County Grand Jury to decide whether to file criminal charges in connection with a Jan. 12 shooting that took place at a Mt. Morgan home. Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird said that the victim, Natasha R. Archer, 31, has...
Posted On 27 Jan 2017

Man found dead in home Saturday died about three – four weeks ago

A Williamsburg man, who was found dead in his home Saturday morning, apparently died of natural causes about three to four weeks ago, according to local authorities. Whitley County Deputy Coroner Jerry Croley pronounced Vincent Lawson, 62, dead at his Sky View Drive home about...
Posted On 27 Jan 2017

Salt truck operator sued over 2016 crash

A Williamsburg man is suing a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet salt truck operator stemming from an accident last January. Attorneys James Wren II and Travis Rossman filed the lawsuit on Jan. 13 on behalf of Jesse Gabbard against Tommy Manes, individually and in his official...
Posted On 27 Jan 2017

Police warn of local phone scam

Kentucky State Police and the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department are warning people to be aware about recent reports of a scam/fraud that targets victims by phone and unlawfully tries to access their bank accounts. Victims are reporting that they were contacted by an...
Posted On 25 Jan 2017

Courtney Taylor released from hospital, booked at jail

Courtney Taylor is charged with three counts of murder in the death of her husband and two children. A Williamsburg woman, who allegedly shot her husband and two children while they slept on Jan. 13, was released from the University of Kentucky Medical Center about 11:30 a.m....
Posted On 25 Jan 2017