Attorneys for a Williamsburg family, who sued the school district after their 16-year-old daughter was sexually abused by a Williamsburg assistant football coach in 2014, are asking a federal judge to reject an effort by the school district to add the victim’s mother as a...
Williamsburg’s 3,143 registered voters will get to decide on June 28 whether they want to allow expanded alcohol sales in the city. On Friday, Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz’s Office certified a 527-signature petition that Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison...
The estate of a Williamsburg man, who was allegedly run over and killed last week by a drunk driver who left the scene of the accident only to have another crash minutes later, is suing the alleged drunk driver and the VFW post where he allegedly got his alcohol. Margie Woodruff,...
“Why in the world would we want to give people, who inject drugs, needles? Common sense would tell us all that we are enabling people to shoot up.” These are the words that Greg Lee, program director of HIV/AIDS continuing education for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health...
Is the Whitley County Health Department’s proposed needle exchange a good thing or a bad thing? There were some mixed opinions offered up during a Whitley County UNITE Coalition meeting Monday afternoon to discuss the issue. Personally, I think that it is a good idea for multiple...
A London man has been ordered to pay the Whitley County Fiscal Court $600 restitution for damaging a holding cell door at the Whitley County Judicial Center on April 4. Zachary Turner, 19, pleaded guilty during his arraignment Thursday afternoon to a charge of third-degree...
A Williamsburg man is facing a DUI and murder charge after he allegedly hit and killed a man, who was walking his dog along a sidewalk in Williamsburg Wednesday evening. Richard E. Perkins, 53, was walking his dog on a sidewalk adjacent to US25W about 6 p.m. when Adam David...
A Corbin woman, who is the wife of a well-known Whitley County public defender, and an Oak Ridge man died early Saturday morning during a hot tub accident while on a couples’ retreat in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Police were called to the Gatlinburg Falls Resort about 8 a.m....