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The next time a Williamsburg man steps into the Whitley County Judicial Center, it will be as a criminal defendant who is accused of fighting with court security officers last week.

Circuit Judge Paul Winchester has thrown out a conditional guilty plea in a local homicide case and is ordering that the case be tried because the prosecutor and defense attorneys can't agree on whether the defendant should remain free on bond pending appeal.

Voters decided Tuesday on incumbent Fourth District Magistrate Robbie Brown and political newcomer Michael Jarboe as the final two members of the four-person Whitley County Fiscal Court next year.

A Whitley County Circuit Court Jury has acquitted an 87-year-old Corbin man on charges that he allegedly sexually abused two young female relatives in either the late 1980s or early 1990s.

At least one Williamsburg youngster isn't real happy with Mayor Roddy Harrison's decision to postpone trick or treating until Saturday and wrote a letter to city hall protesting it.

A tip about a burglary in progress led Whitley County Sheriff's deputies to arrest two local residents Saturday afternoon, one of whom was already wanted in connection with a separate burglary case.

A Williamsburg man allegedly pushed a police officer, ran away from him, had to be Tasered and then admitted he had been manufacturing methamphetamine that morning, which is the same offense he was indicted for committing less than one week earlier during a separate incident.

A Whitley County Grand Jury indicted a Florida man Monday morning, who is accused of stealing about $46,000 worth of iPhones, iPads and iPods from the Williamsburg Walmart in July, but the local charges may be the least of the man's worrie

The economy, the war on coal, Obamacare and the proposed minimum wage hike were among the topics that U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell addressed during his address to the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce during its monthly membership luncheon.

So why did the Keswick Road man allegedly steal rolls of hay during the wee hours of the morning? Because he got bored, according to his arrest citation.