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 The legal saga involving former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge, who is currently serving 15.5 years in a federal prison, ended Thursday afternoon.

The reactions varied as police knocked on their doors with arrest warrants and handcuffs Tuesday morning.

The Whitley County criminal case against former Sheriff Lawrence Hodge appears to be headed towards a plea deal.

A Williamsburg man is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 28 at 9 a.m. in Whitley District Court over allegations that he phoned in phony bomb threats to a pair of fast food restaurants Thursday evening.

An early morning house fire Friday claimed the life of a Williamsburg woman.
Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley pronounced Pam Chinn, 52, dead about 3 a.m. The preliminary cause of death was smoke inhalation due to an accidental fire.

Anthony Spicer, who was convicted on July 11 of first-degree assault and attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend, will be on the hook for the victim's $188,085.48 in medical bills if an insurance company appeal doesn't work out.

University of Kentucky President Dr. Eli Capilouto will be visiting Corbin Thursday and speaking to the Corbin Rotary Club during its weekly meeting.

 The Williamsburg City Council has been named as a defendant in a recent lawsuit concerning a property dispute.

Whitley Circuit Judge Paul Winchester sentenced a London man to 12 years in prison Tuesday morning for robbing a couple at a Corbin hotel in 2012.

Two Williamsburg residents were arrested Monday evening in connection with charges involving stolen AT&T phone wire.