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Is it a crime to send someone a text message pretending to be a police officer? According to the Whitley County Grand Jury, the answer to that question is yes.

If you've had an air-conditioner stolen, had copper wire ripped out of a home you're trying to sell or rent, or had your phone service knocked out because thieves cut telephone lines recently, then you aren't alone.

Former sheriff Lawrence Hodge, who is currently serving a 15.5-year federal prison sentence, wants his trial on state corruption charges moved out of Whitley County.

While some local festivals are cutting back entertainment this year, Williamsburg's Old Fashioned Trading Days, which starts Thursday, isn't one of them.

 Williamsburg police think they have solved the July 6 robbery of Subway restaurant and charged a 17-year-old juvenile in connection with the crime Tuesday morning.

Thanks to the efforts of several University of the Cumberlands students, staff and administrators, about 200 local elementary school students got a free new pair of shoes Tuesday morning.

The Whitley County Board of Education is still planning to build a new Pleasant View Elementary School but construction won't start as soon as expected and the building is going to be smaller than originally planned.

In less than 24 hours this past weekend, Williamsburg police seized 33 marijuana plants and arrested three people and cited another for marijuana cultivation.

A Williamsburg woman is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $250,000 cash bond on charges connected to a fatal accident Wednesday morning.

A joint investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Kentucky State Police and Williamsburg police has culminated in the indictment of 28 people in connection with an alleged large-scale methamphetamine-involved conspiracy in the Canadatown...