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Williamsburg Shop-With-A-Cop helps makes Christmas brighter for 180 local children

For parents or grandparents, raising children can be a difficult and expensive thing, especially at Christmas time.

Posted On 19 Dec 2012

Gregory wins special election for 16th District State Senate seat

A Republican has held onto the seat that former Kentucky Senate President David Williams vacated earlier this fall in order to accept an appointment as a circuit judge.

Posted On 19 Dec 2012

Local police round up suspected drug dealers in Operation Christmas Spirit Thursday

About 20 law enforcement officers from agencies across Whitley County hit the streets before dawn Thursday morning to round-up about two-dozen suspected drug dealers as part of Operation Christmas Spirit.

Posted On 13 Dec 2012

Electrical likely to blame for early morning fire in Williamsburg

Williamsburg firefighters say an electrical problem is likely to blame for an early morning fire Sunday that severely damaged a home.

Posted On 12 Dec 2012

Williamsburg men arrested for stealing heat pumps from church

Two Williamsburg residents allegedly stole a pair of heat pumps, which were valued at nearly $3,000 each, from a church earlier this month and then used the money to buy pills, according to a Whitley County Sheriff's Department press release.

Posted On 02 Dec 2012

UPDATED: Teen seriously injured in motorcycle crash upgraded to stable condition

An Ancil Leach Hollow teenager, who was seriously injured Friday afternoon when a motorcycle he was driving collided with a car in Rockholds, was listed in stable condition Tuesday afternoon in the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Posted On 02 Dec 2012

W’burg duo arrested for burglarizing church twice this month

Two Williamsburg residents are facing burglary charges after allegedly breaking into the same church twice this month.

Posted On 28 Nov 2012

Woman seriously injured in south Whitley crash Tuesday

One woman had to be flown by fixed-wing aircraft to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville after a single-vehicle injury accident in southern Whitley County early Tuesday afternoon.

Posted On 28 Nov 2012

First license to serve alcohol in W’burg will be issued in December

Sometime next month, Williamsburg's Hong Kong Buffet should get the go ahead to begin serving alcohol.

Posted On 28 Nov 2012

Whitley County sees record number of elections over the past 13 months

If you think there have been a lot of elections in Whitley County over the past year, then you are correct.
“We have set history in Whitley County. We have had six elections since November of last year,” Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz told the ...

Posted On 14 Nov 2012