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Whitley Board of Education recognizes teachers

Whitley County High School officials hope to be moved into their newly renovated cafeteria before the end of the month.
Substantial completion of the project is expected by Oct. 24, construction officials told the Whitley County Board of Education during its monthly...

Posted On 26 Oct 2011

Former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to speak at University of the Cumberlands

Since 2006, the Forcht Group of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Leadership has brought some big named speakers to the campus of the University of the Cumberlands, including Mike Huckabee, Karl Rove, Roy Moore, Zell Miller, Stephen Covey, and Ben Stein.

Posted On 26 Oct 2011

Attorney General says Whitley Clerk violated Open Records Act

The Kentucky Attorney General's Office has ruled that the Whitley County Clerk's Office subverted the intent of the state's open records act by not allowing a man to use a personal handheld scanner or a camera without a flash to copy county records rather than pay the fifty...

Posted On 19 Oct 2011

Moses appointed as new Whitley County Attorney

A little more than one week after Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Whitley County Attorney Paul Winchester as circuit judge, an interim county attorney has been named.

Posted On 19 Oct 2011

Sugar beets could lead to biofuel jobs for Whitley County

Sugar beets could very easily be putting people to work in Whitley County in the not too distant future if Roger Ford has his way, but these aren't the beets that your grandpa grew in his garden.

Posted On 12 Oct 2011

High-speed chase ends in crash; two arrested

Two Williamsburg residents have been charged with fleeing from police following a chase with a Whitley County Sheriff's deputy early Monday morning.

Posted On 12 Oct 2011

Benefit lunch to be held Wednesday to help Shop with a Cop program

If you want a relatively cheap lunch Wednesday and want to help out a good cause at the same time, then stop by Bill Woods Park, which is located off Cumberland Avenue.

Posted On 10 Oct 2011

Two arrested on drug, gun charges following short standoff with police

Two local residents are being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of $50,000 cash bonds after being arrested early Thursday morning on methamphetamine and firearms related charges.

Posted On 07 Oct 2011

DEA, Williamsburg police joint anti-drug effort on I-75 leads to six arrests Wednesday

During a joint drug interdiction operation Wednesday afternoon, Williamsburg police and agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested six people near I-75, including a fugitive from Ohio and a couple returning home after a trip to a Georgia pain clinic.

Posted On 06 Oct 2011

Sheriff, Jailer in dispute over refusal to take prisoner

Does a deputy jailer have the right to prevent a police officer from leaving the detention center in an attempt to force the officer to take a prisoner to the hospital to get him medically cleared?

Posted On 05 Oct 2011