The 3-Point Volunteer Fire Department is no longer certified by the state to operate as a fire department, and efforts are underway by a group of 3-Point area residents to form a new volunteer fire department in that community.
The Whitley County Sheriff's Department discovered a meth lab early Monday morning while conducting a welfare check near Williamsburg.
Williamsburg officials are hoping that a new commercial development near Exit 11 will eventually lead to the creation of over 250 new jobs over the next five years.
Whitley County Attorney Paul Winchester, the only candidate who is running for the division-two circuit judge's job in the Nov. 8 general election, is one of three nominees for the job on an interim basis.
Barring the possible filing of a write-in candidate at the last minute, Whitley County Attorney Paul Winchester is unopposed in his bid to become circuit judge in the November general election.
A Woodbine man, who escaped after court Monday afternoon and jumped into the Cumberland River in an attempt to elude authorities, was naked when authorities were finally able to apprehend him about 15 minutes later near the edge of the river.
A Williamsburg man is facing marijuana cultivation charges after police found six plants growing in a bucket on his back deck Wednesday afternoon.
Williamsburg police say organized crime or criminal syndicate related charges are possible in connection with a search warrant they served Tuesday afternoon in Woodbine.
Two people were arrested without incident when Whitley County Sheriff's deputies, U.S. Forestry Service officers and Kentucky State Police executed a search warrant near Corbin Tuesday afternoon in connection with a methamphetamine investigation.
Whitley County's alternative school now has a new leader.
