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A Corbin woman died from injuries she sustained when her car rear-ended a tractor-trailer truck on northbound I-75 Thursday morning. Kentucky State Police Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer Steve Douglas, public affairs officer at Region 4 in London, said...

A large call center company is apparently looking to open a facility in the Williamsburg area provided that it can find a sufficient regional workforce. The company, which local officials aren’t identifying, could employee up to 500 people. and would pay between $10.50...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court has collected more than $41,000 in delinquent occupational tax funds thanks to a series of recent small claims lawsuits. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....

West Knox Volunteer Fire and Rescue responders were involved in an altercation after arriving to a wreck December 31 with an overturned vehicle. West Knox Fire Chief Daryl Baker, who was trying to help a trapped woman from the vehicle, reported this was “the first altercation I...

Two missing 15-year-old girls from the Lily and Corbin areas have been located safe in the Knox County area following a joint effort by the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department and the Knox County Sheriff’s Department. Verticia Brownlee, 15, of Braxton Lane, Lily, was last seen...

The Whitley County Health Department has set a Jan. 13 start date for its needle exchange program. The needle exchange will take place from 2 – 4 p.m. every Friday at the Whitley County Health Department’s main office in Williamsburg, which is located off Penny Lane...

A Christmas afternoon fire gutted an eastern Whitley County home despite the efforts of volunteer firefighters from five departments. The fire was reported about 1 p.m. Sunday at the 10807 Highway 92E home of Tommy Gambrel. Patterson Creek Volunteer Fire Chief Robert “Pee...

A former Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy, who had two emergency protective orders issued against him, has reached agreements to have the orders dismissed. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....

Kentucky’s Senate President said this week he intends to revive a proposal next year that would allow the city of Corbin to annex into to certain portions of southern Laurel County, a measure he says could provide an economic windfall for the area and create jobs. Robert Stivers...

Even though the amount wasn’t what they were hoping for, the Williamsburg Independent School District has agreed to accept a $123,000 bid that it received during an online auction last week for a 13.87-acre tract of land. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today,...