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Whitley County, a former jailer, several deputy jailers, the jail’s healthcare provider and some of the healthcare providers employees are being sued in federal court for the alleged wrongful death of an inmate at the Whitley County Detention Center nearly two years ago. Read...

As the old saying goes, most accidents happen close to home, or, in the case of a Whitley County school bus Monday morning, close to school. No one was injured during an accident involving school bus #083, which was in route to the main campus with 27 high school and middle...

UPDATE: Kentucky State Police have released more information regarding Thursday night’s fatal crash in Williamsburg, including the identity of the deceased individual. According to a release from KSP, a 2011 Ford Fusion being operated by an unnamed minor was traveling in the...

UPDATE: Late Thursday evening, the Whitley County Sheriff’s office shared the following information regarding a shooting in Corbin that resulted in the death of a two-year-old child:

The Corbin Police Department has revealed the identities of the two men who were involved in a single-vehicle fatal collision on 5th Street Road in Corbin early Sunday morning.

Crowds of NIBROC attendees were sent fleeing in panic Friday night after a firearm was allegedly fired during the festival, though officials report that no firearm had been discharged and no one was injured. The person responsible for causing the hysteria has reportedly been...

One person was injured late Saturday afternoon when an older model Toyota pickup truck apparently struck a church porch. The accident happened about 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Gordon Hill Pike and Barton Mill Road. The truck apparently struck a porch on the Deliverance...

Kentucky State Police and the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department responded to a fatal collision near the intersection of KY 90 and US25W (Cumberland Falls Highway) Saturday afternoon. The sheriff’s department announced about 5 p.m. that the road was closed due to the...

The Corbin Police Department is reporting that it has received a report from Baptist Health Corbin about a company soliciting money for a T-shirt project in the hospital’s name, which is a scam. The company, which is calling itself Promotional Specialties International out...

The Corbin Police Department has released the identities of the man and woman who sustained gunshot wounds Tuesday evening, July 11, outside a residence near the intersection of Scuffeltown Road and Fifth Street Road in Corbin.