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U.S. 25W north of Jellico is closed due to high water. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said the water is over the road near the one-mile marker. “You will have to go I-75 just to be safe,” Moses said when asked if there was an alternate route motorists...

Update: As of 4 p.m. Thursday, the Cumberland River was at 27.69 feet. New estimates from the National Weather Service project the river cresting at 33 feet at 7 a.m. Saturday. 32 feet is considered major flood stage. This would make the flood the sixth highest in the recorded...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that a portion of KY 628 at mile point 4.8 in Whitley County will be reduced to one lane beginning today until Friday, February 7 at 5 p.m. The lane closure is necessary to allow crews to perform slide repair...

Williamsburg police arrested a London man early Tuesday morning for allegedly driving under the influence and fleeing or evading police while on a bicycle. The incident happened about 12:50 a.m. about one mile north of Williamsburg. Williamsburg Police Officer Justin Taylor...

Williamsburg reopened its raw water intake Tuesday nearly a day after which it was closed following a chemical spill that reached the Clear Fork River. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said the intake was closed Monday afternoon as an unknown portion of...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Williamsburg man. Will Lawrence Hill, 33, was last seen on Jan. 11 in the Highland Park area of Williamsburg, and was reported missing by his mother, Tammy Blevins, on Jan. 14,...

The company that owns commercial property near The Corbin Center is planning to build an access road and asked the Corbin City Commission to agree to accept the new road into the city. At a special called city commission meeting last Thursday, David Myers, the Managing Member of...

Buck Creek Road in southern Whitley County is closed to through traffic after a tractor-trailer truck overturned Monday morning. Officials with the Kentucky State Police Commercial Enforcement Division said the tanker truck hauling flammable material has overturned and is hanging...

A Knox County mother was indicted Friday on charges stemming from a police welfare check during which deputies reported finding a loaded gun in the children’s toybox, and learned she had threatened to kill her five children on several occasions. Nina M. Vaughn, 32, of Corbin, is...

Corbin Independent Schools, and Williamsburg Independent School have joined a growing list of local school districts in cancelling classes because of sickness among students, faculty and staff. Officials at Corbin and Williamsburg announced Thursday afternoon that school would be...