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As part of its mission, the members of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 158 in Keavy have a military honor guard that presents the colors and fires the traditional 21-gun salute at the funeral of area military veterans. That mission has hit a speed bump after the members...

A Woodbine man was arrested outside of a home in the Keavy area where Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies found him when responding to a complaint of a burglary in progress Saturday night. Herschell S. Sullivan, 29, was charged with second-degree attempted burglary, third-degree...

As Kentucky families continue to battle COVID-19 and Thanksgiving and Christmas draw near, Gov. Andy Beshear is warning families to watch out for scammers who try to take advantage of generous Kentuckians. Beshear is taking action to help protect Team Kentucky by publishing a...

Despite the rainy and overall gloomy weather on Oct. 24, approximately 70 people turned out at Patrick’s Point River Campsite in Williamsburg to remember a Whitley County teen who took her own life in 2018. The Bethany’s Hope Memorial Suicide Prevention Horse Ride was held in...

September 2020 unemployment rates for Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties are still hovering above pre-COVID-19 levels, but have fallen below pre-COVID-19 levels in Bell and McCreary counties, according to a News Journal review of state unemployment rate data. Whitley County’s...

Authorities are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing Jellico woman. According to the Jellico Police Department, Fanny Kellogg, 70, was last seen at noon on Friday when she left her home en route to Williamsburg. Kellogg is described as a black woman, 5’2”, 195 pounds...

There is a saying in show business that, “The show must go on.” While COVID–19 has kept Whitley County High School students from attending in-person classes, The Colonel Players have been preparing for their first show of the year, “An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe,” to go on...

A front end loader that had been stolen out of Indiana was recovered Thursday morning in the Lily area. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputies reportedly located the Caterpillar 988b, valued at $50,000 to $60,000 in the lot of a business on U.S. 25. “We got a tip that it was there,”...

The JC Paul Detachment of the Marine Corps League and the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association are joining forces to help raise funds for the local Toys for Tots campaign on Saturday with a costume motorcycle ride. Registration for the ride will begin at 10 a.m. at Wildcat...

A joint investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies has resulted in the arrest of two people in connection with a recent church theft in the Redbird community of Whitley County, according to Whitley County Constable Ron “Bubba” Bowling’s office. Whitley County Sheriff’s...