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What do you do when you have a section of road with reoccurring slides and none of the repairs you make solve the problem? Move the road. This is the solution that the Whitley County Fiscal Court has come up for a slide problem at mile point 1.873 on Poplar Creek Road, which is...

No one was seriously injured, but a portion of the intersection of U.S 25 and Cumberland Gap Pkwy. was blocked Saturday morning when a tractor-trailer truck overturned. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said deputies were...

A Corbin woman allegedly lead a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy on a foot chase early Saturday morning in the Maple Creek community. Deputy Brian Hensley responded to a Maple Creek Road home about 4:25 a.m. to investigate a complaint that a man and woman were inside a...

Thanks to a football expansion by the Mid-South Conference, the University of the Cumberlands won’t be playing some traditional opponents in the near future. “We keep Union. We keep Pikeville but we are going to lose some traditional rivals. Starting next year, there...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help to locate two men, one of which allegedly assaulted an officer early Saturday morning. According to Sheriff John Root, the suspects have been identified as Tony T. Burks, 35, of London and James W. Edwards, 36, of...

A Woodbine man was arrested on drug related charges after deputies reported finding a needle loaded with methamphetamine on his person Saturday. According to Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell, Deputy Brian Hensley arrested 43-year-old Sammy D. Harrell outside a wooded area on...

After an extensive evaluation and review process, the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security (KOHS) announced Tuesday afternoon that there are 112 recipients for Kentucky’s $2.7 million 2016 Homeland Security Grant Program, including Rockholds Volunteer Fire Department....

Want to know if there is a boil water advisory in the Highland Park area or a tornado watch for Williamsburg or a lengthy traffic jam due to a large wreck near Exit 11? These are the kind of things that Williamsburg residents will soon be able to find out via an automated call to...

More than 59,000 students in 146 Kentucky schools, including six Whitley County elementary schools, will enjoy fresh produce in the 2016-17 school year as part of a federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) implemented through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The...

A Kentucky State Police trooper based out of Post 11 in London died Monday morning after falling off the roof of a barn he was repairing. Trooper Lloyd Cochran, public affairs officer at Post 11, said 24-year-old Mason A Flynn was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in...