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Abandoned Corbin home catches fire; numerous meth labs found inside

Corbin Police are searching for the person(s) responsible for cooking meth at and setting fire to an abandoned home at 419 Idaho Street Thursday night.

Police capture Ohio fugitive in Whitley County

An Ohio man is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center without bond after allegedly leading a sheriff's deputy on a five-minute long pursuit Wednesday night before getting away only to later be detained by a local security guard.

Posted On 09 Dec 2011

Three children removed from property with multiple meth labs; W’burg man arrested

A Williamsburg man is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center on a $50,000 cash bond after sheriff's deputies found three methamphetamine labs on his property late Tuesday evening.

Posted On 07 Dec 2011
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Man accused of biting another man’s earlobe off during drunken fight

A Williamsburg man was arrest for felony assault Monday after police say he bit off another man's earlobe during a drunken altercation at a party the night before.

‘Bad Hair Bandit’ suspect involved in Sheriff’s Dept. burglary in 2004

Friday's arrest of Jason D. Fox, also known as the Bad Hair Bandit, wasn't his first run-in with the law in Whitley County.

Posted On 07 Dec 2011

First prototype energy-efficient home delivered to Whitley County couple

A new energy efficient modular home in the Goldbug community, which is projected to only use about $1.63 in electricity per day, means a lot of different things to a lot of people.

Posted On 07 Dec 2011

Ambulance overturns after crash at downtown Corbin intersection

Three people were injured, and a Knox County EMS ambulance was severely damaged, in a two-vehicle crash Sunday evening at the corner of Fifth Street and Kentucky Ave. in Corbin.

Police searching for couple who stole Ipads from Corbin Walmart

The search is one for a man and woman who were caught on video stealing four iPads from the Corbin Walmart Thursday night.

UPDATED: ‘BAD HAIR BANDIT’S’ WIFE ALSO ARRESTED BY POLICE

Williamsburg police have made a second arrest in connection with the apprehension of the Bad Hair Bandit, and both are being lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center without bond pending the filing of federal charges.

Posted On 02 Dec 2011

Whitley Clerk says she plans to defy open records ruling

Nearly two months ago the Kentucky Attorney General's Office ruled that the Whitley County Clerk's Office violated the intent of the state open records law by not allowing a man to use a handheld scanning device to copy documents in her office and by charging too much for...

Posted On 30 Nov 2011