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Attorney General says Whitley Clerk violated Open Records Act

The Kentucky Attorney General's Office has ruled that the Whitley County Clerk's Office subverted the intent of the state's open records act by not allowing a man to use a personal handheld scanner or a camera without a flash to copy county records rather than pay the fifty...

Posted On 19 Oct 2011

Animal shelter van stolen, trashed; employee charged with DUI and theft

A Knox-Whitley County Animal Shelter employee is facing drunk driving and theft charges after allegedly stealing the shelter's van and crashing it in northern Knox County Saturday afternoon.

Moses appointed as new Whitley County Attorney

A little more than one week after Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Whitley County Attorney Paul Winchester as circuit judge, an interim county attorney has been named.

Posted On 19 Oct 2011

Corbin’s Jackson named state’s best middle school teacher

Whether it is doing back handsprings, leading her students in alligator claps or just a smile, Virginia Lou Jackson is known as the teacher who will do whatever it takes to ensure her eighth grade students at Corbin Middle School know their reading and writing.

Siler residents express frustration over plan to close post office

About 50 residents in the rural Whitley County community of Siler gathered Monday to defend their local post office - one of over 3,700 U.S. Postal Service facilities nationwide on the chopping block as part of a cost-saving measure for the beleaguered organization.

Sugar beets could lead to biofuel jobs for Whitley County

Sugar beets could very easily be putting people to work in Whitley County in the not too distant future if Roger Ford has his way, but these aren't the beets that your grandpa grew in his garden.

Posted On 12 Oct 2011

High-speed chase ends in crash; two arrested

Two Williamsburg residents have been charged with fleeing from police following a chase with a Whitley County Sheriff's deputy early Monday morning.

Posted On 12 Oct 2011

AA Women’s Services celebrates opening of new offices

After 23 years of helping women in the tri-county area make decisions about what to do when they have an unplanned pregnancy, AA Women's Services now has a new facility in which to provide those services.

Whitley detective helps locate stolen bulldozer

A Whitley County Sheriff's Department Detective was instrumental this week in recovering a stolen bulldozer in Laurel County.
Detective Bill Riley, a retired Kentucky State Police investigator who focused on auto theft, assisted four members of the Laurel County ...

Benefit lunch to be held Wednesday to help Shop with a Cop program

If you want a relatively cheap lunch Wednesday and want to help out a good cause at the same time, then stop by Bill Woods Park, which is located off Cumberland Avenue.

Posted On 10 Oct 2011