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Williamsburg man suffers serious injuries in Friday crash

A man had to be flown by emergency medical helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment following a two-vehicle wreck about noon Friday.

Posted On 03 Jun 2011

Man hit by train while trying to cross tracks in wheelchair

At approximately 8:40 p.m. Tuesday night, seven miles south of London near Lily, a man in a motorized wheelchair attempted to cross the CSX railroad at the Tackett Road crossing off Ky 522.

UPDATED: Teen hurt after being hit while riding bicycle on Corbin roadway

A teenage girl was injured on a southern Laurel County roadway Thursday morning after being struck by a car while riding her motorcycle.

Man arrested for leaving daughter in hot car while he played video games

In Laurel County, a man was arrested Wednesday after it was found that he had left his daughter in a hot a car while he played video games.

Posted On 02 Jun 2011
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Nursing home crucial link in local man’s recovery from fall

At 73-years-old, Laurel County native Les Hibbitts was in excellent health.

Corbin man acquitted of alleged 2008 assault at local gas station

It took a nine-woman, three-man jury about 30 minutes on May 24 to acquit a Corbin man on a charge of assaulting a Flat Lick woman nearly two and one-half years ago during an altercation outside a Corbin gas station.

Posted On 01 Jun 2011
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Black bear shot, killed by wildlife officer at Corbin family’s home

When members of the Patrick family took to their yard for a Memorial Day weekend picnic, little did they know their gathering would be crashed by an unwanted visitor - a five-foot tall black bear.

Posted On 01 Jun 2011
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Man remains in serious condition after wreck in Keavy last week

Five days after he was cut out of a car and airlifted from the scene of a wreck on Ky. 312 in Keavy, Donnie Brock of Corbin remains in the University of Kentucky Medical Center in serious condition.

W’burg fourth graders donate their own money to help stray dog

Twenty students in Mrs. Leah Harrison’s fourth grade homeroom at Williamsburg Elementary School have emptied out their piggy banks.

Posted On 01 Jun 2011
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State Police investigating cause of suspicious Wednesday vehicle fire in W’burg

Williamsburg firefighters are asking a Kentucky State Police arson investigator to check into the cause of a vehicle fire late Wednesday evening.

Posted On 27 May 2011