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Update: Documents show additional details of Roscoe Garland’s demise

A trio of Pine Knot residents are each being held in jail in lieu of separate $500,000 cash bonds in connection to the slaying of another McCreary County man, whose skeletal remains were found in Whitley County last week. Roscoe Bryant, Broderick Taylor and Joe Bryant are all...
Posted On 03 May 2023

Knox County man indicted for murder, arson in February incident

A Woolum man, who allegedly fatally shot a man before setting his house on fire in February, has been indicted by a Knox County grand jury. Harvey Hood Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not...

Final defendant in 2019 murder case enters guilty plea

The remaining defendant in the 2019 killing of Billy Lawson entered a guilty plea to multiple charges Monday, including murder. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Georgia man indicted in Laurel County for 2022 police chase

A Georgia man, who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase in March 2022, was indicted late last month by a Laurel County grand jury. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Osborne presented with Above and Beyond Award

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT  During the Whitley County Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting on April 20, Superintendent John Siler (left) presented Ruth Osborne (right) with the district’s Above and Beyond Award. Osborne, who is the district’s instructional coach for the...

Gary Barton inducted into Fifth District Lincoln Club Hall of Fame

Whitley County’s longest serving Circuit Court Clerk Gary Barton now has an additional title. Congressman Hal Rogers inducted Barton into Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District Lincoln Club Hall of Fame during the during the 83rd Annual Fifth-District Lincoln Day Banquet, which...
Posted On 30 Apr 2023
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May Day Queen, Tiny Queen announced

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Kentucky Ossoli Club of Corbin has announced the winners of the 2023 May Day Queen and 2023 May Day Tiny Queen. This year’s May Queen is Reid Elizabeth Bryant, the 16-year-old daughter of Michael and Rhonda Bryant. The Tiny Queen is...
Posted On 29 Apr 2023
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86-year-old Williamsburg man killed in Thursday crash

A motor vehicle crash late Thursday morning claimed the life of a Williamsburg man. About 11:30 a.m., Kentucky State Police from Post 11 in London responded to the two-vehicle collision, which occurred at the intersection of US25W (Cumberland Falls Highway) and Angel Road in...
Posted On 28 Apr 2023
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Update: KSP arrests third person in connection with skeletal remains found in Whitley County

Kentucky State Police have arrested a third Pine Knot man in connection with the killing of a missing McCreary County man, who was found deceased late Tuesday afternoon in Whitley County. Roscoe Bryant is the third person charged with murder in the death of Roscoe Garland. Read...
Posted On 28 Apr 2023

Governor’s office announces approval of funds that will help make new spec building in Corbin a reality

Thanks to the approval of $1.9 million in state funding, Corbin is about to get a brand-new spec building that, upon completion, will cover 105,000 square feet in the Southern Kentucky Business Park.