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Rockholds man receives lifetime prison sentence in federal kidnapping case

A Rockholds man received a lifetime prison sentence Wednesday on federal kidnapping charges. 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
Posted On 12 May 2022
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Agents seize over $2 million, more than 10,000 diverted Oxycodone pills

Investigators from the DEA Criminal Diversion Group, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, the Barbourville Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Manchester Police Department arrested 12 people, and seized approximately 10,000 diverted oxycodone pills and...
Posted On 12 May 2022
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Woodbine man acquitted in 2021 fatal crash

Following a two-day trial, a Woodbine man facing a murder charge stemming from an April 2021 fatal crash was found not-guilty Thursday evening in Laurel County Circuit Court. William Petrey, 38, faced one lone count of murder in connection to the crash, in which he was the driver...
Posted On 12 May 2022

Stivers to speak at monthly chamber luncheon

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers with be speaking on the 2022 legislative session next week during a luncheon co-hosted by the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Knox County Chamber of Commerce. The monthly luncheon will be held Tuesday, May 17, at 11:45 a.m. at...

W’burg plans scary ‘Friday the 13th’ outdoor movie night

The towns of Corbin and Williamsburg are both planning free outdoor movie presentations in the coming days, but each will involve a very different type of movie. Williamsburg is hosting a “Friday the 13th Drive-In Style Movie Night” on Friday, May 13 starting at 9 p.m. at the...
Posted On 12 May 2022

Corbin man charge with spitting on officer after arrest

A Corbin man , who was arrested late Friday night by a Kentucky Fish & Wildlife officer, is facing numerous charges, including third-degree assault for allegedly spitting on the arresting officer. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...

Main Street parking woes discussed by Williamsburg City Council

As more and more businesses have continued to crop up over the past few years in downtown Williamsburg, revitalizing its once-austere Main Street with a variety of new shops and restaurants, a different kind of problem has begun to make itself known: parking. Read this story and...

Whitley County tractor accident kills London man

A London man was killed Sunday afternoon in Whitley County when a tractor he was operating overturned. 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
Posted On 11 May 2022
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Three out of five inmates involved in escape plot were facing a murder charge

Three out of the five Whitley County Detention Center inmates allegedly involved in an April 29 jail escape conspiracy were being held in jail in connection with murder cases, and a fourth was jailed in connection with a manslaughter case. Paul Brock and Nicholas Rucker are two...
Posted On 11 May 2022

First of three days of early voting starts Thursday (May 12)

Whitley County voters will have 12 hours each day on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (May 12-14) to cast early ballots in the race for sheriff, jailer, PVA and other contested races on the May 17 ballot. Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis said that her offices in the old...
Posted On 11 May 2022