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Whitley, Knox to receive almost $2.5 million in funding

Whitley County is getting state funding to help extend water lines and service to 300 unserved or underserved residences, and Williamsburg is getting funding to improve its sewer system thanks in part to funding approved last year through a bipartisan effort in Frankfort. Gov....
Posted On 03 Feb 2022

Williamsburg man pleaded guilty to murder charge

A Williamsburg man entered a guilty plea to end his murder case just short of trial. Michael Lee Worley entered the plea as part of an agreement for a 25 year prison sentence. Worley was charged with murder in 2019 after an R-Tech driver reportedly witnessed Worley choke his aunt...

Case involving Williamsburg man shot by trooper going to grand jury

The case involving an armed Williamsburg man, who was shot by a Kentucky State Police Trooper, will be presented to the Whitley County Grand Jury on Feb. 7. Carl Amos Moses, 26, appeared in Whitley District Court on Monday in front of District Judge Fred White. White sent the...

Knox County fugitive found in southern Laurel County motel

Jeremy Gregory and Tara Hines were arrested in a southern Laurel County motel room Tuesday. Gregory was a wanted fugitive out of Laurel County. Drugs and a gun were found in their motel room, according to police. Sheriff’s deputies captured a Knox County fugitive at a southern...
Posted On 02 Feb 2022

Breaking ground on Cumberland Run

For those tracking the progress, local and state leaders welcomed Keeneland and Kentucky Downs officials to the site off Buchanan Boulevard for the official ground breaking of the Cumberland Run horse racing facility on Monday afternoon. “We never lost hope,” said Corbin Mayor...

No encore for the Karaoke Garage in Corbin

It was a blue day on Wednesday as Corbin said goodbye to one of its most beloved “eyesore[s],” the Karaoke Garage, on Main Street. 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

Woodbine shooting leads to assault charge

A tenant/landlord dispute Sunday afternoon in Woodbine ended with one man suffering a gunshot wound to the foot and a Barbourville man charged with first-degree assault. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

New details: Williamsburg man’s death may have been weather-related, police say

No foul play is suspected in the death of a Williamsburg man, who was found dead under a bridge late Monday afternoon. 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 02 Feb 2022

New details: Ring brought in two pounds of meth every 2-3 days for a year

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies and other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies seized drugs, guns and explosives while shutting down what is a believed to be a multiple pound methamphetamine trafficking operation in southern Laurel County/north Corbin late last week...
Posted On 02 Feb 2022

W’burg man found dead under bridge Monday

No foul play is suspected in the death of a Williamsburg man, who was found dead under a bridge late Monday afternoon. Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley pronounced Joel L. Terrell, 48, dead at 5:38 p.m. Terrell was found unresponsive about 5:30 p.m. under a Cumberland River...
Posted On 01 Feb 2022