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A pair of Woodbine residents are now behind bars charged with killing another Woodbine resident Friday morning. Late Friday evening, Kentucky State Police Post 10 in Harlan announced that Joseph Masters, 33, and Charles “CJ” McVey, 37, were charged with murder, first-degree...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department had a busy month of June. During the month, sheriff’s deputies answered 1,300 calls for service and responded to 41 motor vehicle collisions. The sheriff’s department also opened 51 new criminal cases, and it made 101 criminal arrests in...

Unemployment rates increased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, McCreary and Bell counties between May 2021 and June 2021, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...

Williamsburg Fire Chief Larry Todd encountered something early Friday morning that he had only dealt with one previous time in his 30 years of firefighting with the department, which was a structure fire caused by a lightning strike. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

A body was found at an apartment complex in Corbin Thursday morning. The body, of a deceased male in his 60s, was located inside an apartment by a man, who had gone to the apartment to complete maintenance, said Corbin Police Department Corporal Lonnie Sawyers. The man has been...

Kentucky State Police Post 10 troopers and detectives are on the scene of a death investigation on Hedden Flats Road in the Woodbine community in Knox County. At 8:18 a.m. KSP Post 10 Harlan received a call from the Knox County Sheriff’s Department requesting assistance on Hedden...

Approximately 20 Lynn Camp students wrapped up five weeks of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Camp last week by building and testing their own kayak. Knox Promise Neighborhood School Coordinator Arthur Canada said the students used PVC pipe and tarps to create the...

Beginning July 28, Baptist Health Corbin is restricting visitation to safeguard patients and staff. In a press release, the hospital announced that it will allow only one visitor per patient. “We have seen a significant increase in the COVID positivity rate in our area. We are...

Whitley County School District plans to begin school on August 11 without requiring masks. A message, which was posted on the district’s Facebook page at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, from Superintendent John Siler stated, “At this time, with the full support of board...

Obtaining a driver’s license may look different in the near future. The Department of Transportation will be issuing licenses through regional license offices rather than through the circuit clerks offices. The transition is expected to be complete by June 30, 2022. For now, the...