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Accused cash registers thief arrested after robbery, assault, chases near Richmond

A Mississippi man, who allegedly stole the cash registers from Pizza Hut in Williamsburg and Taco Bell in Corbin Monday morning, is in the Madison County Detention Center after allegedly robbing an individual at a Richmond area gas station, breaking into a home and assaulting a...

Two accused of hiding drugs inside a body cavity during separate incidents

A Williamsburg woman and a Rockholds man are both accused of allegedly hiding drugs inside a body cavity during unconnected vehicle traffic stops by two different law enforcement agencies over a two-day period, according to court documents. Both were passengers in their...
Posted On 03 Feb 2021

W’burg officials think they have finally found cause behind city’s major water loss problem

For more than a decade, Williamsburg officials have been looking for “the big one,” as in a major water leak that is the cause of the city’s perpetual water loss rate, which has for many years ranked somewhere between bad and worse. Williamsburg maintenance workers labored...
Posted On 03 Feb 2021

Police find methamphetamine after entering home to look for wanted man

If Christopher G. Creekmore had just come to the door of his 137 Mt. Morgan Road home in Williamsburg when police knocked on it on Jan. 27, then he likely would have just gone to jail because of a warrant for his arrest from Knox County. Creekmore didn’t answer the door though,...
Posted On 03 Feb 2021

Police recover stolen car behind school, arrest two

Local law enforcement officers arrested a man for DUI Saturday afternoon, who was parked behind an elementary school in a car that had been reported as stolen, according to arrest citations. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...
Posted On 03 Feb 2021

Additional details emerging in W’burg murder case

Williamsburg Police are starting to learn a little more about the killing of a Williamsburg woman, who was last seen on Jan. 7 and whose body was found inside her apartment Monday. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...
Posted On 03 Feb 2021

Beshear announces 5 percent increase in vaccine supply

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that Kentucky’s vaccine supply will increase by an additional 5 percent resulting in the state’s supply having increased by 22 percent by the week of Feb. 8 as compared to the week of Jan. 25. Whitley County The Whitley County Health Department...

Public’s help sought to locate Pizza Hut thief

Williamsburg Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating this man, who is believed responsible for the theft of a cash register and its contents from the Williamsburg Pizza Hut restaurant in Williamsburg Monday morning. The theft was reported about 10:43 a.m....
Posted On 01 Feb 2021

Beshear announces third straight week of decline in COVID cases in Kentucky

Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state’s third straight week of declining number of cases and its fourth day in a row with a positivity rate below 9 percent. Whitley County The Whitley County Health Department announced 49 additional COVID–19 cases since Friday, bringing the...

Dead body found in missing W’burg woman’s apartment; boyfriend charged with murder Monday

A Williamsburg missing person case turned into a homicide investigation Monday after police found what they believe to be the victim’s remains inside her apartment, and arrested her boyfriend, John P. Meadows, for murder. Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird, who is the...
Posted On 01 Feb 2021