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Whitley District Judge Fred White found probable cause Monday morning and ordered that a vehicular manslaughter charge against a Williamsburg woman be forwarded to the Whitley Grand Jury after a preliminary hearing held via video conferencing, according to the Whitley Circuit...

President Donald J. Trump’s major federal disaster declaration Friday for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and 27 Kentucky counties including Whitley, Bell, Knox and McCreary counties, will mean federal funding to repair some of the more than $1 million in flood damage in Whitley...

A state legislator, who ran for governor in 2019, was arrested Tuesday morning in Laurel County for allegedly strangling a woman and threatening to kill her. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Robert S. Goforth, 44, of East Bernstadt, following an investigation into a...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Whitley County Health Department’s Facebook page, where it has been publishing much of its information for the public about the virus, has gotten a lot more popular to the tune of over 3,000 followers. “That may be double a year ago,” Public...

Winners have been announced in the Williamsburg Main Street program’s inaugural Easter Decorating Contest. Charles and Maxine Fritts took home first place in the contest. Charlotte and Dennis Vanover finished in second place, and Lisa and William Steely took the third place spot...

A Williamsburg man has been charged with second-degree assault in connection with a fight Wednesday night at a residence on Rocky Point School Road, off of Ky. 478. Samuel C. West, 41, was arrested after Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the location in response to...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man, who led law enforcement on one high-speed chase that began on Cumberland Falls Hwy., and then a second chase that ended on Paris Karr Road in Laurel County early Wednesday morning, admitted to smoking methamphetamine prior to...

Whitley County’s Nick Wilson is among the eight Survivor: Winners at War contestants following Wednesday night’s 11th episode that saw him take part in the blindside that sent Sophie to the Edge of Extinction. The episode opened with Jeremy, who had played an advantage that gave...

The Whitley County Health Department reported its ninth COVID-19 case late Wednesday afternoon. A total of four cases have been released from isolation, and five patients are still in isolation. Six diagnosed patients have been males, and three females. Two patients are/were...

The Circle K on Gordon Hill in Corbin reopened Saturday after being closed due to an employee being diagnosed with COVID–19. Company officials closed the store Thursday after learning that the employee, who had last worked at the store on April 7, had contracted the virus....