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Bands selected for 2019 W’burg Summer Block Parties

For the 14th consecutive year, free summer block parties will be returning to Williamsburg in 2019, but this time there will be a twist in the scheduling for one of them. Organizers plan to hold three of the block parties at Bill Woods Park as usual with the Williamsburg Tourism...
Posted On 10 Apr 2019

Two more sentences handed down in federal pharmacy burglaries case

Just one of the eight defendants remains in the 2016 federal case involving the burglaries of numerous pharmacies throughout the southeast after sentences were recently handed down to two more. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every...

Rein named new health department public health director

During a special meeting Tuesday evening, the Whitley County Board of Health selected a new public health director. The board voted unanimously to offer the position to Marcy Rein, who was called after the meeting and accepted the position. Her official hiring is pending approval...
Posted On 09 Apr 2019

Corbin man accused of punching 6-year-old

A Corbin man is facing child abuse and domestic violence charges after he allegedly hit his girlfriend with a broom and punched her 6-year-old son Saturday night. Dallas Lawson, 27,  was arrested on charges of first-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 years or younger, and...

Whitley Co. Sheriff’s Deputy recovers stolen car

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department recently recovered a stolen vehicle from Georgia, according to a news release. On March 26, Deputy John Hill recovered the stolen Toyota Camry on Whetstone Road. The Rossville Police Department had entered it as stolen. The sheriff’s...
Posted On 04 Apr 2019

Truck crashes through bridge, falls onto railroad tracks

A truck driver was seriously injured Wednesday morning after his truck went off of the wood bridge over the railroad tracks on Ky. 1223 and fell onto the tracks. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies and emergency personnel were called to the scene at approximately 1:20 a.m. Deputy...

Corbin man charged with engaging in sexual activity with teen scheduled to return to federal court in California

A Corbin man is scheduled to appear in federal court in California where he is charged with engaging is sexual activity with a 14-year-old that he met on the Internet. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

Investigation into pregnant woman’s killing sparks separate federal kidnapping case

The investigation into the March 16 shooting death of Geri Johnson has taken another turn after investigators arrested an associate of the suspect in her death on federal kidnapping charges. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

First Knox County ‘Dumpster Days’ set to kick off Saturday

Knox County Judge Executive Mike Mitchell sat down to talk trash last Friday. His purpose was to unveil a simple plan that he hopes will, “Clean up our community.” The name about says it all, as he explained, when Saturday, April 6th kicks off the first ever, “Dumpster Days” in...
Posted On 03 Apr 2019
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Tri-County Republican Women host Cameron

The Tri-County Republican Women hosted Elizabethtown native Daniel Cameron who is seeking to become the first Republican attorney general in Kentucky since 1948. “It is going well,” Cameron said of the primary campaign. “I feel like people have been receptive to the message of...