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The Whitley Circuit Court Clerk’s Corbin office, which had been scheduled to be permanently closed on June 28, will remain open thanks to the efforts of State Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, and State Rep. Regina Bunch Huff, R-Williamsburg. The senator, whose...

Health department officials are hoping that a new mobile harm reduction unit will result in more drug addicts taking advantage of free needle exchange programs, which hopefully will keep them from contracting and spreading various diseases and keep more used hypodermic needles...

A Corbin man was indicted Friday in Laurel County on an assault charge involving an infant child. Brandon Louis Harris, 38, is facing one count of first-degree assault. According to the indictment, Harris allegedly, engaged in unspecified conduct which created a grave risk of...

A trio of Williamsburg residents, who were indicted Monday morning for murder and robbery in the killing of a man near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line in Jellico last month, could potentially face the death penalty, if convicted. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

An attempted traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 75 in Madison County, ended 78 miles and three counties later in Knox County Monday morning. Kentucky State Police Vehicle Enforcement arrested Teonte White, 19, of Lexington on charges of speeding – 26 mph or greater over the...

Williamsburg remains a relatively safe place to live. SafeWise released its Fifth Annual Safest Cities in Kentucky report on Monday, and Williamsburg ranked number nine on the list. “I’m thrilled at the news. We always want our folks to feel safe and be safe,” noted Williamsburg...

With the pending retirement of longtime Whitley County High School vocational agriculture teacher Glen Croley, it’s no secret that the school district is proposing the elimination of one of its two vocational agriculture teaching positions at the high school in favor of hiring a...

Whitley County High School students will have some new non-conventional extracurricular activities to participate in next year besides traditional sports programs, such as football and basketball. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two people over six days time in the Highway 6 area of Whitley County on drug-related charges. On March 11, Sgt. Jonas Saunders was patrolling the area when he arrested Gary Allen Banning, 29, of Jamesville, North Carolina, on charges of...

An Indianapolis man, who is one of three people charged in connection with the 2017 triple homicide of a local family, was indicted Monday morning in connection with the case. He even had a trial date set Monday afternoon for two months from now, but don’t expect the case to go...