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A Lily woman is facing drug-related charges after she was reportedly found with drug paraphernalia while in the company of three small children at the KCEOC building in Gray Friday. Knox County Sheriff’s deputy William Stewart said deputies arrested Ashley Derose, 27, on charges...

A Rockholds man was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center for treatment of injuries he sustained in a single-vehicle wreck on New Zion Church Road Friday afternoon. Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies identified the man as Ralph Jones, 51. Jones was reportedly...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court has gotten a clean financial bill of health in regards its financial statement for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2017. Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon made the report of the audit of the Whitley County Fiscal Court...

A Gray woman is behind bars after police found her in custody of a small child with a no contact order while intoxicated. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

The Corbin Library Board is continuing its efforts to find more than $100,000 needed to fund renovations to the annex building. At its regular monthly meeting Thursday night, the board members noted that the original cost of the project, which came in at $1.2 million, had been...

A Corbin man whom police say was driving under the influence when he ran, head-on into another car on Ky. 229 in 2016, killing Sherry King, 47, of Barbourville, has pleaded guilty. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

Two local developers are planning to construct a 71-home subdivision in Williamsburg sometime over the next decade, Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison announced during Monday’s monthly city council meeting. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get...

What do the candidates for sheriff think the sheriff’s department can do, if anything, to better combat the drug problem in Whitley County? What, if anything, do the jailer candidates think the jail can do to help prevent inmates from re-offending once they are released from...

Eight defendants were scheduled to stand trial Monday morning in connection with an alleged conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the Whitley County Detention Center in 2016, but instead four of them entered plea agreements, and three others were held in contempt of court for failing...

John Siler has officially been hired as the next superintendent of the Whitley County School District. The board of education voted unanimously during its regular meeting Thursday to offer Siler a four-year contract, which begins July 1, and he signed the new contract during the...