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Woodbine and Oak Grove firefighters spent almost two hours Monday battling a blaze that gutted a mobile home off of Colonel Ridge Road. Firefighters were called to the scene on Gray Owl Road just east of the Whitley/Knox County line at approximately 1:05 p.m. where a mobile home,...

Firefighters are on the scene of a fire on Gray Owl Road in the Woodbine Community of Whitley County. A mobile home appears to be fully consumed by the blaze. More details as they become available.

A Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy was involved in a wreck on U.S. 25W in the Canadatown area Monday morning that resulted in a 6-year-old being airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Sheriff Colan Harrell said Deputy Todd Shelley was driving the department’s...

A Georgia man, who is behind bars for allegedly cutting another man with a knife and chasing him from the Williamsburg Pilot Travel Center to the neighboring Walmart, apparently recorded himself chasing the victim, according to his arrest citation. The victim, who hasn’t been...

Lily and West Knox firefighters pulled a man from a burning mobile home Friday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the scene on Sepulvada Blvd. about 12:30 p.m. “There were smoke and flames showing from the area near the front porch,” said Lily Fire Chief Doug Jones of the...

Corbin Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who broke into a car at Baptist Health Corbin on April 12. Police secured video from inside of the hospital picturing the suspect. Anyone with information concerning the suspect’s identity is asked to contact the...

Students and staff in the Whitley County school district won’t be getting a fall break next year. The Whitley County Board of Education held it’s monthly meeting Thursday, and approved the 2018-2019 school calendar, which includes a start date of Monday, Aug. 27, and a tentative...

The Corbin City Commission is looking for a downtown director and a recreational director. At Monday’s regular monthly commission meeting, the commissioners approved a motion authorizing City Manager Marlon Sams to advertise the positions. The downtown director position will...

A Whitley County Sheriff’s Department investigation into a report about a local resident advertising marijuana for sale on social media has resulted in the seizure of over 900 pills and $22,000, and the indictment of three people. On Monday, the Whitley County Grand Jury indicted...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies and Corbin police recovered over $70,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine, which is also known as “ice,” and over $7,000 cash following a pursuit Sunday in Corbin. Deputy Jonas Saunders was patrolling in the area of Cumberland Falls Highway and...