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Two indicted for attempted ATM theft, chase

A Whitley County Grand Jury indicted two Tennessee men Monday morning for allegedly trying to steal one of the most visible ATM machines in Williamsburg late last month. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Cole indicted for murder, assaults

A Williamsburg man, who recently underwent a competency evaluation at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center, was indicted Monday morning for murder and assault. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Leigh Burke gets probation, ordered to pay restitution

A Williamsburg woman, who stole money from the Whitley County Board of Education and the Kentucky Association of School Business Officials (KASBO), resolved her criminal charges with a probated sentence during a sentencing hearing Monday morning, but her legal woes aren’t quite...
Posted On 21 Mar 2018

Moore accused of trying to break into North Corbin home Sunday

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man was under the influence of alcohol when he attempted to enter a residence on Byrley Road early Sunday morning. Deputies arrested Chad Moore, 38, of Corbin outside the residence off of South Stewart Road at approximately 12:25 a.m....

Father charged with assaulting four-year-old over ‘missed words’

The father of a four-year-old, who is charged with child abuse, told police he whipped the child with a belt because she was missing words. Jeremy Adam Smith, 38, of Corbin is facing one count of third-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or under. Smith was arrested Friday...

‘Leader’ in case of pharmacy burglaries case to plead Thursday

The man police say led a conspiracy to burglarize numerous pharmacies across the Southeast, including Stephanie’s Down Home Pharmacy in Corbin in 2014, and Sav-Rite Pharmacy in 2015, is scheduled to be rearraigned Thursday in federal court. Robert Nunley of Tracy City, Tennessee,...

Corbin City Commission votes to change restaurant tax collections

Corbin restaurants will soon be required to pay restaurant taxes on a monthly basis. During it’s regular meeting Monday, the Corbin City Commission, directed Ctiy Attorney Bob Hammons to draw up an amended to the restaurant tax ordinance mandating that the taxes be paid monthly,...

New LED sign installed at Williamsburg tourism office

The Williamsburg Tourism Commission now has a new way to spread news about upcoming events in town. A new LED sign was installed outside the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center late last month. “This sign is going to help us be able to announce all kinds of different...
Posted On 17 Mar 2018

Whitley County begins search for new superintendent

The search is officially on for a new superintendent for the Whitley County school district, and if all goes according to plan, the Whitley County Board of Education will hire its new superintendent by May 10. At the close of a special called Whitley County Board of Education...
Posted On 17 Mar 2018

Keavy man charged with rape of juvenile

A Keavy man has been charged with the 2017 rape of a juvenile, whom police say was unconscious at the time. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 39-year-old Teddy Lynn Fox Friday morning after he was discovered in an area off of Slate Ridge Road in Lily. “One of the deputies...