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A Williamsburg mother is facing abuse and endangerment charges after police found bite and burn marks and numerous bruises on her three young children, according to her arrest citations. Kentucky State Police Trooper Matt Ridener arrested Desirae Alice Leach, 22, of Highway 1804,...

The Corbin City Commission has voted to pay off the $300,000 line of credit that has been used to book acts to play The Arena, but is reconsidering the pot of money that will be used to do so. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every...

A bizarre 911 call from a man early Saturday morning lead to the arrest of one person on multiple charges. About 1:30 a.m., Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hensley responded to a disturbance at a Highway 904 residence after being advised that a man had dialed 911 and...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence complaint after the perpetrator called 911 and admitted to dispatchers what had occurred. Deputies arrested 21-year-old Carol Ann Jackson of Corbin on one count of fourth-degree assault – domestic violence after...

A complaint about a domestic dispute lead to the arrest of two people early Friday morning. About 3 a.m., Deputy Brian Hensley responded to a US25W residence in reference to a domestic violence complaint and was told that Scott Kirklin, 31, had physically assaulted his wife,...

Three more people, including one adult and two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with a string of vehicle break-ins in Williamsburg that took place over a four-week period. Two other adults and a juvenile had previously been charged. Read this story and more for just...

There are now two more contested or likely to be contested races on Whitley County election ballots in 2018. Since Dec. 13, three more people have filed with the Whitley County Clerk’s Office to run for elected office in Whitley County. Shannon T. Hall has filed to run for Corbin...

You might say that Anchored Ministries, a faith-based drug and alcohol addiction treatment program for women, is running on faith. The program is completely free to participants and receives no government funding. “We rely completely on donations. We are reaching out right now to...

Whitley County High School has been named to the 2018 Elite 50, an annual selection of the top 50 secondary school hospitality programs in the nation. This is the second consecutive year that WCHS has received the honor. “We are honored to once again have our Hospitality Program...

The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS) recently honored more than 200 law enforcement officers from 185 agencies across the Commonwealth, including officers from the Corbin and Williamsburg police departments, for their efforts to target impaired drivers. The 20...