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Interstate 75 in northern Whitley County was closed to traffic Tuesday morning following a wreck in which a tanker trailer began leaking gasoline. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said the interstate was closed in both directions between exits 15 and 25...

A report about a domestic dispute involving a gun late Sunday afternoon lead to a 90-minute standoff with an armed man, according to a Whitley County Sheriff’s Department release. Sheriff Colan Harrell commended all the law enforcement officers involved for resolving the...

For the fifth straight year, youth from a Connecticut Catholic church traveled to the area to help 1,000 needy children have a happier, and healthier, Christmas. Twenty teens and their adult chaperones from St. Allysius Roman Catholic Church, based in New Cannan, CT, distributed...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man accused of “pistol whipping” a truck driver at the I-75 welcome center Tuesday night. According to officials from the sheriff’s department, the suspect is described as a black male, approximately 5’ 8” tall, light build,...

Williamsburg police are encouraging local residents to lock their car doors and not leave items of value in plain view inside their vehicles following a rash of thefts from parked vehicles over the last two weeks. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe...

A Lily homeowner called police Friday night after he discovered a man sitting in his home and eating his ice cream. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 23-year-old Joshua Hampton after finding him in the residence on East Ky. 552. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s...

A Corbin woman, who had allegedly made threats to her husband and sister to either run them over or shoot them, was arrested Sunday after police found her hiding near the Corbin Police Department where the husband and sister had gone to file a complaint. Fifty-three-year-old Dawn...

A Corbin man, who pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography in July, will be spending the next 22 years in federal prison. 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...

There are now three more candidates for office in Whitley County. Incumbent 34th Judicial Circuit Division Two District Judge Fred F. White filed Friday with the Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office to run for re-election, and Division One District Judge Cathy E. Prewitt filed...

Whitley Circuit Court officials agreed to postpone a probation revocation hearing Monday morning for a Corbin man, who is charged in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme where two of the four would-be victims are Whitley County prosecutors. Read this story and more for just $.99...