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LoveLoud expands to Williamsburg with two events

Most local residents know about the annual LoveLoud community outreach program in Corbin and the surrounding area that involves numerous local churches and hundreds of volunteers doing things to help others in their community. Now, a church in Williamsburg has taken steps to...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

Pastor praises efforts at Corbin LoveLoud

The sixth annual Corbin LoveLoud wrapped up Sunday and organizers say it was very successful in reaching out to those in need throughout the community. “We were able to touch a bunch of people in a bunch of different ways. We are grateful to show our community God’s love in a...

Guilty plea entered in animal cruelty case

A Corbin woman accused of 22 counts of cruelty to animals in June pleaded guilty to one count Tuesday in exchange for a probated jail sentence. Sixty-three-year-old Saundra Nickels, shook her head “no” as she told Judge Fred White that she wished to accept the plea agreement...

Fight complaint leads deputies to meth arrest

A fight complaint near an eastern Whitley County store late Monday evening, resulted in the arrest of four people by Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies, including one, who was charged with trafficking methamphetamine. About 10:30 p.m., deputies Jonas Saunders and Joe Prewitt...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

Corbin Area Technology Center students work with area first responders during mock crash

A head-on collision Friday morning on the utility road behind the baseball field at Corbin High School provided a teaching moment for the criminal justice, EMT/Fire and health science students at the Corbin Area Technology Center. Under the direction of teachers Tackett Wilson,...

Store clerk fined for unintentionally selling alcohol to a minor

For the first time since the legal sale of alcohol by the package started in Williamsburg, a store employee has been criminally charged and fined for selling alcohol to a minor following a routine operation by state alcohol officials earlier this year. Read this story and more...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

W’burg Chili Cookoff winners announced

The Fifth Annual Williamsburg Chili Cookoff is all over – except for maybe the heartburn – and the winners have been announced. In the category of best home-style chili, Ron Butterfield took home the People’s Choice Award and Gail Elias took home the Judge’s Choice Award. In the...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

Online property tax payments are now possible in Whitley County

If you own land in Whitley County and haven’t gotten a 2017 property tax bill, that doesn’t excuse you from paying your taxes. “It is their duty to pay the taxes on the property. If they don’t receive a bill, it is their duty to call us or the PVA and find out what their bi...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017

Knox County man charged with rape of minor he met at NIBROC

A mother’s call led Kentucky State Police to arrest a Knox County man for and inappropriate relationship with her underage daughter. Detective Aaron Frederick, of Post 10 in Harlan, responded to the complaint received Wednesday, Sept. 27. Detective Frederick contacted James...
Posted On 11 Oct 2017
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I-75 lane closures planned Oct. 10-12 in Laurel, Whitley counties

If you are planning to travel on I-75 in either Whitley or Laurel counties the next three days, then you may want to allow a little extra time to get to your destination because of planned lane restrictions to both northbound and southbound traffic. The lane restrictions will...
Posted On 10 Oct 2017