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Whitley County grand jury releases indictments Monday

A Whitley County Grand Jury indicted two people for auto theft, three people for drug possession and one person for endangering the lives of four people in a vehicle he hit while allegedly driving under the influence. According to its monthly report and indictments, the grand...
Posted On 21 Jun 2017

Whitley EMS discusses plans to overcome EMT shortage

Whitley County EMS is hoping that a new program to train emergency medical responders will help with a manpower shortage in our area. Whitley County EMS Director Kelly Harrison told the Whitley County UNITE Coalition during a meeting Monday afternoon at the Whitley County Health...
Posted On 21 Jun 2017

Florida woman sues county over use of path

A Florida woman is suing Whitley County over use of a pathway which is located on her property. Angelica Salas Howard filed the lawsuit on June 12 in Whitley Circuit Court against Whitley County. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every...
Posted On 21 Jun 2017

One person killed in Tuesday morning crash in Keavy

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal crash that occurred Tuesday morning in Keavy. Forty-six-year-old William J. Hubbard of Corbin was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-vehicle crash on Level Green Road. Firefighters and emergency personnel were called...

Police: Crash driver ‘very lucky to be alive’

Emergency officials say a man is lucky to be alive after flipping a car onto its side and knocking down a small tree that came to rest against the vehicle late Saturday afternoon. Shortly before 5 p.m., a single vehicle crash involving a Honda Prelude occurred on Chestnut Road...
Posted On 17 Jun 2017

Corbin Superintendent selected for Boy Scouts Visionary Award

Corbin Schools Superintendent David Cox will be honored later this month as the seventh recipient of the annual Daniel Boone “Visionary” Award, given to those who embody the values of the Boy Scouts of America. Cox has been named 2017 Visionary Award winner by the Mountain Laurel...

Mulch maker to open facility in Woodbine, will create 21 jobs

Sims Bark Co. of Georgia LLC, a provider of mulch, soil, rock products and other landscaping material, will locate a new 21-job manufacturing operation in Whitley County, Gov. Matt Bevin announced today. “The new facility by Sims Bark adds to the Commonwealth’s thriving timber...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017
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Testimony: Woman hid in closet while duo shot to death

Paul Parsons is guided to a waiting jail vehicle after his preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon in Whitley District Court. A woman, who was inside the trailer where a double homicide occurred on Fred Nash Lane early last Wednesday morning, apparently hid in a closet while the...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017

Ex-Corbin man asking to be reimbursed for time spent in Whitley County Jail

A now former Corbin man, who spent 570 days either incarcerated in the Whitley County Detention Center (WCDC) or on home incarceration for charges that were later mostly dismissed, wants the county to reimburse him $13,338.91 for fees and expenses related to his incarceration....
Posted On 14 Jun 2017

If approved, W’burg water, sewer customers will face rate hike

If the Williamsburg City Council approves a proposed rate increase during a special meeting next Monday, then three years from now the average Williamsburg resident, who has both water and sewer service, will be paying a combined $10.16 more per month on both bills than what they...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017