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Tennessee man facing federal charges in connection with Sav-Rite Pharmacy burglary

A Tennessee man is facing federal charges in connection with the burglary of a Corbin drug store in March 2015. A federal grand jury in London indicted 44-year-old Robert Nunley of Tracy City, Tennessee on charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and entering or...

Knox deputy cleared of wrong-doing in fatal shoooting

A Knox County Deputy has been officially cleared by the Grand Jury after fatally shooting a Flat Lick man during an altercation on June 29. “The State Police investigated the incident,” said Kentucky State Police Public Affairs Officer Shane Jacobs. “We presented all of our...
Posted On 02 Sep 2016
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Stanford man arrested for DUI after fiery I-75 crash

Two allegedly intoxicated Stanford residents got a trip to jail instead of the hospital following a fiery single vehicle crash on I-75 near the 15-mile marker that happened about midnight Wednesday. Goldbug Fire and Rescue and Williamsburg Fire and Rescue responded to the crash...
Posted On 02 Sep 2016

More details come to light in jail contraband case

The mother and the wife of a Whitley County Detention Center inmate allegedly met a woman at the bottom of the hill in front of the jail earlier this month to pick up pills to be delivered to an inmate at the jail, according to testimony Monday morning from Whitley County Jailer...
Posted On 31 Aug 2016

Old Fashion Brush Arbor Days begins Wednesday

Hundreds of people will be pouring into Williamsburg for the 55th Annual Old Fashion Brush Arbor Meeting, which is a tent style revival that served as the inspiration for Old Fashioned Trading Days. The five-day event starts on the Wednesday before Labor Day and runs through...
Posted On 31 Aug 2016

Todd, Thomas take over helm of W’burg Fire & Rescue

Williamsburg Fire and Rescue has some new leadership thanks to the retirement of its long time chief. Mayor Roddy Harrison announced during the Aug. 8 city council meeting that Assistant Chief Larry Todd had been selected to replace James Privett as fire chief. “He has...
Posted On 31 Aug 2016

Corbin man escapes injury in crash, arrested for DUI

After a Corbin man told emergency personnel he didn’t need to go to the hospital following a single-vehicle crash on in Lily early Sunday morning, deputies took him for a ride to jail for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. Fifty-one-year-old Stephen McNew was...

Ex-Knox school board member facing perjury charge

A former Knox County School Board chairman indicted by the Knox County Grand Jury appeared in Knox District Court Tuesday for his arraignment. Dexter Smith was officially charged with a Class A misdemeanor second degree perjury charge by the Grand Jury. Read this story and more...
Posted On 31 Aug 2016
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Whitley Co. law enforcement captures wanted W’burg man

A Williamsburg man who had successfully eluded law enforcement multiple times was taken into custody Friday morning. Whitley County Constable Dorman Patrick, Jr. along with Williamsburg Police, Kentucky State Police and Whitley County Jailer Brian Lawson arrested 37-year-old...

Corbin man charged in high-speed pursuit indicted in Knox County

A Corbin man arrested in May after leading state police on a high-speed chase through Corbin was indicted Friday in Knox Circuit Court. Thirty-seven-year-old Jason Sevier was indicted on charges of first-degree fleeing or evading police, first-degree wanton endangerment,...