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A Laurel County man was airlifted to the University of Kentucky after he was hit by an SUV on U.S. 25 near Hunter Hills Elementary School Wednesday night. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert, Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, identified the man as 55-year-old...

A Corbin man is facing an assault charge for allegedly hitting another man in the head with a rock Thursday night. Twenty-year-old Jesse Robinson was arrested outside the residence on Chips Lane off of Willie Green Road west of London. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert...

Adam Childress is accused of murder after allegedly getting drunk at the VFW in Williamsburg and running over a man on a sidewalk. The case has sparked various litigation. A case involving the death of a Williamsburg man, who was run over on a sidewalk in April by a man who had...

Upon learning Tuesday that he will spend one year in jail, a Paducah man told District Court Judge Cathy Prewitt that he doesn’t recall pleading guilty to charges that exposed himself to two Corbin Middle School employees last month. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

Brandon Byrd A former Whitley County E-911 dispatcher, who resigned following allegations that he allegedly shoplifted items from the Williamsburg IGA in late June, has reached a plea deal that will allow him to have his charges dismissed in six months. During a court hearing...

Former University of the Cumberlands President Dr. James Taylor. The University of the Cumberlands is vehemently opposing a request by its former president, Dr. James Taylor, for an injunction to force the university to continue to pay Taylor and his wife, Dinah Taylor, nearly...

Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Kirk Mays Editor’s note: In the printed edition of the News Journal on August 3, the name of Mays’ ex-girlfriend, who secured the initial EPO in Whitley County, was misidentified. She should have been identified as Courtney...

The murder and assault case against a Williamsburg woman who was allegedly driving under the influence when she hit two pedestrians on Ky. 895 in Canadatown on July 25 will be presented to a Whitley County grand jury in September. Whitley District Court Cathy Prewitt found...

A two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon injured seven people and resulted in three people being flown out by emergency medical helicopter to Knoxville. The accident happened about 3:30 p.m. on US25 North near the intersection of Highway 204 West. When Whitley County Sheriff’s...

Production at CTA Acoustics in Corbin was halted late Tuesday morning when a fire broke out in the machinery in the south end of the facility. Corbin firefighters were called to the scene at 11:50 a.m. Corbin Fire Captain Doug Brock said the fire was inside the blend roller in...