Cumberland Falls State Park will be missing two of its amenities, at least for 2016, as the swimming pool will remain closed and the Blair Conference Building has been condemned. Park Manager Roy Johnson said the pool is in need of a new liner, which will cost approximately...
Attorneys for a Williamsburg family, who sued the school district after their 16-year-old daughter was sexually abused by a Williamsburg assistant football coach in 2014, are asking a federal judge to reject an effort by the school district to add the victim’s mother as a...
After 45 years, officials with the Keavy Fire Department announced the department would no longer cover the portion of its district located in Whitley County. A joint letter from Letch Day, Chairman of the department’s Board of Directors, and Chief Richard Bales was sent to the...
Williamsburg’s 3,143 registered voters will get to decide on June 28 whether they want to allow expanded alcohol sales in the city. On Friday, Whitley County Clerk Kay Schwartz’s Office certified a 527-signature petition that Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison...
A Gray man died and a second man suffered serious injuries following a head-on collision on U.S. 25W near Oak Grove Elementary School Thursday morning. Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley identified the deceased as 36-year-old Willard Brown. According to Whitley County Sheriff’s...
A Lily man who allegedly rammed his truck into a Kentucky State Police cruiser as he attempted to elude police late Thursday night has been charged with first-degree assault on a police officer as Trooper Steve Walker was inside at the time. Twenty-year-old William T. Karr is...
Williamsburg Independent Schools will have soon have a new superintendent as the board voted unanimously Tuesday night to name current principal Dr. Amon Couch to replace Denny Byrd, who is retiring at the end of the year. The board met in executive session for approximately 50...
The estate of a Williamsburg man, who was allegedly run over and killed last week by a drunk driver who left the scene of the accident only to have another crash minutes later, is suing the alleged drunk driver and the VFW post where he allegedly got his alcohol. Margie Woodruff,...