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The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced that one lane of northbound Interstate 75 in Campbell County will be opened to traffic Thursday morning. According to TDOT officials traffic near the 142-mile marker will be reduced to one lane as workers continue repairs to...

A Whitley County school bus driver has been fired after an 11-year-old autistic boy was left alone on a school bus on March 15 for over five hours. “District policy mandates that the bus driver walk to the back of the bus after each run to check for any students remaining...

An effort to provide free saliva-based drug testing kits to parents at various locations in Whitley County has been delayed. The “Give Me A Reason” drug prevention initiative is a voluntary drug-testing program through the Appalachian High Intensity Drug Trafficking...

A Whitley County community forum is planned for Thursday afternoon in Williamsburg to update local residents on what has happened with the Promise Zone over the last 12 months. Promise Zone Coordinator Sandi Curd will also give an give a review during the forum about the...

A Williamsburg man is facing an array of sexual assault related charges after being indicted by a Whitley County Grand Jury Monday morning. The Whitley County Grand Jury indicted Stanley Rains, 45, of Highway 904, for first-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree...

Whitley County sheriff’s deputies seized cash, marijuana, Suboxone films and drug paraphernalia while executing a pair of search warrants in the Savoy and Saxton communities Saturday evening. Detective Derek Eubanks obtained the search warrants following an investigation...

Over 2,800 Easter eggs will be hidden in Briar Creek Park waiting for local youngsters ages 10 and under to find Saturday as part of the Sixth Annual Williamsburg Community Easter Egg Hunt, which will take place starting at 1 p.m. The children will be divided up into three...

One of over 100 uneven areas on downtown Corbin’s sidewalks that will be fixed. Sidewalks on three of Corbin’s main downtown streets have over 100 “trip hazards,” and the city’s leaders voted Monday to do something about them. During the regular monthly meeting of t...

A fiery single vehicle crash Friday evening near Siler claimed the life of a Bell County woman, and alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor, according to the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department. Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley pronounced Sharon F. Mills, 54, of...

John Massey A former Williamsburg volunteer assistant football coach, who pleaded guilty late last year to fooling around with a 16-year-old female student, has a new residence at the Whitley County Detention Center for the next 12 months. Whitley Circuit Judge Paul Winchester...