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Rockholds woman charged with running from police

A Rockholds woman and her boyfriend were arrested Thursday night when her attempt to keep them from going to jail by fleeing the scene of a traffic stop ended when the car got stuck in a ditch. Ramey Calloway Kentucky State Police arrested 24-year-old Brandi Calloway, 18-year-old...

Report of passed out driver leads to drug arrest

A Williamsburg man, who was found allegedly passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle late last Wednesday evening, is still in jail facing felony drug possession charges. Everett Leland Young, 44, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Thursday afternoon to two counts of...
Posted On 17 Mar 2016

Man arrested after 3-mile police chase

A Williamsburg man, who allegedly fled from police on March 16 in a vehicle going 100 mph on Ky. 26, pleaded guilty to amended charges Monday morning. Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird initially charged Shannon D. Bunch, 26, with first-degree fleeing or evading police,...
Posted On 17 Mar 2016

Corbin man arrested in connection with Gatti’s burglaries

Corbin Police arrested a Corbin man Wednesday that they have been searching for in connection with two burglaries at Gatti’s Pizza on consecutive nights in early March. According to Corbin Police Major Rob Jones, the department’s public affairs officer, officers received a tip...

Fiscal court OKs $3 water tax for 911

Pat White Jr., Whitley County Judge-Executive 911 fees will never completely cover the cost of Whitley County E911, but the Whitley County Fiscal Court is looking to the water in the hopes of decreasing the portion of the budget shortfall that has to be covered out of t...

Escapees caught after police chase

Two inmates are being held in the Clinton County, Tennessee Jail where they arrested after escaping from a work detail at the state highway garage in Williamsburg Monday. 23-year-old Justin G. Jaynes and 24-year-old Michael I. Mayes reportedly drove off in a pickup truck about 3...
Posted On 16 Mar 2016

Fuson no longer chief deputy

K.Y. Fuson The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department now has one fewer officer, its former chief deputy, but no one is saying publicly why he is no longer with the agency. Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell confirmed Monday afternoon that K.Y. Fuson, who had served as chief...
Posted On 16 Mar 2016

Water search suspended for missing man

Emergency officials have suspended dragging operations in the Clear Fork River for a Williamsburg man, who a Golden Alert was issued for on March 7. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said Saturday morning that efforts to search the river, which started...
Posted On 16 Mar 2016

1 of 2 charges dismissed against Hall

A Corbin man, who recently had three felony cases against him dismissed with prejudice, got some good news and some bad news during a hearing Monday afternoon in Whitley District Court. The good news for Tristan Hall, 32, was that prosecutors agreed to dismiss a 2015 harassing...
Posted On 16 Mar 2016

Woman accused of theft from hospital

Corbin Police say a Williamsburg woman was under the influence of drugs when hospital security caught her attempting to steal supplies, bedding and a digital thermometer from her hospital room Friday morning. Twenty-eight-year-old Tara Sasser is facing charges of theft by...