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Animal rescue involved in cruelty case previously took dogs from Knox/Whitley Animal Shelter

 A Laurel County animal rescue organization whose director has been charged with criminal abuse after state police found more than 130 neglected and abused dogs at its facilities Thursday, was one of the groups that has worked with in the past to find new homes for dogs...

Carpenter: Companies already interested in new Corbin spec building

Work to start production at the new Kowa manufacturing facility in Corbin is moving ahead of schedule, Corbin Economic Development Director Bruce Carpenter told the Williamsburg Kiwanis Club Thursday.

Posted On 16 Dec 2015

Williamsburg woman wins IKEA recipe contest, will be featured in Oprah Magazine

A Williamsburg woman is one of three grand prize winners in a contest sponsored by international home furnishings giant IKEA to celebrate how food connects people.

Three airlifted from chain-reaction crash on I-75 Monday

An initial wreck on Interstate 75 in Whitley County left a tractor-trailer truck driver shaken but uninjured when his truck ran off the road into the median and overturned, but a chain-reaction wreck resulted in two people being airlifted from the scene Monday morning.

Williamsburg homeless shelter now closed to everyone until renovations complete

One week after announcing they would no longer be accepting women, officials at the Williamsburg homeless shelter have announced the shelter will also be closed to men, but said all will be welcome back following some structural changes to the facility.

Man dies in downtown Corbin house fire Friday night

A local man died in a house fire in downtown Corbin Friday night, and authorities and neighbors think he may have had underlying medical conditions that contributed to his death.

The stories of two local men who received pardons from the governor

Thirty-six-year-old Anthony Cima, of Gray, had almost given up on finding gainful employment following his drug arrest in 2008.

Posted On 09 Dec 2015
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Two now in custody for severely beating, robbing UofC student

A University of the Cumberlands student had to undergo facial reconstruction surgery following a fight on campus Friday afternoon that sent two other men to jail on charges of assault and robbery.

Posted On 09 Dec 2015

Registered sex offender arrested for allegedly abusing pre-teen girl

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department arrested a registered sex offender Monday for allegedly sexually abusing a girl.
Deputy Jonas Saunders charged Arnold Lindquist, 73, of 220 Kenny Bug Road, Williamsburg, with first-degree sexual abuse.

Posted On 09 Dec 2015

Tennessee firm buys Pennington Block Company in Corbin

A Tennessee-based brick company has purchased Pennington Block Company in Corbin and will be producing products at the facility beginning next spring.