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Pit bull owner will likely face charge related to attack

Criminal charges against the owners of a pit bull that attacked a Whitley County woman in March appear imminent, and one county official says the issue of aggressive dogs running loose is being...

Defunct Williamsburg pet treat plant to be sold at auction

It remains to be seen whether the sale of a now defunct Williamsburg pet food maker's plant will be enough to pay off court judgments and liens against the company.

Posted On 08 Apr 2015

Lynn Camp High School evacuated Tuesday for smoke in hallways

More than 60 students were forced to evacuate Lynn Camp Middle/High School Monday afternoon when smoke was reported in a hallway.

Former WCHS Principal, under investigation, plans to retire

Former Whitley County High School Principal Alan Sweet, who is currently the subject of a police investigation, won't be with the school system for much longer and is no longer appealing his demotion as school principal.

Posted On 01 Apr 2015

Corbin Preschool employee indicted for abusing student

An instructional monitor at the Corbin Preschool Center has been indicted for allegedly abusing a student.

Police seek leads in rash of trailer thefts

Corbin Police and the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s help to find the individual(s) involved in a series of trailer thefts across the area.

Family needs new mower to tend to veteran’s grave

Over the last four years, Jody Tonkin and her family have visited Wells Cemetery in Keavy at least once a week to mow, trim and sweep the graves, including the one belonging to her son, Marine Lance Cpt. Timothy Matthew Jackson, who was killed by an improvised explosive ...

Posted On 01 Apr 2015
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Corbin physician gets 22 months in federal prison for firearms charges

 The good news for Corbin physician Nikhil Parulekar is that Federal Judge Amul Thapar agreed that he did not have 17 firearms in his possession including a loaded handgun police found in his vehicle as part of a drug dealing operation, reducing the sentencing range for...

KCEOC bus driver hailed as hero in avoiding potentially serious accident

  A KCEOC school bus carrying six pre-schoolers and a bus monitor slipped off Johnson Hollow Road in Gray Wednesday morning enroute to the Gray/Wilton Child Development Center.

Posted On 26 Mar 2015
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Williamsburg man dies following altercation with police Sunday

Editor's Note: An incorrect photo appeared in the print edition of this story. The photo above is the correct photo of the Jeffery Jackson referenced in this article. The News Journal apologizes for the error.

A Williamsburg man, who was...

Posted On 25 Mar 2015
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