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EXTRA CONTENT: Documents reveal brutality claim settled on behalf of county for $140,000; video of incident released

An insurer for the Whitley County Fiscal Court paid a local man $140,000 to settle claims he made against three Whitley County Sheriff's deputies that they "savagely" beat him during a traffic stop in early May, according to documents obtained by the News Journal...

Whitley County HS senior fighting for her life after Monday crash in Corbin

A popular Whitley County High School student is fighting for her life after receiving life-threatening injuries Monday night in a three-vehicle collision on the Corbin Bypass. She is currently being treated at a Lexington hospital.

Williamsburg Shop-With-A-Cop helps makes Christmas brighter for 180 local children

For parents or grandparents, raising children can be a difficult and expensive thing, especially at Christmas time.

Posted On 19 Dec 2012

Gregory wins special election for 16th District State Senate seat

A Republican has held onto the seat that former Kentucky Senate President David Williams vacated earlier this fall in order to accept an appointment as a circuit judge.

Posted On 19 Dec 2012

Federal jury sides with Williamsburg police officer over Jellico woman’s brutality claim

After almost three hours of deliberations Thursday a jury found that Williamsburg Police Officer did not violated Kimberly Perkins' civil rights, nor did he assault or batter her, or inflict undue emotional distress upon her when he arrested her outside the Days...

Local police round up suspected drug dealers in Operation Christmas Spirit Thursday

About 20 law enforcement officers from agencies across Whitley County hit the streets before dawn Thursday morning to round-up about two-dozen suspected drug dealers as part of Operation Christmas Spirit.

Posted On 13 Dec 2012

Local residents snared in Knox drug roundup

Four Corbin residents and one Gray man were among eight drug-trafficking arrests Knox County Sheriff's deputies made Tuesday morning.

Rumor of gunman sparks lockdown at Lynn Camp High School

Knox County Sheriff's deputies moving through the Gray area during Tuesday morning's drug roundup appears to have been the cause of rumors that the Gray Post Office had been robbed.

Posted On 13 Dec 2012
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Popular local radio personality, former PRIDE Director dies Monday; memorial service planned for Thursday

A popular local radio personality, and pioneer of a program created to tackle environmental problems in southern and eastern Kentucky, passed away Monday following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Civil trial set to begin today over Williamsburg police brutality claim

More than three years after it was initially filed, a Jellico, Tenn. woman's police brutality lawsuit against Williamsburg Police and the Whitley County Detention Center is scheduled to go to trial in federal court, today.