Earlier this year, the Whitley County Fiscal Court opted not to increase the judge-executive and jailer's salaries as mandated by the state because of the county's financial woes.

Police and firefighters had to rescue the rescuers late Monday evening after a boat, which was searching for a possible drowning victim, broke down in the Cumberland River.

A spark from a welding torch is being blamed for a fire that damaged C&H Storage on Ky. 26 and destroyed the contents.
Firefighters were called to the scene across from Whitley Gardens about 3:30 p.m. to battle the fire sparked by a welding torch someone was ...

A dispute over taxes and laws regarding board appointments currently has county leaders pitted against the county's library board - a dispute where both sides appear entrenched with no easy resolution in sight.

While most kids are swimming at the pool, on vacation or inside playing video games, 20 kids, ranging from second grade to sixth, are taking a week off of their summer break to sharpen up on their archery skills.

 Travis Lee Wilson has been arrested and charged in connection with the armed robbery of the Circle K on Falls Hwy. Monday night.

Though they can't follow the $1,440 in cash that was taken during the robbery at the Circle K on Falls Highway Monday night, Whitley County Sheriff's Deputies were able to follow the four lottery tickets he took when the robber tried to cash the winning ticket(s) at the...

Corbin city officials are turning up the heat on one of the towns largest businesses to clean up a portion of its property in a highly visible area of downtown.

James Murray of Knoxville, Tenn., who claims he was kicked to the ground by Kentucky State Police Trooper Fred Pennington and then hauled off to the Laurel County Jail with broken ribs where he was left to languish for 11 hours without medical treatment despite his repeated...

A Corbin man died over the weekend from injuries he suffered in a head-on crash on US 25 in southern Laurel County, and police investigating the accident suspect drug use may have been a contributing factor.

A lightening strike is being blamed for a fire that gutted a home on Spring Cut Road in Lily Thursday night.
Lily Firefighters were called to the home at the corner of Spring Cut Road and Southern Magnolia Road about 5 p.m.

On Sunday June 5, 2011 at approximately 12:43 AM, a joint investigation by the Two Rivers Drug Task Force and Kentucky State Police, led officers to a residence located on KY 1223 south in southern Laurel County.

More than 250 rubber ducks took to the lazy river at Kentucky Splash Water Park Saturday in the fourth annual race to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Margaret Thomas and Ellen Powers are friends who have one big thing in common.

Paul D. Jackson may have headbutted, tackled and beat his friend, Jimmy Cox in a dispute over money, but Cox didn't hold a grudge as he agreed to a motion at Jackson's preliminary hearing Tuesday to dismiss the assault charge.

The last of six defendants accused of conspiring to organize and operate a motor vehicle "chop shop" in Laurel County in 2008-09 was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court by Judge Amul Thapar.

About 50 people attended a Whitley County UNITE Coalition forum Monday evening to discuss the impact of Kentucky's new 150-page penal code reform act, and whether the pros of the new law outweigh the cons of it.

A Corbin man is dead following a gruesome late-night motorcycle crash at I-75 Exit 29 Saturday.

The area's most senior Circuit Judge died Friday at a Corbin hospital following a prolonged battle with stomach cancer, and friends and colleagues are remembering him this week as a kind, patient man who loved his family, supported his community, and showed uncommon ...

Just a day after she escaped her burning mobile home in Rockholds, by jumping out a window, Mary Hambrick sat in the living room of her mother-in-law's trailer some 30 yards behind the still smoldering rubble and wondered about her future.