The first working day of the New Year saw 14 people filing to run for elected offices in Whitley County, including 11 non-incumbents seeking offices ranging from jailer to magistrate and constable. In

Whitley County's representative in the Kentucky House of Representatives said it's high time Cumberland Falls State Resort Park was home to an 18-hole golf course and he said he's going to push during

For better or worse, 2005 marked a year of change in Whitley County. It was a time that saw the implementation of a payroll tax and the subsequent fight over how it would be divided, and a year that s

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge concerning accusations that he allegedly threatened to arrest and assaulted an EMT answering a call at the Whitley

The owner of a southern Laurel County pornography store has agreed to never reopen it in exchange for leniency in regards to criminal charges against him. Steve Hale, owner of The Adult Depot, pleaded

The political reality is that most of the time when a fiscal court passes a payroll tax, like Whitley County's did last year, the fiscal court members that voted for the tax usually have a hard time g

A Williamsburg man might still be alive had he been wearing his seatbelt during a Friday afternoon crash, police say. Troy L.

Whitley County Detention Center staff charged a dozen inmates over the holiday weekend with either promoting contraband or criminal mischief following various searches at the jail. Chief Deputy Jailer

It's time to sit back and enjoy basketball at its finest...the 19th Annual Cumberland Falls Invitational Basketball Tournament. This year's tournament promises to be one of the best ever.

The 19th Annual Cumberland Falls Invitational may have one of its strongest fields ever according to tournament director, Terry Jo Martin. "I think this is one of the strongest fields that we have had

A local business owner died from injuries suffered in an oil tanker crash early Sunday morning near Corbin. Glenn Bennett, 48, of Gray, owner of Bennett Oil Company, was pronounced dead at the Univers

Owners of a Corbin shopping center and a nearby apartment complex have been asked by state and local authorities to clean up a wooded area littered with old tires, shopping carts, bikes and other tras

The miracle of Christmas came just a little earlier than expected for Anna Litteral and her daughter Michelle Brock. Brock, who is in the advanced stages of Huntington's Disease, has lost almost total

It only took a McCreary County circuit court jury about 15 minutes Friday afternoon to convict a former Whitley County Jail inmate in a scheme to cash checks, which were stolen from the Whitley County

In one capacity or another, Mike Patrick has served in public office for the last 16 years either as jailer or judge-executive.

Mr. Gary Carrier of Nashville and Ms. Beth Carrier of Corbin announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Janet Rebekah, to Caleb Rudolph Brock. Caleb is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.R.

Whitley County Judge-Executive Mike Patrick will be going from having people in one county asking him to blacktop their roads, to having people in about 40 counties making similar requests.Patrick mad

Mr. and Mrs. Gary and Carol Sulfridge, along with Mr. and Mrs. David and Brenda Jackson, would like to announce the upcoming marriage of their children, Miss Holly Christine Sulfridge to Mr.

A Corbin juvenile was assaulted at a local nightclub over the weekend, and police expect to arrest his attacker soon. Sixteen-year-old Derreck Gilreath, of Corbin, suffered a three-inch laceration to

I am, and have always been a Tubby Smith fan.