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Whitley County man pleads guilty to kidnapping

A Corbin man, Douglas M. Edmonson, 38, pleaded guilty Thursday, before U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier, to kidnapping. According to the investigation and his guilty plea, Edmonson and his three co-defendants lured a victim to a location in Tennessee, using an unrelated party’s...
Posted On 27 Sep 2021

Federal prosecutors seeking death penalty against Daniel Nantz

Nine months after prosecutors began the process, U.S. attorneys filed paperwork declaring their intention to seek the death penalty again Daniel S. Nantz, who is accused of the 2019 kidnapping and murder of Geri D. Johnson that also resulted in the death of her unborn child....