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A Williamsburg man currently serving a 60-year sentence for his role in a 2019 murder and his mother have each pleaded guilty to multiple charges in connection to an attempt to smuggle drugs into the Whitley County Detention Center last year. Read this story and more for just...

The new body scanner at Whitley County Detention Center is now fully operational and being put to use. The full body scanner system was purchased in March following approval by the Whitley County Fiscal Court to help keep the jail more secure by preventing contraband and other...

A Williamsburg man was arrested Wednesday night after state police reported finding him passed out in the middle of a north Corbin street and discovered methamphetamine hidden in his pants as he was processed into the detention center. William Hall, 34, is facing charges of...

Four Whitley County jail inmates, one inmate’s mother and another’s girlfriend are all facing drug trafficking and promoting contraband charges after deputy jailers found an extremely potent form of crystal methamphetamine, which is also known as “ice,” hidden in a package of...

A Corbin man initially charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, is facing a felony charge of promoting contraband after Laurel County jail staff found a large knife, drugs and paraphernalia and a file hidden on his person Sunday afternoon. Thirty-nine-year-old...

The mother and the wife of a Whitley County Detention Center inmate allegedly met a woman at the bottom of the hill in front of the jail earlier this month to pick up pills to be delivered to an inmate at the jail, according to testimony Monday morning from Whitley County Jailer...

Williamsburg police say a man, who was ministering to inmates at the Whitley County Detention Center, allegedly smuggled drugs, tobacco and other items Thursday to his son, who is an inmate at the jail. So far, Williamsburg police have charged a total of six people in connection...