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Askins pleads in vehicular homicide case, getting 25 year prison sentence

A Williamsburg woman opted to take a plea agreement Wednesday morning that calls for her to receive a 25-year prison sentence rather than stand trial for murder in connection with a fatal July 2016 traffic crash that killed Teresa Bennett. Sonia Askins, 47, was scheduled to be...
Posted On 21 Feb 2018

Burke pleads guilty to stealing from school district, KASBO

Rather than stand trial, a former chief financial officer for the Whitley County Board of Education pleaded guilty Monday morning to stealing from the school district and the Kentucky Association of School Business Officials (KASBO). Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 26 Jan 2018

Corbin attorney pleads guilty to DUI

A local defense attorney arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in May has pleaded guilty to the charge. Thirty-four-year-old Burley “B.J.” Foley, who had been arrested May 31 following a traffic stop in London, pleaded guilty to one count of operating a motor...
Posted On 19 Jul 2017