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Fifth suspect wanted in connection with Friday drug bust captured Tuesday

Williamsburg Police officers recovered nearly one pound of suspected methamphetamine, a small quantity of heroin, a large amount of cash and drug paraphernalia on Lick Fork Road in eastern Whitley County Friday morning, and arrested four people at the scene on drug trafficking...
Posted On 09 Mar 2022

Deputies find meth, heroin while arresting W’burg woman

A Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy seized methamphetamine and heroin while arresting a Williamsburg woman Friday afternoon on an unrelated offense. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a...
Posted On 10 Feb 2022

Sheriff’s deputies find drugs, cash hidden inside stuffed animal

Police seized drugs and cash from inside a stuffed animal while executing a recent search warrant in eastern Whitley County. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us
Posted On 26 Jan 2022

W’burg Police arrest two women stopped with heroin, 5-year-old in car

Williamsburg Police arrested two women last week after a traffic stop for a suspect DUI that turned up heroin and a five-year old in the back seat. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a...

Heroin arrest made in north Corbin Sunday

A complaint about an intoxicated female outside of a north Corbin business Sunday night resulted in the arrest of a Tennessee woman on charges of possession of heroin and methamphetamine. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer,...

Deputies seize about three pounds of suspected meth at southern Laurel Co. motel

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies seized about three pounds of suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl, opium and heroin at a motel in southern Laurel County during an investigation earlier this month, according to a Laurel County Sheriff’s Department release. Deputies, who were...
Posted On 22 Dec 2021

Welfare check in Woodbine results in heroin arrest

A welfare check Wednesday night led to the discovery of heroin and drug paraphernalia at a Woodbine area residence that was home to two small children. Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Tommy Dotson, 25, of Corbin on charges of first-degree possession of a controlled...

Betty West Road drug investigation leads to arrest

A Pine Knot man remains incarcerated in the Whitley County Detention Center and Williamsburg police are looking for two other suspects in connection with an Oct. 13 search warrant that was executed at a residence on Betty West Road in the Red Bird community, according to a...
Posted On 22 Oct 2021

Jellico Police respond to three separate incidences involving heroin

The Jellico Police Department is cracking down on illegal drug substances in the area. Officers with the department worked three separate drug-related incidences in the span of several days. Two of the cases were worked in part by a former Scott County deputy sheriff. After 45...

Tenn. pair held for criminal littering, drug trafficking

A pair of Tennessee men are charged with drug trafficking and littering following a routine traffic stop in southern Whitley County Saturday evening. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a...
Posted On 21 Jul 2021