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Gov. Beshear announces new Whitley County Welcome Center open to visitors

Governor Andy Beshear today announced the official grand opening of a new welcome center in southeastern Kentucky located at mile marker 1.5 in Whitley County off I-75 North. In response to the spread of COVID-19, federal and state public health officials advised that travel...

I-75 Welcome Center in Whitley County closed until 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 30

The welcome center in Whitley County on I-75 northbound at mile marker one near the Tennessee line will be closed today until 4 p.m. The closure is necessary for maintenance operations. Mobile message boards will be installed to alert motorists of the closure. The date, time, and...
Posted On 29 Apr 2019

Golden Alert issued for missing Ohio man

A Golden Alert has been issued for an Ohio man, who went missing at the Kentucky Welcome Center off I-75 early Tuesday morning. Randall Alan Walker, 54, disappeared about 3 a.m. at the northbound rest area near the Kentucky/Tennessee line. Walker has bi-polar symptoms when off...
Posted On 24 Jan 2017