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Rose, Brown, Nantz graduate from KSP police academy

A pair of Corbin residents and a Gray man are among the 51 cadets, who recently graduated from the Kentucky State Police’s training academy, and are now ready to report for duty across the commonwealth. Cadet Class 103 graduates increase the number of KSP troopers protecting...
Posted On 29 Aug 2023
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KSP investigating double fatality in Gray early Friday evening

Kentucky State Police responded to the scene of a single vehicle double fatality in the Gray community of Knox County early Friday evening. A pickup truck left the roadway and struck a tree before catching fire. The northbound lanes of US25E are shut down and an alternate route...
Posted On 11 Aug 2023
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Update: Saturday fatality victim identified as Corbin woman

A Saturday afternoon traffic accident claimed the life of a Corbin woman. The two-vehicle crash happened about 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of US25W and Falls Creek Road in Whitley County. Charles L. Robinson, 68, of Corbin was driving a 2012 white Jeep Patriot that pulled out...
Posted On 06 Aug 2023

Police investigating fatal crash on Cumberland Falls Highway Saturday

Kentucky State Police and the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department responded to a fatal collision near the intersection of KY 90 and US25W (Cumberland Falls Highway) Saturday afternoon. The sheriff’s department announced about 5 p.m. that the road was closed due to the...
Posted On 05 Aug 2023
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Update: New York man leads several police agencies on chase from W’burg to Berea

(Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional information since it was first posted on July 6). A New York man is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center after allegedly leading police officers from several agencies on a three-county pursuit late...
Posted On 06 Jul 2023

Preliminary hearing held for three Pine Knot men charged with murder

A preliminary hearing was held Monday morning for three Pine Knot men accused of killing Roscoe Garland, another Pine Knot man, and burying his body in the woods off a service road in Whitley County. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...

Update: Documents show additional details of Roscoe Garland’s demise

A trio of Pine Knot residents are each being held in jail in lieu of separate $500,000 cash bonds in connection to the slaying of another McCreary County man, whose skeletal remains were found in Whitley County last week. Roscoe Bryant, Broderick Taylor and Joe Bryant are all...
Posted On 03 May 2023

86-year-old Williamsburg man killed in Thursday crash

A motor vehicle crash late Thursday morning claimed the life of a Williamsburg man. About 11:30 a.m., Kentucky State Police from Post 11 in London responded to the two-vehicle collision, which occurred at the intersection of US25W (Cumberland Falls Highway) and Angel Road in...
Posted On 28 Apr 2023
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Update: KSP arrests third person in connection with skeletal remains found in Whitley County

Kentucky State Police have arrested a third Pine Knot man in connection with the killing of a missing McCreary County man, who was found deceased late Tuesday afternoon in Whitley County. Roscoe Bryant is the third person charged with murder in the death of Roscoe Garland. Read...
Posted On 28 Apr 2023

Fatal traffic collision being investigated in Whitley Co.

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday that a traffic collision on US 25W has resulted in loss of life.