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Unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between March 2022 and April 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley County’s...
Posted On 11 Jun 2022

Laurel County Constable takes over days after election win

Less than a week after unseating the incumbent Laurel County District 6 Constable, the constable-elect has hit the ground running after taking over the position early due to an unexpected resignation. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...

Louisville woman indicted for deadly 2020 crash

A Louisville woman involved in a November 2020 two-vehicle fatality crash was indicted Friday by a Laurel County grand jury. Jessica E. Chambers, 32, was named in a single count indictment for charges that allegedly occurred November, 10, 2020. The lone count of the indictment...

Local unemployment rates see little change from February – March

Unemployment rates stayed largely the same in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between February 2022 and March 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County...
Posted On 21 May 2022

Woman indicted in murder of London businessman

A woman accused of fatally shooting a London businessman in September 2021 was indicted by a Laurel County grand jury Friday. Victoria T. Strelsky, 49, of London, was named in a three-count indictment for charges that occurred September 24, 2021 when she allegedly killed Bryan...

Agents seize over $2 million, more than 10,000 diverted Oxycodone pills

Investigators from the DEA Criminal Diversion Group, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, the Barbourville Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Manchester Police Department arrested 12 people, and seized approximately 10,000 diverted oxycodone pills and...
Posted On 12 May 2022
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Upper Cumberland Community Foundation to participate in Kentucky Gives Day

Nonprofit organizations from across the commonwealth will participate in the 10th Annual Kentucky Gives Day on Tuesday, May 10. The campaign will provide participating charities the opportunity to raise as much money as possible from midnight through 11:59 p.m. – all through a...
Posted On 09 May 2022
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February unemployment rates drop in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties

Unemployment rates decreased in Whitley, Laurel, Knox, Bell and McCreary counties between January 2022 and February 2022, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. Whitley County Whitley...
Posted On 22 Apr 2022

County namesake William Whitley used in identity theft scam according to indictment

A Keavy man was indicted Friday in Laurel County for allegedly using the name of pioneer and county namesake William Whitley in an identity theft scam. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not...

Laurel County Sheriff’s Department offering women’s self defense course

Area women are invited to the London-Laurel County Rescue Squad building on April 16 for self-defense class presented by the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department. The class is open to women ages 14 and up and will be conducted by Special Deputy Elizabeth Sparks. The class will...