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Keavy man facing felony charges after Corbin police chase

Corbin police have charged a Keavy man with felony fleeing or evading police and 10 other offenses in connection with a vehicle pursuit that started late Saturday morning and involved the suspect allegedly waving a gun during the chase, according to an arrest citation and a...
Posted On 06 Mar 2024

WPD, ATF investigation leads to man’s 114-month federal prison sentence

A Lexington man, who was recently sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison on a firearm possession charge, has a history of multiple felony assault convictions or pleas in Whitley County going back to 2008. Matthew Thomas recently received a 114-month federal prison...
Posted On 21 Feb 2024

Paul arrested on charges of strangulation, firearm possession by a convicted felon

A Williamsburg man is facing charges of strangulation and firearm possession by a convicted felon in connection with a recent domestic altercation. 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 14 Sep 2023

Gray man wanted in three counties arrested

A Gray man, who was wanted in three counties, remains behind bars after being captured recently by the Knox County Sheriff’s Department. On April 11, Sheriff Mike Smith arrested Ryan Joseph “Opie” Taylor, 28, at a residence on Lynn Camp Hollow Road in Gray. He had been avoiding...
Posted On 19 Apr 2023

Man accused of stabbing ex-girlfriend 22 times indicted twice

A Whitley County Grand Jury handed down two separate indictments Monday against a Williamsburg man, who was first accused of shooting at a residence with an ex-girlfriend inside on Feb. 18 and then later that day breaking into a home with her inside and stabbing her 22 times....
Posted On 22 Mar 2023

Nashville man convicted in drug case involving pursuit in Corbin

A federal jury in London convicted a Nashville man Thursday, who led Knox County (Kentucky) sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase through the residential streets of Corbin in 2018. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...
Posted On 03 Aug 2022

Anderson gets five years for firearm possession, meth

A felon with a prior felony homicide conviction recently received a total of five years in prison for possessing a handgun and methamphetamine during separate 2021 incidents. James Allen Anderson, 47, who was originally indicted for possession of a handgun by a convicted felon,...
Posted On 21 Jul 2022

Veach gets five years for being convicted felon possessing guns

A Newcomb, Tennessee, man was recently sentenced to five years in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of illegal firearms. Jason B. Veach, 41, pleaded guilty during the later portion of 2020 in Whitley Circuit Court to one count of possession of hand gun by a...
Posted On 03 Apr 2021

Lily man leads police of ATV chase through yards, crashes vehicle into tree

A Lily man is behind bars after leading police on a chase on an ATV where he went through several residential yards before crashing the vehicle and then fleeing police on foot Saturday. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Brent France arrested Randy T. Cunnagin, 36, charging him with...
Posted On 30 Nov 2020

Convicted felon gets seven years on gun charges; could be out in four months

A former Ohio resident, who is a convicted felon now living in Arizona, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being caught with five firearms last summer in Whitley County. Bryon E. Kilgore, 60, formerly of Mansfield, Ohio, pled guilty in September to two counts of...
Posted On 28 Dec 2018
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