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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

Florida man pleads guilty to attempted murder of a police officer

A Florida man, who shot at police during a high speed-chase in a stolen vehicle in 2017, agreed to spend 25 years in a Kentucky prison Tuesday morning rather than stand trial in Whitley Circuit Court. Thomas Earl Reynolds lead police on a high-speed chase and shot at an officer...
Posted On 20 Oct 2021

Stolen gun report inadvertently leads police to meth

A report about a stolen gun early Saturday morning led authorities to the discovery of methamphetamine at a Williamsburg motel Sunday morning. About 3 a.m. Saturday, Whitley County Sheriff’s K-9 Deputy Brian Hensley responded to a report of a stolen handgun at a south US25W...
Posted On 22 Feb 2017