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Not too long after 46 patients and several staff members at First Christian Care Communities in Corbin tested positive for COVID-19 on June 26, positive COVID-19 tests involving the Whitley County Detention Center, Gail Fredericks School of Dance and Gymnastics and Central...

A dozen inmates at the Whitley County Detention Center are currently being quarantined after a former employee, who worked for a vendor at the facility, tested positive for COVID-19. “While no other employees from this vendor, deputies or inmates are currently showing any signs...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Corbin man Saturday night after responding to a complaint of an intoxicated individual who was running around naked. Walter L. Harrison, 64, is facing charges of second-degree indecent exposure, third-degree terroristic threatening,...

A traffic stop for driving in reverse on a road in Corbin Monday night, resulted in the driver being arrested for felony DUI and trafficking in methamphetamine. Dale A. Madden, 39, of Corbin, was arrested at approximately 8:30 p.m. after Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies...

For once, police gave in to a suspect’s demands, handcuffing and hauling a Corbin woman to the Whitley County Detention Center after she demanded that she be arrested early Saturday morning. Corbin Police arrest Emily Suzanne French, 31, at her apartment on West Seventh Street at...

(Clarification: In the April 1, 2020, print edition of the News Journal, this story carried the headline, “Sheriff, Jailer at odds over arrest of five people Friday.” During a joint call with the News Journal Wednesday morning, Sheriff Todd Shelley and Jailer Brian...

A traffic stop for failure to stop at a stop sign led to a Williamsburg man facing a felony DUI charge. On March 10, Stephen Schwartz, 45, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs – fourth or greater offense, a Class D felony under Kentucky law. Kentucky...

Whitley Intermediate, Middle and High Schools have undergone a disinfecting treatment before students return to class on Tuesday. Whitley County Detention Center inmates were working at the middle and high schools, while a group of college students from the University of the...

A Whitley County Detention Center inmate, who walked away from a work release detail on June 6, was captured Thursday morning hiding under a trailer in eastern Whitley County. Whitley County Sheriff Todd Shelley said that Jeremy Lynn, 26, of Williamsburg, was captured shortly...

UPDATE: Inmate identified as Williamsburg man. Whitley County Jailer Brian Lawson has identified the inmate who ran off from a work release detail as Jeremy Lynn, 26, of Williamsburg. Lynn was part of a crew picking up trash on Ky. 1804 when he fled at approximately 3:10 p.m....