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A Williamsburg woman allegedly tried to pay a Whitley County deputy jailer $150 to smuggle drugs and tobacco to her son in the Whitley County Detention Center Saturday evening. Unknown to her, the deputy jailer had reported the bribery attempt to his boss and Whitley County...

The Whitley County Detention Center should soon be more secure in regard to keeping illegal items from entering the facility. As part of a project spearheaded by Whitley County Jailer Jason Wilson, the Whitley County Fiscal Court awarded a bid during their regular monthly meeting...

A Chattanooga man escaped from the Whitley County Detention Center Sunday afternoon but was recaptured less than two hours later thanks in part to a Williamsburg Police Department drone. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...

Family members of a Whitley County man, who died while in custody at the Whitley County Detention Center in September, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against Whitley County and several individuals working at the jail. Read this story and more for just $.99...

Update: As of 7:36 p.m. Tuesday, this Golden Alert was canceled as the subject was located by family in Pine Knot. Original Post Whitley County E-911 is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man. According to a release from E-911, Charles W. Pryor, 58, was last seen...

The cause of death for a Woodbine man who became unresponsive while being jailed at the Whitley County Detention Center likely still won’t be known for several weeks or longer. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login...

Charlie West (Story by Mark White and Trevor Sherman) Alcohol involvement is suspected and one person is behind bars in connection with an early Wednesday evening shooting, which took place on KY 1481 about five miles north of Williamsburg, according to an arrest citation and the...

More than 10 days after his arrest in Whitley County, a Louisville man continues to be held in the Whitley County Detention Center after being arrested for second-offense or more failure to comply with sex offender registration. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today,...

A Corbin man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend in May 2019 and eluding police for more than a month has had a motion filed on his behalf to dismiss the charges against him. Nicholas Rucker, 41, faces charges of murder, tampering with physical evidence and possession of a...

Williamsburg Police believe that a Whitley County Detention Center inmate faked a diabetic emergency Friday evening in order to lure three detention center staff into his cell so that a convicted killer and an accused killer could trap jail staff members inside the cell in order...