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A Golden Alert D, which was issued in Whitley County last week, ended in tragedy Saturday. 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 Member? Join Us

The search for a missing Whitley County man continues three days after he was last seen. Darrell Carter, of Rockholds, allegedly entered a wooded area near Gail Hart Road in search of snake weed on Sunday and did not return home. Carter was reported missing shortly after the time...

Whitley County Emergency Management is working with Mountain Outreach and several local churches to collect items to help the people of western Kentucky affect by the tornadoes and severe storms last Friday and Saturday. Grace Christian Fellowship, Mountain Ash Baptist Church and...

First responders had a busy couple of days, particularly in southern Whitley County Sunday afternoon and Monday, rescuing individuals trapped either inside residences by high water or in vehicles that had become stuck in high water. Photos by Whitley County Emergency Management...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department and Whitley County Coroner’ Office are conducting a death investigation regarding a deceased victim, whose body was pulled from the 500 block of the Upper Briar Creek area Friday morning. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today,...

After nearly 80 hours of searching, the body of a Hazard man was recovered Friday morning from the Laurel River below the Laurel Lake dam. Woodbine Search and Rescue, along with other first responders had been searching for 22-year-old Tyler Russell since Saturday night when he...

Law enforcement and emergency personnel in Whitley County are searching the Rockholds community for a runaway teen girl. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said the 16-year-old was last seen at her home on Underwood Cemetery Road, off of Ky. 26, at...

Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonas Saunders and Emergency Management Director Danny Moses led an effort Tuesday night to rescue a woman trapped on a tree branch in the swollen Cumberland River outside of Williamsburg. “He deserves just about all of the credit,” Moses said of...

The search for a missing Knox County man will continue Monday night. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said emergency personnel plan to use sonar to check the flooded areas near the intersection of Ky. 779 and Ky. 11 in eastern Whitley County as they...

Kentucky State Police are searching for a missing Woodbine man who failed to show up for work Thursday night after leaving his home. Trooper Shane Jacobs, public affairs officer at Post 10 in Harlan, identified the missing man as Ronnie Bryant, 74. Bryant left his residence on...