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Heavy rainfall Thursday evening and throughout the night left many areas with the threat of rising water, which kept local first responders busy. Despite the handful of incidents, however, no injuries have been reported. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses...

Thanks in part to the efforts of a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy, an injured missing person was recently found safe. On Aug. 17, Deputy Caleb Hester responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle off Highway 90 that had been parked along an old dirt road for two days. When...

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...

A leaking 30-gallon container of Ridorust Preventor was the cause of a chemical leak in a Old Dominion tractor trailer Thursday evening in Williamsburg according to the Williamsburg Fire Department. The chemical is a corrosive, acidic, organic propanetricarboxylic acid, said...

A pair of Williamsburg police officers and Whitley County’s emergency management director are being credited with saving an Emlyn woman’s life after was she trapped inside a burning house early Tuesday afternoon. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...