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Whitley County may be getting an additional substance abuse recovery center. During its April regular meeting, the Whitley County Fiscal Court authorized Judge-Executive Pat White Jr. and County Attorney Bob Hammons to enter into an option agreement to purchase the old Nevisdale...

Got an old couch that you want to dispose of, but don’t want to make the trip to the landfill in Lily to get rid of it? Now you’re in luck. You can now take such items to the Whitley County Sanitation Transfer Station off Happy Hollow Road near Exit 11 and dispose of them for...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court unanimously approved Southeast Apparatus’s bid for new ambulances at its Jan. 18 meeting. Southeast Apparatus submitted the only bid for the new ambulance vehicles. The bid came in at $203,434 per ambulance. The Whitley County Fiscal Court will...

Whitley County Sanitation’s garbage service will now be able to a run more smoothly since the new transfer station is officially open and operational. Community leaders cut the ribbon on the transfer station located off Happy Hollow Road behind Wendy’s in Williamsburg on Jan. 12....

Did a deputy strike someone? Did a suspect take a swing at a deputy or threaten him? In the past, judges and juries have often been faced with deducing the truth based on how the two parties retell the story about what happened. Soon they will be able to have definitive,...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court has approved two budget amendments to allot for incentives paid to employees who worked during the pandemic on Oct. 19. The budget amendments were for the Whitley County Clerk’s Office and the Whitley County Sheriff’s Office. “There was some...

Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White told magistrates, “The county’s [tax] rate is remaining the same as it was last year on all items.” Representatives from three tax districts presented tax rates. Agriculture and Natural Resource Agent Stacy White from the Whitley County...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court received a clean audit from Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Mike Harmon. The report, which was released on Oct. 5, states, “The auditor noted no instances of noncompliance. The auditor also noted no matters involving internal control over...

The Whitley County Fiscal Court approved six bids for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) projects during its Aug. 17 meeting. The projects were a result of flooding in 2020. FEMA awards pay for approximately 87 percent of the cost of the repairs. The court approved...

The Whitley County Detention Center, the Whitley County Fiscal Court and various other individuals were named as defendants in a Civil Rights Action filed in the U.S. District Court.  Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...