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It is unclear why a Henry County woman ended up in Whitley County either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning and why she allegedly stole a Whitley County school bus that was recovered in Barbourville early Sunday afternoon. “That’s two questions that I can not answer,”...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department has reported its activity for the month of April. During April, deputies answered 1,371 complaints and investigated 35 vehicle collisions. In addition, deputies investigated 36 criminal cases and made 116 criminal arrests. For the first...

A Rockholds man, who had several outstanding arrest warrants, was apprehended late Thursday evening, according to a Whitley County Sheriff’s Department release. Shortly before 11 p.m., Deputies Chad Estep, Chad Foley, Sgt. Jonas Saunders and Court Security Officer Clay Shelton...

A Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy recovered a stolen firearm and arrested a Williamsburg man following a routine traffic stop late Thursday evening on Perkins Street in the Woodbine community, according to a sheriff’s department release and court documents. Sgt. Jonas Saunders...

A Corbin man and a Woodbine man are behind bars in the Whitley County Detention Center after being arrested late Wednesday night on drug possession charges. About 10 p.m., Whitley County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jonas Saunders and Deputy Chad Foley responded to a suspicious person...

A nearly 15-mile high-speed pursuit early Thursday morning that involved four law enforcement agencies ended with a crash and the arrest of a Corbin man. Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Estep charged Bret A. Hatfield, 40, with nine counts of first-degree wanton endangerment...

Funding to help start a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program for the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department, and a new local clinic to treat people diagnosed with Hepatitis C were two of the topics discussed during the Whitley County UNITE Coalition’s quarterly...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department recovered a stolen truck out of Georgia Sunday morning, and arrested one person in connection with the case. Deputy Joe Prewitt arrested Patricia Wichman, 51, of Loyall, charging her with receiving stolen property under $10,000,...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department has reported its activity for the month of March. During March, deputies answered 1,320 complaints and opened or closed 55 cases. In addition, deputies investigated 35 vehicle collisions and made 131 criminal arrests.

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department is being sued in connection with a 2017 traffic accident. Mary Moyer filed suit in Whitley Circuit Court on April 3 against the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy Joseph W. Prewitt in connection with the June 30, 2017 crash,...