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After just a month of serving in an interim role, Jason Caddell is officially taking over duties as the Williamsburg Police Department’s new chief. Caddell was formally appointed to the position Monday evening during the Williamsburg City Council’s regular monthly meeting...

Kentucky has received nearly $23 million in federal grants to support victims of crime, and $625,610 of that funding is going to local organizations. In total, 120 crime victim service providers have received funding this year through the federal Victims of Crime Act grant...

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...

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Former Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird and former Lt. Jim Pool were recognized Monday evening during the Williamsburg City Council’s monthly meeting. Bird and Pool retired from the city’s police force on Sept. 1 and July 31, respectively. The two were...

An elderly Williamsburg man walked out of a grocery store at the exact wrong moment and was struck by a vehicle and killed early Friday afternoon, according to Williamsburg police. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

Local thieves are stealing trucks and then using them to break into small businesses in order to try and steal ATM machines from inside those businesses, including weekend break-ins in Corbin, Williamsburg and on Jellico Mountain in Tennessee. Read this story and more for just...

A Williamsburg police officer recently graduated from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT)’s basic training academy in Richmond. Daniel Lovitt was among the graduates, who received 800 hours of recruit-level instruction over 20 weeks. Major training areas...

A Williamsburg man recently received a five-year prison sentence for dealing drugs in the Highland Park area, according to a Williamsburg Police Department release. On Aug. 1, Whitley Circuit Judge Dan Ballou sentenced Gregory D. Sokira, 51, of Rains Street, to a five-year prison...

A Somerset man, who allegedly left a threatening voicemail message at the University of the Cumberlands Admission’s Office last week, remains behind bars in the Whitley County Detention Center where he is being held in lieu of a $100,000 cash bond. Read this story and more for...

One online student is behind bars after allegedly calling the University of the Cumberlands Admission’s Office late Tuesday afternoon and leaving a threatening message, which resulted in a lockdown at the school, according to the Williamsburg Police Department. Read this story...