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Cleanup efforts continue after strong storms impact area Tuesday

No injuries are being reported at this time, but several homes and buildings in the Bee Creek area of Whitley County were damaged Tuesday evening when tornadic-like winds knocked down dozens of large trees.

Woman airlifted after possible drowning at Spillway Thursday afternoon

A woman who nearly drowned at the Laurel Lake Spillway was airlifted from a makeshift landing zone at the Corbin Speedway Thursday afternoon. According to Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Officer Floyd Maggard, the incident is still under investigation and few details could be...

Williamsburg Police use drone to locate missing man

Williamsburg Police used drone technology to locate one of two men reported missing Sunday, finding the second one safe at an area residence. 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?...

Davis Salvage working to reopen after devastating blaze

  From as far away as the entrance to Tattersall Trails Estates, a blaze at Davis Salvage, which is off US25W (Cumberland Falls Highway), sounded like a war zone with a lot of small explosions waking people from their sleep shortly before dawn Saturday morning. Read this...
Posted On 23 Mar 2022

High winds push mulch fire toward plant Thursday morning

High winds early Thursday morning turned a routine fire in one of the mulch piles at the mulch plant in Woodbine into a threat to the facility. 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...

Residence fire results in total loss

When Woodbine and Oak Grove fire departments arrived at a structure fire on River Road Friday morning, the roof was falling in and the structure was filled with fire, said Woodbine fire chief Rick Fore. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get...

Area firefighters respond to Rockholds structure fire now under investigation

The Woodbine Fire Department responded to a structure fire Wednesday night that is now under investigation. The fire department was dispatched to the fire on Owens Branch Road off of Ky. 779 in the Rockholds community about 9 p.m. Wednesday night. No residents were inside the...

Woodbine, Oak Grove firefighters called to mobile home fire Wednesday

Woodbine and Oak Grove firefighters were called out Wednesday morning to battle a mobile home fire on Hughes Lane off of Dowis Chapel Road in Knox County. “It was on fire all the way through,” said Woodbine Fire Chief Rick Fore of the scene when firefighters first arrived between...

UPDATE: Overturned propane truck blocking Hightop Road has been righted; Officials expect road to be closed until after 5 p.m.

UPDATE: The propane truck that overturned on Highstop Road Friday afternoon has been righted. A heavy duty tow truck was able to pull the truck back onto its wheels at approximately 3:15 p.m. Officials with Whitley County E911 said it would be about 5 p.m. before the road was...

W’burg woman must pay $6K in restitution for fire that damaged Daniel Boone National Forest

The Williamsburg woman convicted of starting a brush fire that spread into the Daniel Boone National Forest in March won’t go to jail, and won’t have to pay a fine, but a federal magistrate judge has ordered her to pay more than $6,000 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service...