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The Whitley County Board of Education will be getting one new member and will have to elect a new board chairman next year. The board’s second longest serving member, Larry Lambdin, who is also the board chairman, did not file to run for re-election this year as the filing...

There is now a new Whitley County Surveyor. Long time incumbent Whitley County Surveyor Bob Moses didn’t file seeking to run for re-election to another four-year term earlier this year. He resigned as county surveyor on July 19. Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White Jr....

For the last 57 years, the Old Fashion Brush Arbor Meeting, which is a five-night old time tent style revival, has taken place off Brush Arbor Road during the first week of September, but this year it won’t be happening. Organizer Jerry Sester, who is president of the Old Fashion...

With seven starters returning on offense and eight returning on defense to this year’s squad, the 2018 Williamsburg Yellow Jackets could be poised to make a significant run in the playoffs if the team can stay healthy and continue to develop its depth. You need to login to view...

Funeral arrangements have been set for Wednesday afternoon for a Whitley County High School student, who died Saturday. Bethany Faith Lawson, 16, of Limestone Branch, Williamsburg, died at her home. She was to be a sophomore at Whitley County High School this fall. Lawson was...

A Williamsburg man is in jail after leading police on a half-mile foot chase Thursday afternoon where a police K-9 suffered cuts to its paws while tracking the suspect. Williamsburg Police Officer Greg Rhoades arrested Franklin Abe Mills, 35, of 147 Levi Lay Road, about 5:19 p.m....

UPDATE: Ky. 26 in Whitley County has been reopened to traffic. Whitley County Projects Director Amber Owens said the high water has receded, making the roadway passable. However, more rain is expected to move through the area. “If there is water on the road, do not drive...

A homeless Whitley County man, who has a history of run-ins with the law, has been arrested in connection with a 1993 Lexington rape case. Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird arrested James Fields, 47, about 5:53 p.m. on Aug. 7 and served him with the Fayette County arrest...

Former three-term Whitley County Attorney and Whitley Circuit Judge Emby McKeehan has passed away. McKeehan, 94, died Aug. 7 at his home on Bee Creek Road. McKeehan was a Whitley County native born on Whippoorwill Creek next to Laurel Lake. When he was three years old, his...

Two Tennessee residents received prison sentences Monday afternoon for burglarizing a Whitley County home in 2014 and torturing a dog. Dena Brooke Baird, 29, of Duff, and Daniel Myers, 35, of Jellico, broke into the residence of Cathy Evers and shot her dog in the face on Nov. 7,...