Sheriff’s deputies arrest homeless fugitive, seize $11,000
A Whitley County Sheriff's Deputy recovered $10,941 in cash while answering a routine call Saturday evening on Ky. 92E, and charged a homeless man with being a fugitive from the state of Tennessee. The cash is believed to have been part of nearly $51,000 taken during a Knoxville burglary earlier this month, police said.
Williamsburg man allegedly assaults wife, own grandmother
A Williamsburg man allegedly assaulted both his wife and grandmother Thursday afternoon before taking the grandmother's car and wrecking it about one mile from the residence where all three lived.
Delinquent parents get early morning wake-up call Thursday
Armed with 52 arrest warrants for not playing child support, police in Whitley County began knocking on doors before dawn Thursday to deliver a wake up call to dead beat parents.
Whitley Health Dept. gets first batch of ‘swine flu’ vaccines
While the first batch of the H1N1 vaccine has arrived in Whitley County, it will probably be early next month before the vaccine is available for the general public.
2009 Whitley County Repair Affair
News Journal reporter Mark White provides exclusive video footage of the 2009 Whitley County Repair Affair. Crews made repairs to home of seven elderly and disabled people.
