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Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White Jr. will be one of five people inducted into Kentucky’s Fifth District Lincoln Club Hall of Fame during the 78th Annual Fifth District Lincoln Club Banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Corbin Technology Center. “I am honored to have been chosen to be a part of such an accomplished group of people,” White said. “Many of those inducted before me were pioneers in the Republican Party in our area. In many ways they paved the way for me and my generation to have the opportunities I’ve had in Republican politics. I am grateful to those leaders and those who chose me to be among...

The case of a Corbin man accused of beating his twin brother to death with a hammer is headed to a Laurel County grand jury. At a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Laurel District Court, Judge Wendell “Skip” Hammons ordered the case against 30-year-old Antonio T. Johnson waived on to the grand jury. The grand jury will next meet on May 16 and any resulting indictments will be returned on May 20. Antonio Johnson is facing one count of murder – domestic violence stemming from the April 5 incident in which is brother, Anthony, was found dead in the bedroom of his residence on Robinson Creek Road in Lily. Police were called to the...

Big, small, fat, skinny, open, closed, singles or in pairs, a group of Corbin High School students wants you old or worn out shoes to help provide safe drinking water to people in third world countries or in areas that have been struck by disaster. Throughout the month of April, a group of 15 students under the direction of social studies teacher Cheryl Tinsley will be collecting the shoes to benefit WaterStep, a non-profit organization based in Louisville. The shoes will be sold for recycling with the proceeds being used to purchase purification kits and waterballs. Tinsley said a waterball is a hard plastic ball that holds up to 20 gallons of...

Earth Week festivities will kick off Saturday in Williamsburg with the Mother Earth Bicycle Ride followed by a movie in the park. Registration for the bicycle ride starts at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Bill Woods Park followed by a bicycle safety talk at 4 p.m. The ride will start at 4:30 p.m. The registration fee is $5 per person or $15 for a family of more than four people. There will be fun festivities at the park Saturday including food vendors, face painting and great learning opportunities for how to save our planet, according to Cortney Moses, Whitley County Agent for Fine Arts. Following the bike ride, there will be a free movie...

A Lily man accused of raping, sodomizing and sexually abusing two child relatives, has already served the majority of his prison term set out in a plea agreement that came down in lieu of a trial Wednesday in Laurel Circuit Court, but he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Under the terms of the plea agreement, 57-year-old Condy O. Irvin pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. One count of first-degree rape was amended to first-degree sexual abuse. Additional charges of first-degree sodomy and incest were dismissed. In return for Irvin’s guilty plea, prosecutors recommended a prison sentence...

Free tickets are still available to hear Dr. William "Will" Franklin Graham IV, who is the grandson of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, speak at the University of the Cumberlands' 11th Annual Excellence in Leadership Services event Tuesday evening. The Forcht Group of Kentucky sponsors the event. Musical guests to the event will include gospel singer Mark Christian and the Harlan Boys Choir. A Cumberlands' spokesperson confirmed Thursday afternoon that free tickets are still available to the event. While admission is free, tickets are required to attend. Free tickets can be reserved online on the University of the Cumberlands' website, http://www.ucumberlands.edu/tickets, or by calling the ticket line at (606) 539-4432. Graham will speak...

Whitley Circuit Judge Paul Winchester has scheduled a fall trial date for two Williamsburg men, who are accused of assaulting and robbing a University of the Cumberlands' student late last year. During a pre-trial conference Tuesday morning, Winchester scheduled a Sept. 28 trial date for both Devon Preyer, 21, and Davonta Rozier, 23, on charges of second-degree assault and first-degree robbery. According to their indictments, Rozier and Preyer allegedly individually and/or in complicity with another beat victim Zane Parker causing him serious physical injury, and used physical force on Parker while in the course of committing a theft. Both Rozier and the victim were students at Cumberlands at the time of the...

A Williamsburg man is being held behind bars after allegedly firing a shotgun in the direction of five children Sunday afternoon. About 3:30 p.m., Williamsburg Police Sgt. Brandon White and K-9 Officer Elijah Hunter responded to a shots fire complaint in the Brush Arbor community. When officers arrived at Brush Arbor Apartments, several residents told police that Cody C. Mullis, 25, was allegedly drunk behind apartment 694 shooting a shotgun in the direction of five small children, who were on the playground behind the apartment, according a police release and the arrest citation. Officers went to Mullis' apartment to speak with him and he appeared to be intoxicated, according to his arrest...

  Those wanting to ride bicycles as a mode of transportation in Williamsburg will soon have some additional places where they park and secure their bicycles thanks to an effort being spearheaded by the Williamsburg Bicycle Coalition. "We are trying to get bike racks out in the community so that when someone does ride their bike there will be a rack at businesses where they can actually park their bike and lock it up," said Kathy Lay, a spokesperson with the Whitley County Health Community Coalition. "Right now there are no places for anyone, who is riding a bike, if they wanted to go to Wal-Mart or go into town there...

The following is a news release from the Whitley County Sheriff's Department. On 03-05-2016 around 2:00 am deputy Jonas Saunders of the Whitley County Sheriff Department was on a call on Clifford Canada Road and received an anonymous tip in reference to drug activity and Meth lab. Upon investigation located, 47 year old, Ronald Canada at 311 Clifford Canada road in Williamsburg. Canada was located at the residence inside a blue camper trailer. Upon making contact with Ronald officer could smell a strong chemical at his residence. Upon further investigation located several narcotics including 20 round green pills believed to be Clonopin and 7 small round white pill believed to be...