Year in Review: As we enter the New Year, take a look back at the top stories from 2024

A shooting on I-75 in northern Laurel County involving a Woodbine man that drew national attention to the region for weeks, making plans to accommodate medical cannabis when it becomes legal in early 2025, and the end of the legal saga for a Corbin man that sodomized, strangled and murdered a three-year-old girl were some of the top stories in the year that was 2024.

The following are the top 10 stories of 2024 as voted upon by the news staff at the News Journal.