Incumbent Whitley County Sheriff Bill Elliotte is getting another four years in office. Elliotte defeated former Kentucky State Police Trooper and current Williamsburg School Resource Officer Scott ...

Loretta Rains, age 73, of Williamsburg, KY, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2026. She was born July 14, 1952 in Whitley County, KY, to the late Oshie and Cora Hamblin Wilson. Along with her parents she ...

LEGAL NOTICE: Public inspection of the voting equipment to be utilized in the May 19th, 2026 Primary Election in Whitley County (including absentee equipment) will be held on May 11th, 2026 at 9:00 ...

NOTICE Corbin High School Class of 2021 may pick up their cumulative school folders in the front office beginning May 18th through June 18th, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Any folders ...

The Knox County Grand Jury handed down first-degree sexual abuse indictments in a pair of separate cases Friday.

An Ohio truck driver has been extradited back to Laurel County to answer a vehicular homicide while under the influence charge in connection with a January crash on I-75 in Laurel County that claimed ...

First responders had to extricate two people trapped in a pick-up truck Friday afternoon after it collided with a train in Rockholds. The pair were then flown out by emergency medical helicopters. The ...

Changes have been made this year when you enter Gilliam Gymnasium at Corbin High School for a basketball game. Originally, an intended entrance to the gymnasium was built on the front of the school ...

“It is an exciting time for the News Journal,” said Publisher Jennifer K. Perkins. “The purpose of the new site, and everything we do here at the newspaper, is to better serve our community.” Although ...

Coming off a Kentucky 2A Baseball State Championship win, the Whitley County Colonels handed the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets a 14-0 loss on April 20. The teams met up again April 21, but the game was ...

Williamsburg leaders are coming up with two plans for Old Fashioned Trading Days this year considering the Jan. 20 Williamsburg Main Street blaze, which damaged two-thirds of the Main Street block ...

A federal judge sentenced a man to nearly 16 years in federal prison Thursday for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of ...