Rockholds News

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor Police believe a Rockholds man who died in a car accident Sunday was distracted, possibly by a cell phone, when he wrecked in the Cripple Creek area of Whitley County.

Law enforcement officials went in search of more than 50 Whitley County residents wanted for not paying child support during a roundup dubbed "Operation Pay Back" early Thursday morning.

Times-Tribune Staff Report Loose coal dropped by an unknown truck caused an accident that sent an 88-year-old driver to UK Medical Center Monday morning.

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor Officers have located the driver of a coal truck whose lost load caused an accident on KY 26 Monday morning.

By Adam S. Sulfridge / Staff Writer Willie Lowe, 42, of Rockholds, as part of a plea deal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Thursday in connection with the 2008 rape of a 42-year-old Corbin woman.

Initially, Rockhold and Woodbine firefighters feared the worst when they responded to a trailer fire about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday with reports that someone may have been trapped inside.

By Adam S. Sulfridge / Staff Writer Representatives of University of Kentucky's Chandler Hospital say 20-year-old Samantha Miller has made some improvements and is now listed in serious condition.

A Whitley County woman is fighting for her life at UK Hospital. The sheriff says her boyfriend beat her, then committed suicide.

Crews from the Rockholds and Woodbine Volunteer Fire Departments, along with law enforcement officers, responded to the scene on Powers Road where a man was reportedly trapped underneath his tractor.

A Rockholds man is behind bars for allegedly bootlegging after Williamsburg police executed a search warrant at his home about 5 p.m. Wednesday and recovered 332 cans of beer and over $400 cash.

A Rockholds man is behind bars for allegedly bootlegging after Williamsburg police executed a search warrant at his home about 5 p.m. Wednesday and recovered 332 cans of beer and over $400 cash.

Times-Tribune Staff Report A Whitley County toddler was killed Friday evening after being struck by a pick-up truck.

Ivy Brashear / Staff Writer The Whitley County Sheriff's Department made arrests in a six-week long investigation into a possible methamphetamine lab at 620 Bacon Creek Road, just outside of Corbin.

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor Three volunteer fire departments responded to a house fire on Colonel Hollow Road in Woodbine midday Monday, but they were unable to stop the flames from destroying the house.

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With the feature field set by point standings, Jessica Norman of Rockholds made the best of drawing the pole position and led all the way to win the Mitchell Foods Mini-Slammer Series feature at Corbin Speedway on Saturday evening, May 30.