Siler News

By Becky Manley / Staff Writer Chainsaws buzzed into trees, weeds were slashed and history was uncovered Tuesday at McHargue Cemetery in Corbin.

By Adam S. Sulfridge / Staff Writer Forty-six days after Williamsburg officers arrested Joseph "Joey" Siler for possessing what they called a "substantial amount" of methamphetamine, one of WPD's newest officers, Elijah Hunter, arrested Joey Siler again on drug-related charges.

By Adam S. Sulfridge / Staff Writer Around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, Williamsburg's K9 unit followed a trail of blood leading from Brush Arbor apartments into the nearby woods where police say they found a man and a "substantial amount" of a substance believed to be methamphetamine.

A former home health nurse, indicted this month by a Whitley County grand jury for swiping assets from an elderly woman in her care, is now being sued by her alleged victim and the woman's guardian.

By Adam Sulfridge / Staff Writer Around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Williamsburg Police Department executed a search warrant at "The Blue Store," located at 16319 Ky.

Williamsburg police executed a search warrant late Tuesday afternoon in far eastern Whitley County and seized 10 different types of gambling devices from the Blue Store off Ky.

By Adam Sulfridge / Staff Writer Road damage caused by June 4's heavy rains will finally be repaired in the coming week.

By Chris Meyers Staff writer A plan from a design firm to put in new entry signs and signs to various downtown locations has been rejected by the Columbia City Redevelopment Commission.

By Adam Sulfridge / Staff Writer Last month's inclement weather came and went, leaving destruction in its wake.

By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor An elderly couple were extricated with the jaws of life after a car accident in front of the Corbin Waffle House Wednesday afternoon.

Special to The Times-Tribune Whitley Central Intermediate's Site-Based Decision Making Council has selected John Siler as the new principal to replace Alan Sweet, who recently accepted the position of principal at Whitley County High School.

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.

Habitat breaks ground on eight-house project By BECKY HAND Community editor Habitat for Humanity Whitley County held a ground breaking Monday morning for a project which is slated eventually to provide housing for 34 individuals.

By Ronnie Ellis / CNHI News Writer With an overflow crowd watching from the balcony, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 52-45 Friday morning to approve video lottery terminals at existing horse tracks.