Williamsburg News

Dr. Rand Paul, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, explained his position on taxes, government spending, the drug abuse epidemic, welfare and other government benefits during an exclusive interview with the Times-Tribune, just hours before his appearance at the University of the Cumberlands...

W'burg officers set fire to controlled substances and drug paraphernalia seized in drug-related arrests...

Williamsburg police arrested a Tennessee man, who was once banished from Whitley County as part of a plea agreement, early Tuesday morning for robbery.

A former Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter president and her husband stopped just short of admitting they falsified shelter records in order to fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits, but they agreed prosecutors had enough evidence to convict them of them crime at trial.

Eighty-second District State Representative Charles Siler was honored Thursday for his role in fending off state budget cuts that would have led to layoffs and a reduction of resources for the Department of Public Advocacy.

Clinic to be held at Whitley County Middle School from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Whitley County Health Department officials announced Thursday they have changed the time for a free H1N1 vaccination clinic next week.

The phrase "going across the mountain" may become absent from the vernacular of travelers moving between Pine Knot and Williamsburg.

Two Woodbine residents are suing a local animal shelter for being a "substantial annoyance," and Deanna Myers, director of the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter, said even more animals than normal may have to be euthanized if the court rules against the shelter.

EXTRA CONTENT: Rockholds couple sues animal shelter over 'incessant, boisterous barking' A Rockholds couple has filed a lawsuit claiming that noise from the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter is so annoying that they can't sleep at nights, and they are asking the court to order the shelter to no longer keep animals in outdoor kennels in order to solve the ...

Loudon Municipal Police officers arrested six individuals Wednesday night, confiscated a stash of illegal prescription narcotics and retrieved almost $20,000 in stolen cash.

From left, Scotty Mack Grifith, of Jellico, and Billy Lee Johns, Ashley Deane Johnson, and Danny Ray Osborne, all of Williamsburg, were arrested Tuesday in Tennessee on meth charges.

During Tuesday's meeting of the Whitley County Fiscal Court, several local groups received checks from the county's newest anti-litter initiative, a volunteer fire department received praise from a federal fire protection program, and Judge-Executive Pat White Jr.

A Whitley County Sheriff's Deputy recovered $10,941 in cash while answering a routine call Saturday evening on Ky.

The Times-Tribune learned late last week that local and state law enforcement officials were conducting an investigation into an apparent vehicle theft ring.

Jellico Community Hospital will be providing free H1N1 flu shots Thursday afternoon.

A federal judge on Monday questioned the credibility of the government's star witness in an alleged bid-rigging conspiracy case, saying he had told "a variety of different versions of his story." U.S. District Judge Karl Forester raised the issue in an order Monday that limited the number of recorded statements federal prosecutors will be allowed ...

The month of September ended without any sign of Global Green Cars moving into Whitley County as promised by company officials, but hope was renewed late Saturday night when a truckload of the company's equipment arrived in Williamsburg.

A Williamsburg man allegedly assaulted both his wife and grandmother Thursday afternoon before taking the grandmother's car and wrecking it about one mile from the residence where all three lived.

While the first batch of the H1N1 vaccine has arrived in Whitley County, it will probably be early next month before the vaccine is available for the general public.

The Kentucky Attorney General ruled last week that Whitley County 911 officials violated the state's open records laws when it refused to give a local man copies of 911 recordings stemming from a July incident.