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WRIL-FM
May 9, 20225 min read
Enforcement actions report from the Knox County Ky Sheriff's Department
From Knox County Ky Sheriff Mike Smith - On April 21, 2022 SGT Carl Frith arrested Nickie Hubbard age 38 of Flat Lick, KY on a Knox...
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WRIL-FM
May 9, 20221 min read
Bell County K-9 Deputy arrests man slumped over in his vehicle in the middle of the road
From The Bell County Ky. Sheriff's Department - On Sunday night May 8, 2022, Bell County K-9 Sgt. Adam Southern was dispatched to Sutty...
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WRIL-FM
May 3, 20221 min read
Clay County man charged with murder
From the Clay County Sheriff's Department - On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at approximately 12:00 PM Clay County Deputy Paul Whitehead, Chief...
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![UDPATE - Harlan man Will Smith found safe](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/aef0b1_322192ac42d9480b9cde9c2d39273f23~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/aef0b1_322192ac42d9480b9cde9c2d39273f23~mv2.webp)
WRIL-FM
May 3, 20221 min read
UDPATE - Harlan man Will Smith found safe
From the Kentucky State Police - Will Smith was found safe a short time after the release was issued. ---------------------- Original...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 29, 20223 min read
Governor announces future driver licensing regional offices - one of which is staying in Pineville
From Governor Andy Beshear's Office - A new era of driver licensing has been ushered in across most of Kentucky as driver licensing...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 28, 20222 min read
Middlesboro High School gets a new head basketball coach
From WRIL - John Wheat has been named the new head basketball coach for Middlesboro High School's boys basketball team. Athletic...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Former Bell Co Coroner and Middlesboro Funeral Home Director Indicted For Violating Trust Provision
From WRIL - WRIL has acquired paperwork from Franklin County Circuit Court in regard to a 39 count indictment on a former Bell County...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Knox County Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Armed Methamphetamine Trafficking
From the US Department of Justice, London, Ky. - A Barbourville, Ky., man, 37-year-old David E. Hamblin, was sentenced to 120 months in...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 25, 20226 min read
Lt. Gov. Coleman presents over $2.8 million for infrastructure improvements in Bell and Harlan
From The OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN PINEVILLE / HARLAN, Ky. (April 25, 2022) – Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 20, 20222 min read
New Tazewell man in jail after setting a home on fire and threatening to kill the homeowner
From WRIL - On Tuesday, April 19.2022, a short time after 4:30pm, New Tazewell Police were dispatched to 526 old Highway 33 to...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 20, 20221 min read
Early morning commercial truck fire extinguished by BCVFD.
From the Bell County Volunteer Fire Department - On Wednesday morning at 7:07am, April 20, 2022, Bell Dispatch paged out the Bell County...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Bell County Volunteer Fire Department holds officer election, Howard now at the helm
From the Bell County Volunteer Fire Department - In April of each year, the members of the Bell County Volunteer Fire Department (BCVFD)...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Update - Kentucky State Police Investigates Shooting In Harlan County
From Kentucky State Police - As WRIL reported earlier and KSP is updating, On Saturday, April 9, 2022, at approximately 9:43 p.m....
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WRIL-FM
Apr 9, 20221 min read
Arrested for contempt in Knox County, also served arson and burglary charges for Bell County
From The Mountain Advocate - A Knox County man was arrested late Sunday night April 3, 2022, on multiple warrants including one for a...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 9, 20221 min read
Calls of nude man in Walmart parking lot nets indecent exposure arrest by Middlesboro Police
From WRIL - Saturday Night April 9, 2022, Middlesboro Police received multiple calls in regard to a man walking through Walmart parking...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 8, 20221 min read
Bryants Store woman arrested after dropping drugs and a child picking them up
From the Bell County Sheriff's Department - On Thursday, April 7, 2022 Bell County deputies received a call of an individual that had...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 8, 20221 min read
Bell County inmate charged with assaulting deputy jailer
From The Pineville Sun Courier - On Friday April 2, 2022, 42-year-old Phongphet Phanthavong of Knoxville was booked into the Bell County...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 8, 20222 min read
Kentucky State Police Charges Laurel Co. Man With Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses
From The Kentucky State police - The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Electronic Crime Branch located and arrested Donald Ray Gilbert, 59, on...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Georgia man given 360 months for conspiracy to distribute Meth and guns in Whitley/Knox/Laurel
From The US Justice Department - London, Ky. 36-year-old Quinton Hall, of Ellenwood, Georgia was sentenced to 360 months in federal...
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WRIL-FM
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Harlan man found safe
From WRIL - UPDATE - Family of Robert Perkins and Kentucky State Police tell us that he was found safe in Greeneville, Tennessee....
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