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The sky was bluer this morning. The sun was brighter. My coffee tasted better, more body, more “good to the last drop flavor. “ I had been given a reprieve. Life was good again.

Three days after putting off decisions on over $130,000 worth of funding requests for various events and activities, the Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission voted last Thursday on the fate of several of the requests.

James A. Meradith the final defendant involved in the 2011 Fritts family pill conspiracy was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove to 33 months in prison on drug charges. Once released, Meradith will serve 36 months of supervised release.

How does Whitley County end its backlog of 4,800 cases on the district court docket? When, if ever, is it permissible to require someone to make a donation to a police department in exchange for charges being lowered or dismissed? Should felony drug cases ever be plea...

What do you get when you form a partnership that includes 33 entities, including local, state and federal entities, besides the inevitable mountain of paperwork and bureaucracy that is sure to follow.

The first two individuals have taken the first step in obtaining a package liquor license, filing notices of intent to sell alcohol and/or beer under Corbin's new package alcohol ordinance.

A well-known and respected community servant, and one of the founders of the venerable NIBROC Festival in Corbin, died last week at the age of 85.