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Whitley, Corbin soccer players headed to Holland

Sophomore Whitley County Colonel Neel Patel and sophomore Corbin Redhound Trey Cima are about to head overseas to represent their state and their country in Holland as members of Kentucky Youth Soccer’s Boys Olympic Development Team.
Posted On 29 Mar 2017
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Legal Notices for 3-29-17

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR RECLAMATION DEFERMENT In accordance with 405 KAR 16:020, notice is hereby given that Mountainside Coal Co., Inc., 7692 S. HWY 25W, Williamsburg, KY 40769 has applied for a coal marketing reclamation deferment renewal for its surface coal mining and...

Senior Spotlight: Corbin Tennis

The Corbin tennis program is off to another fantastic start in 2017, with both the boys and the girls teams hopeful of adding more regional championship trophies to their already impressive collection. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...
Posted On 29 Mar 2017
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Two airlifted following Tuesday morning wreck in Lily

Two people were airlifted from the scene of a head-on collision involving a truck and a Jeep Wrangler Tuesday morning in Lily. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said the driver and passenger in the GMC Sierra pickup,...

Corbin City Commission hears plans for replacement of Rotary Park playground equipment

With the playground at Rotary Park now in pieces, the City Manager Marlon Sams is taking bids to replace it. At the regular work session meeting of the commission Monday night, Sams said he sent out a request for proposal to replace the equipment and is expecting at least three...

Season’s Restaurant in running to represent Daniel Boone Region in culinary marketing campaign

One Corbin restaurant has been selected as a regional finalist in the Kentucky Arts and Tourism Cabinet’s efforts to find foods that exemply the taste of Daniel Boone Region of Kentucky. Corbin Tourism Directory Maggy Kriebel announced Tuesday during the Corbin Touri...

Corbin City Commission considering contracting out garbage collection

The Corbin City Commission took the first step in potentially privatizing the city’s garbage service Monday night as officials from two of the largest garbage collectors in the area came to speak about what they could offer if the city moved forward with the idea. Read this story...

Officials from two cities say move to privatize garbage service worked well

City officials in Berea and Cynthiana agree that contracting out their garbage pickup was the right decision. Cynthiana in Harrison County is a town similar to Corbin with approximately 6,200 residents. In 2009, the Cynthiana City Commission elected to contract out the city’s...

W’burg Kiwanis Club makes $500 donation to Ronald McDonald House

Last year families from Whitley County spent 135 nights at the Ronald McDonald House in Lexington, and Laurel County families spent 388 nights there. “This area is really where we pull most of our guests from,” Ann Evans, Executive Director of the Ronald McDonald House Charities...
Posted On 29 Mar 2017

Special prosecutor appointed in complicity to commit murder case

A special prosecutor, who is overseeing the case against a Corbin man charged with attempting to arrange the murder of four individuals, including two elected Whitley County court officials, is also seeking to have the suspect’s probation revoked in connection with a 2015 Whitley...
Posted On 29 Mar 2017
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