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Lily man charged with sexual abuse

A Lily man is being held without bond in the Laurel County Correctional Facility following his arrest Monday on charges of first-degree sexual abuse. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 18-year-old Brett E. Hand Monday afternoon. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s...

One person killed in Monday wreck on U.S. 25W

UPDATE: The person killed in a wreck Monday afternoon has been identified as 28-year-old Kyle Stoerger of Corbin. One person died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. 25W in Whitley County. The driver, whose name has not yet been released, was pronounced dead at the...

Whitley County Schools closed Tuesday

Whitley County Schools will be closed Tuesday. Superintendent Scott Paul sent out a message via Twitter just after 2 p.m. announcing the decision. “Due to hazardous road conditions, there will be no school in Whitley County on Tuesday, January 16,” Paul stated in the Tweet. While...

Two Corbin residents among the six individuals charged with trafficking crystal meth

Two Corbin residents were among the six individuals arrested Friday afternoon after Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies discovered nearly two ounces of crystal methamphetamine and assorted drug paraphernalia at a Keavy area residence. Deputies arrested, 58-year-old Michael N....

Peggy W. Nunley

Peggy W. Nunley passed away Sunday afternoon, January 7, 2018, at St Anthony’s Hospital in St Petersburg, Fl. She was 85 years old and known for being kind, demure, and devoted to her family and friends. Peggy was born October 8, 1932 to Clive and Lyndall White in Corbin. Her...

Monica J. Hicks

Monica J. Hicks, 81, of Louisville, passed away on January 10th, 2018 at Meadowbrook Care Center, Cincinnati, OH. She was born on November 11, 1936 in Lewisport, to the late John Gabbert and Joan Lamar. She was also preceded in death by a brother-in-law Champ Hicks and Gary...

Baker E. Reasor

Baker E. Reasor, 98, a longtime resident of Corbin, passed away Tuesday evening, January 9, 2018 in Clarksville, TN. He was born December 16, 1919 at Olinger, VA, a son of the late Samuel P. and Mary I. Olinger Reasor. Baker served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II....

Linda Barton

Linda Barton, 56, of Gray, passed away on Tuesday January 9, 2018 at the UK Medical Center in Lexington. Funeral service was held Monday January 15, at the Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home. Burial followed in the Brafford Cemetery in Gray.