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Corbin City Commission discusses upcoming budget

The 2019-20 fiscal year budget is still being finalized but Corbin city officials say it will include funding to upgrade the 911 dispatch center, the splash pad, larger swings at the Rotary Park playground, and approximately $330,000 for road paving projects. Read this story and...

Pension fix main topic at chamber luncheon

Kentucky has made tremendous gains over the last few years in business and elsewhere, but all of those gains are threatened if Kentucky doesn’t address and fix its public pension system, Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions President and CEO Jim Waters told members of...
Posted On 12 Jun 2019

State ultimately approves most historic building restoration projects for tax credits, stats show

Williamsburg’s recently created National Historic District could have a significant impact for building owners wanting to rehabilitate contributing structures within the district, and for the town. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...
Posted On 12 Jun 2019

Free Operation UNITE basketball camp set for June 20 at WCHS

Local school-age youth will have the chance next week to participate in a free basketball camp in Whitley County, which will be conducted by a former University of Kentucky basketball player. The Operation UNITE Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball skills camps will conclude...
Posted On 12 Jun 2019

Ohio senior citizens arrested for drug trafficking

Williamsburg police arrested a pair of Ohio senior citizens early Tuesday morning on a drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us
Posted On 12 Jun 2019

Laurel County Sheriff’s Department offering extra vacation patrols

Laurel County Sheriff John Root is reminding residents who are leaving on vacation to take some precautions to protect their homes from would-be burglars while they are gone. Root offered the following tips to help prevent being victimized: Do not let others know you will be out...

3 of 4 suspects in rape case now free on bond

Three of the four Whitley County men, who are charged in connection with the alleged rape of a Williamsburg woman that was apparently recorded on a cell phone, have been released on bond. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...
Posted On 12 Jun 2019

Austin City Saloon officially opens in Corbin

After more than eight months of work, Josh Brock will officially open the doors of Austin City Saloon in Corbin Wednesday. Brock, who owns the original Austin City Saloon in Lexington, has been working to turn the former Tri-County Pawn and Vacuum at 302 North Main Street into...

CHS alum’s killer granted shock probation

The man who killed a Corbin High School alum at Western Kentucky University in 2017 has been released from prison after serving 125 days of a four-year prison sentence According to the Bowling Green Daily News, Peter Gall, 22, was granted shock probation during a hearing in...

Corbin Tourism announces annual fireworks event

The City of Corbin’s annual Independence Day fireworks will be held July 3 at The Arena. Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Kriebel announced Tuesday during the tourism commission’s regular monthly meeting that plans had been finalized for the event. Activities will begin at 6 p.m. in...
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