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Traffic on West Ky. 92 to be detoured as state makes emergency repairs to Jellico Creek Bridge

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced Monday that Jellico Creek Bridge on Ky. 92 West would be closed to traffic because of structural issues. Officials said the steel stringer beams of the bridge have deteriorated. The damage was found during a routine inspection of the...

Angie Disney

Angie Disney, 57, wife of Wally Disney of Gray, Kentucky passed away on Tuesday evening at the Baptist Health Hospital in Corbin, Kentucky. Funeral services were conducted Monday in the Laurel Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ronnie Smith officiating. Burial followed in the Felt’s...

Georgia Mae Sokolinski

Georgia Mae Sokolinski, 83, of Corbin, Kentucky passed away Friday evening at the Heritage Nursing Home in Corbin, Kentucky. By the request of Mrs. Sokolinski she was immediatly buried Friday evening next to her husband, George Sokolinski in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Corbin,...

Three people arrested for beating teen in Keavy

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies say underage drinking may have contributed to the assault that resulted in a 17-year-old being airlifted to a Louisville hospital early Sunday morning. Deputies arrested, John Tyler Masters, 19, of Keavy, Brady Tyler Cook, 18, of Danville, and a...

74 percent of Kentuckians Support Increased Funding for Quality Child Care, Early Education

A large majority of Kentuckians favor increased state funding for low-income, working families to provide quality child care and preschool for their children, according to the second annual Education Poll of Kentucky. The poll, which was sponsored by the Prichard Committee for...
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Laurel deputies, Corbin Police searching for man who robbed north Corbin hotel

Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputies and Corbin Police are investigating an armed robbery at a hotel off of Exit 29 early Sunday morning. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said law enforcement responded to the Quality Inn Hotel on Adams Road at...