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Kentucky ranks among worst in daily exercise

Statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that Kentuckians, in general, are not getting enough daily exercise, and one local doctor is offering some ways to change that without hitting the gym. Dr. Mirza Ahmed, an Interventional Cardiologist...

Corbin PD finds, heroin, pills, gun during Sunday traffic stop

A Gray man was arrested Sunday following a traffic stop during which Corbin Police reported finding heroin, more than 90 Oxycodone pills, more than $6,000 in cash and a loaded handgun. Justin M. Helton, 31, was charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance,...

W’burg police arrest London man for DUI on bicycle

Williamsburg police arrested a London man early Tuesday morning for allegedly driving under the influence and fleeing or evading police while on a bicycle. The incident happened about 12:50 a.m. about one mile north of Williamsburg. Williamsburg Police Officer Justin Taylor...
Posted On 06 Feb 2020

Paul Parsons gets 20-year prison sentence, letter from victim’s mother

The mother of a Whitley County murder victim has a few words for her son’s killer, but we will probably never know what those words are. In the early morning hours of June 17, 2017, Paul Parsons gunned down Denver Nicely, 47, of Corbin, and Joshua C. Wernicke, 29, of Keavy, at a...
Posted On 06 Feb 2020

Junie Mildred Peters

Junie Mildred Peters, 89, of Corbin, returned to her heavenly home on Monday, February 3, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Peters. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 8, in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Billy Evans officiating....
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