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Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies have made two arrests in connection with a local multi pound methamphetamine drug trafficking organization, which they say has been dismantled and was distributing drugs in the Corbin area, according to a sheriff’s department release late Friday...

A Williamsburg man, who tried to run over a Kentucky State Police trooper nearly 20 months ago before being subsequently shot by another trooper, will have a quite a bit of time behind bars to think about his mistake. Randy Sullivan pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder....

Genevieve Neavada Witt, age 76, of Williamsburg, Kentucky departed this life Thursday, January 27, 2022 at the Baptist Health in Corbin, Kentucky. She was born on March 24, 1945 in Pine Knot, Kentucky to the late Harlan Egnor and Maude Marie (Lay) Egnor. In addition to her...

Catfish Christopher Glen Jones, age 39, of Muskogee, Oklahoma and formerly of Rockholds, Kentucky departed this life on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at the St. Francis Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Christopher was born on January 12, 1982 in Corbin, Kentucky to the late Darrell Ray...

Social media rumors Thursday evening about a message supposedly left on a bathroom wall at Whitley County High School concerning a plan for a school shooting are untrue, the Whitley County School District wrote in a Facebook post late Thursday evening. “Local law enforcement,...

“We had actually had our eyes on Corbin for quite a few years,” said owner of Apollo Pizza and Beer Emporium Wesley Browne. “We just had so much on our plates that we didn’t pull the trigger.” The trigger was officially pulled in September when the restaurant owner purchased the...

The Whitley Central Intermediate Cheer Squad won first place in the Elementary School Competition Division and first place in the eighth grade and under stunt competition at The Rock Cheer and Dance Competition on Saturday. The competition was hosted by Joanie Alexander and her...

The Corbin High School Academic team was named the winners on Saturday at the 49th District High School Governor’s Cup tournament hosted by Lynn Camp. The students’ combined written assessment and team quick recall scores resulted in Corbin bringing home the overall winner award....

The Whitley County Fiscal Court unanimously approved Southeast Apparatus’s bid for new ambulances at its Jan. 18 meeting. Southeast Apparatus submitted the only bid for the new ambulance vehicles. The bid came in at $203,434 per ambulance. The Whitley County Fiscal Court will...

The Williamsburg Independent School District is joining a group of other regional school districts in forming a new local education agency in partnership with Berea College in order to apply for bigger grants that typically only very large school districts can get. During a...