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Whitley Emergency Management: Buck Creek Road bridge over railroad tracks to be closed into Monday evening

Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses said it will be well into the evening before the bridge on Buck Creek Road is cleared and reopened to traffic. The bridge crossing the CSX tracks has been closed since approximately 6 a.m. when a tractor-trailer carrying...

RJV Properties planning to build access roads for commercial property near The Corbin Center

The company that owns commercial property near The Corbin Center is planning to build an access road and asked the Corbin City Commission to agree to accept the new road into the city. At a special called city commission meeting last Thursday, David Myers, the Managing Member of...

Corbin woman indicted on kidnapping charge in Knox County

A Corbin woman was indicted Friday in Knox County in connection with the disappearance of a Barbourville teen who was later found hiding in her basement. Darlene Fay Elliott, 58, is facing one count of kidnapping stemming from the Nov. 23 incident. Knox County Sheriff’s deputies...

Buck Creek Road south of Williamsburg closed because of tanker spill

Buck Creek Road in southern Whitley County is closed to through traffic after a tractor-trailer truck overturned Monday morning. Officials with the Kentucky State Police Commercial Enforcement Division said the tanker truck hauling flammable material has overturned and is hanging...

Suspected shoplifters lead Laurel deputies on high-speed chase Thursday

What began as a shoplifting incident at the Corbin Walmart Thursday, ended with a high-speed chase on West Cumberland Gap Pkwy. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested James Ray Jent, 42, and Justin C. Jent, 19, both of East Bernstadt. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s...

Corbin woman indicted over loaded gun found in children’s toybox

A Knox County mother was indicted Friday on charges stemming from a police welfare check during which deputies reported finding a loaded gun in the children’s toybox, and learned she had threatened to kill her five children on several occasions. Nina M. Vaughn, 32, of Corbin, is...

Hiking for Paws aiming to help shelter dogs adapt, become more adoptable

Dogs held at an animal shelter can quickly lose their zest for life as the days pass. Volunteers at the Knox-Whitley Humane Association are working to ensure that doesn’t happen with some of the shelter’s longest-tenured residents by hosting the second season of, “Hiking for a...

Update: Corbin Police arrest man who fired rifle shots outside hospital

A Harrodsburg man remains lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $25,000 cash bond after he allegedly admitted to firing three rounds from a .22-caliber rifle on Jan. 29 while outside of Baptist Health Corbin from a truck he was attempting to steal. Following...

UPDATE: Williamsburg joins Corbin Independent, Knox and Whitley County Schools in closing because of illness

Corbin Independent Schools, and Williamsburg Independent School have joined a growing list of local school districts in cancelling classes because of sickness among students, faculty and staff. Officials at Corbin and Williamsburg announced Thursday afternoon that school would be...

Corbin man charged with rape, sexual abuse

A Corbin man was arrested Wednesday night on rape and sexual abuse charges. David Lee Mayes, 27, was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse stemming from the alleged incident Wednesday afternoon. Laurel County Sheriff’s Detective Chris Edwards is leading the...