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Crews are out trying to clear roads across Whitley County

State, county and local road crews have been out in force since Sunday as they attempt to clear and maintain the roads throughout Whitley County. County and State roads Whitley County Judge-Executive Pat White, Jr. was manning one of the county’s six salt trucks Monday morning....

Cumberland Valley Electric working to restore power

Cumberland Valley Electric is working to restore power to more than 3,000 customers. The electric cooperative has an outage affecting 950 customers on East Ky 92 in Whitley County near the county line. This is the largest reported outage in the county as of 10:35 a.m. According...

Jellico Police discover Suboxone, Neurontin while attempting to serve arrest warrant

Jellico Police’s attempt to serve an arrest warrant on a woman Friday resulted in additional charges after officers located Suboxone and Neurontin. Evette Marie Zehr was charged with possession of Schedule III drugs (Suboxone), possession of Schedule IV drugs (Neurontin) and...

London Police seeking information on Thursday morning robbery

The London Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify the individual that robbed a gas station at gunpoint Thursday morning. According to police, the black, male suspect robbed the BP gas station on Ky. 192, off of Exit 38, at approximately 8 a.m. The suspect...

WYMT Fishing Expo returns to The Arena Friday

Corbin and the surrounding area offers a wide array of boating, fishing and outdoors opportunities and the fourth annual WYMT Kentucky Fishing Expo at The Arena in Corbin this weekend will feature the equipment and gear to help improve that experience out on the water. The expo...

Around the local sports world in 80 seconds, or as long as it takes you to read this

I’m calling this week’s column around the local sports world in about 80 seconds as there are several items to cover. • First and foremost, in the top 10 sports stories, I overlooked one big accomplishment. Coach Jimmy Hendrickson’s Corbin Middle School Seventh Grade Boys won the...

Corbin Tourism’s pavilion expected to be completed in June

A proposal to build a pavilion to house the Whitley County Farmers Market on the Corbin Tourism lot on North Main Street will, hopefully, be completed in June. Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Monhollen told the tourism commission Tuesday during its regular monthly meeting that the...

Corbin wrestlers finish meet with nine individual firsts

The Corbin High School Wrestling team took to the mat for the first competition in the program’s short history and came away with nine individual first place finishes, finishing third among the four participating teams. Coach Chuck Davis’ team took 39 wrestlers to the meet at...

Hounds to host Bell and South this week; Whitley, W’burg gearing up for faceoff

The area basketball schedule was no match for Mother Nature as games across the area and the commonwealth were cancelled because of the snow last Thursday and into the weekend. The Corbin Redhounds, who defeated Whitley County last Tuesday, 74-60, were scheduled to get back on...

Kentucky National Guard returning to Baptist Health Corbin Friday

The Kentucky National Guard is scheduled to return to Baptist Health Corbin to augment support staff beginning Friday. Officials announced Tuesday that 10 National Guard soldiers will be on active duty at the hospital assisting with entrance screening, traffic control, restocking...