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Corbin trolley shuttling Sheltowee Trace visitors downtown

A joint effort between the Corbin Tourism Commission, Corbin Downtown and Sheltowee Trace Adventure Outfitters to allow visitors to experience Downtown Corbin met with moderate success on its first night as eight people took advantage of the opportunity to ride the Corbin trolley...

Pink cement trucks part of new breast cancer awareness effort

A local concrete company is teaming up with the Baptist Health Corbin to raise awareness about breast cancer and help the hospital in its efforts to combat the disease. Triple Crown Concrete, which operates plants across central and southern Kentucky, including Corbin and London,...

UPDATE: Arrest warrant issued in Wednesday fatal shooting

UPDATE: Kentucky State Police said Friday that an arrest warrant has been issued for a Corbin man following an investigation into a fatal shooting Wednesday night in Woodbine. Trooper Lloyd Cochran, public affairs officer at Post 11 in London, said the warrant has been issued for...

No more parking on Corbin’s Main Street?

Traffic flow and the potential effect that the removal of the parking spaces on Main Street may have on it was debated during Monday’s regular meeting of the Corbin City Commission. While the commission took no action on the matter, the members discussed the possibility of...

Ky. Transportation Cabinet announces lane closures on I-75 in Whitley County

A portion of Interstate 75 in Whitley County will be reduced to one lane beginning Tuesday. Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said I-75 between mile points 19.5 and 19.8 will close the right lane and right shoulder daily through Thursday to perform maintenanc...

Baptist Health Corbin Volunteer Auxiliary offers chance to, ‘Splat out Cancer’

Baptist Health Corbin’s Volunteer Auxiliary held a fundraiser Thursday to benefit its efforts to aid patients receiving cancer treatment at the hospital, providing them with the opportunity to, “Splat out Cancer.” For $1, individuals had the chance to sling shot balloons filled...

Agriculture Commissioner makes campaign stop in Corbin

Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles made a campaign stop in Corbin Tuesday. The Republican incumbent is seeking is second term in office. “This is the defacto voice of rural Kentucky,” said the Scott County native who grew up working on a farm growing tobacco and...

Corbin man charged with assaulting wife with SUV

A Corbin man is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center after police say he assaulted his wife with an SUV Wednesday. Christopher Carter, 44, is facing one count of second-degree assault – domestic violence in connection with the incident that resulted in Angie Carter...

Gray man accused of stealing over $10,000 in household items

Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Gray man wanted in connection with a March 25 theft of more than $10,000 worth of household items from a neighbor’s home. Jacob Todd Smith, 39, is facing one count of theft by unlawful taking of the value of $10,000 or more but less than...

Sodomy, sexual abuse trial continued as defendant goes for competency evaluation

The trial of a Keavy man accused of sexually abusing and sodomizing a four-year-old in 2017 that had been scheduled to begin Thursday, has been postponed. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....