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Keavy woman indicted for manslaughter in connection with fatal wreck

A Keavy woman has been indicted for manslaughter in connection with a fatal crash during which police say she was driving under the influence of intoxicants and with a suspended driver’s license. Kayla Danielle Brock, 29, was indicted Friday on charges of second-degree...

Diners enjoy, ‘Dinner in the Dark’

Approximately 100 people spent Monday night in the dark for a good cause, taking part in the third annual Freeman Foundation Lights Out Dinner in the Dark. The guests came to the Corbin Center where they were blindfolded and then led to their tables much the same as host Travis...

Salmons announces resignation as Corbin Downtown Manager

When Andy Salmons came on as Corbin Main Street Manager in 2012, he said he had a vision to build a plan for the city and see it come to fruition. With the master plan for downtown recently approved, the Whitley County Farmer’s Market, monthly community yard sale, and Moonbow...

West Knox, Lily firefighters give cancer patient ride of his life

A local firefighter received the support of his fellow firefighters to make his 3-year-old son’s dreams come true when he was brought home from the hospital Friday where he had been receiving treatment to combat cancer. Mike Young, a six-year veteran of the West Knox Fire...

Moore accused of trying to break into North Corbin home Sunday

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man was under the influence of alcohol when he attempted to enter a residence on Byrley Road early Sunday morning. Deputies arrested Chad Moore, 38, of Corbin outside the residence off of South Stewart Road at approximately 12:25 a.m....

Father charged with assaulting four-year-old over ‘missed words’

The father of a four-year-old, who is charged with child abuse, told police he whipped the child with a belt because she was missing words. Jeremy Adam Smith, 38, of Corbin is facing one count of third-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or under. Smith was arrested Friday...

‘Leader’ in case of pharmacy burglaries case to plead Thursday

The man police say led a conspiracy to burglarize numerous pharmacies across the Southeast, including Stephanie’s Down Home Pharmacy in Corbin in 2014, and Sav-Rite Pharmacy in 2015, is scheduled to be rearraigned Thursday in federal court. Robert Nunley of Tracy City, Tennessee,...

Corbin City Commission votes to change restaurant tax collections

Corbin restaurants will soon be required to pay restaurant taxes on a monthly basis. During it’s regular meeting Monday, the Corbin City Commission, directed Ctiy Attorney Bob Hammons to draw up an amended to the restaurant tax ordinance mandating that the taxes be paid monthly,...

Keavy man charged with rape of juvenile

A Keavy man has been charged with the 2017 rape of a juvenile, whom police say was unconscious at the time. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 39-year-old Teddy Lynn Fox Friday morning after he was discovered in an area off of Slate Ridge Road in Lily. “One of the deputies...

State Rep Jim Stewart accused of harassment

Rep Jim Stewart III (R-Flat Lick) who represents Knox County and portion of Laurel County has been accused of harassing a staffer in 2015. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported in a story on its website Wednesday that 86thDistrict Representative was accused of making “unwanted...