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Tickets on sale for annual Rotary International Dinner

Corbin and London’s Rotary International clubs will be joining together for the 10th consecutive year to host the Rotary International Dinner in an effort to help the organization eradicate polio, worldwide. This year’s dinner will be held at The Arena in Corbin at 7 p.m. on...

Corbin City Commission approves downtown master plan

After months of planning and several public meetings, the Corbin City Commission approved the final draft of the street scaping and wayfinding study during its monthly meeting Monday night. The plan, which has been in the works since 2016, is designed to make Corbin more...

Control of The Corbin Center going back to City of Corbin

The City of Corbin will be taking back control of The Corbin Center effective June 1. The Corbin Board of Education and the Corbin City Commission have each approved an agreement that the school system would operate the multi-purpose facility through May 31 and be permitted to...

CHS student threatened to bring gun to school Tuesday

For the second time in less than a week, Corbin Police were called to investigate alleged threats made by a Corbin student. Corbin High School’s Resource Officer William Rose was notified about 10 a.m. Tuesday after a student had allegedly made a threat. “Another kid said he was...

Fox Run Road home destroyed by fire Saturday morning

Firefighters from three area departments spent approximately seven hours battling a house fire on Fox Run Road in Corbin early Saturday morning. Oak Grove, Woodbine and West Knox firefighters were called to the scene off of Black Diamond Road at approximately 2:30 a.m. “It was a...

School safety fundraising effort for Corbin schools exceeds $40,000

Local attorney Shane Romines is continuing the effort to ensure Corbin Independent Schools two school resource officers remain on the job beyond the end of the school year. In a video posted on the Copeland and Romines Law Office Facebook page, Romines announced the fundraising...

Corbin Police investigating ‘suspicious individual’ seen outside preschool playground

Corbin Police are investigating after receiving a complaint of a suspicious man outside the playground at Corbin Preschool. Superintendent Dave Cox said one of the school system’s school resource officers, was called to the school on Master Street at about 11 a.m. after teachers...

Two Corbin Elementary students facing charges over school threats

Two Corbin Elementary School students are facing terroristic threatening charges after making threatening comments during school Friday morning. “It was nothing specific,” said Superintendent Dave Cox, explaining that another student overheard the comment and told a teacher. The...

Corbin Arena announces two new shows

Two new shows have been announced for The Arena in Corbin. Arena Director Kristi Balla said Thursday that country comedian Rodney Carrington will perform April 27. Sesame Street Live will be at the venue on Saturday, May 5. “I’ve had a lot of people request him,” Balla said of...

Corbin man facing four murder counts makes first court appearance

The Corbin man charged in the murders of four people, including an unborn child, made his first appearance in Whitley District Court Tuesday. Via video arraignment before Judge Cathy Prewitt, a not-guilty plea was entered on behalf 37-year-old Paul Brock on four counts of murder...