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Wanted local man shot by police Tuesday in Rockholds

Kentucky State Police say a trooper was forced to shoot a wanted suspect Tuesday afternoon after the man attempted to run over the trooper with an ATV. Trooper Lloyd Cochran, public affairs officer at Post 11 in London, said the trooper struck the suspect, identified as...

Legendary Corbin basketball star Jerry Bird passes at age 83

A former Corbin Redhound star athlete, who went on to achieve greatness while playing on the University of Kentucky men’s basketball program, died Sunday. Jerry Bird, who excelled in football and basketball at Corbin in the late 1940s and early 1950’s died in Corbin at the age of...

Corbin City Commission nixes garbage privatization effort

One week after it was announced that Corbin city officials had elected not to move forward on proposals to privatize the city’s residential garbage service, the city commission made it official, but not unanimous. By a vote of 4-1, with Commissioner Trent Knuckles casting the...

BOE moving forward with Corbin Primary School expansion

The Corbin Board of Education took the first step last Thursday toward building an addition to the primary school to house the third grade when members approved the BG1 proposal for the project. “It shows the Kentucky Department of Education that we have the funding to pay for...

Truth2TheYouth concert Saturday in Williamsburg

A local hip-hop artist is on a mission to deliver truth to the youth, and that includes the sometimes-ugly truth about his own life. Thirty-three-year-old John Bargo, known in the music world as JohnnyB, will be taking the stage at the Williamsburg National Guard Armory Saturday...

Local metal band Ruthless Vendetta opening for Warrant

A local Heavy Metal band is getting the opportunity to take the stage with a big-name band Friday night in Hazard. Ruthless Vendetta has been chosen to open the show when Warrant plays The Forum The band features James Stephens on vocals, Doug Gregory and Allen Warfield on...

Special judge, prosecutor needed in CMS counselor’s criminal case

A Corbin Middle School Counselor who was cited to court after several teens allegedly got access to alcohol while at a birthday party at her house in June, is now awaiting the appointment of a special judge and special prosecutor. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

You & Me opens new location at Baptist Health Corbin

You & Me Coffee & Tea is expanding in Corbin, as its second location opened Monday in the lobby at Baptist Health Corbin. Owner Andy Salmons said there had been several casual conversations with hospital officials over the last two years about locating a specialty coffee...

Gazebo at Corbin creekwalk damaged over the weekend

Corbin city officials are asking for the public’s help to identify the individual(s) who vandalized the gazebo at the north end of the Lynn Camp Creek walk at the Engineer Street Bridge Saturday night. Corbin Public Works Director Gary Kelly said an entire section of the wooden...

Wanted murder suspect arrested

A Corbin man indicted in May on a murder charge in connection with a fatal traffic crash in which he was allegedly driving under the influence has been taken into custody. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 34-year-old Eric J. Cassidy last Friday at a residence on Watch...