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Whitley County law enforcement seeking public’s help to catch burglar

Whitley County law enforcement is asking for the public’s help to identify the man who broke into a vehicle outside a home on Browning Acres Road Sunday morning. According to Constable Ron “Bubba” Bowling the individual walked up the driveway of the home and got into the truck to...

Two Knox County deputies shot Monday

Two Knox County Sheriff’s deputies were shot Monday as they attempted to serve an indictment warrant in the Trosper Community in eastern Knox County. Knox County Sheriff Mike Smith identified the deputies as Claude Hudson and Keith Liford, and the resident as 50-year-old John...

Police: Dead man found in funeral home parking lot committed suicide

Corbin Police were called to the parking lot at Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home Thursday morning in response to a suicide in the parking lot. Police say 72-year-old Johnie Kinman of Corbin was pronounced dead at the scene. Corbin Police Captain Coy Wilson, the department’s public...

Ossoli Foundation pledges $10,000 to Carnegie Library

The Carnegie Library Corporation of Corbin could be half way to its goal to raise the $41,000 need to purchase the historic building. At the monthly board meeting last Thursday night, it was announced that the Ossoli Foundation of Corbin has pledged to match up to $10,000 in...

Cumberland Valley Cruise-In set for Saturday in downtown Corbin

Main Street in Corbin will be packed with classic and custom rides Saturday as the Cumberland Valley Cruise-In comes to town. Chris McQueen, one of the event organizers said the first cruise-in held in May at Cumberland Falls State Park featured more than 300 entries. Vehicles of...

28th Annual Laurel Lake Cleanup scheduled for Saturday at the spillway

Spring thunderstorms have delayed the event, but the annual Laurel Lake Cleanup is going to finally happen Saturday. The 28th annual event pits Laurel and Whitley counties against each other in an effort to turn out the most volunteers. Laurel County currently holds the trophy....

Knox deputies investigating ‘elder abuse’ complaint make drug arrest

Knox County Sheriff’s deputies sent to investigate a complaint of elderly abuse Monday at a Woodbine residence found no evidence of abuse, but they did find drugs and paraphernalia. Deputy William Stewart, the department’s public affairs officer, said deputies were dispatched to...

Knox Co. Grand Jury indicts Corbin man for manslaughter

A Knox County grand jury has returned a manslaughter indictment against a north Corbin man arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident in February. Forty-six-year-old John Melton is facing charges of second-degree manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident....

Dizney Street home destroyed by fire

Corbin firefighters spent more than four hours Sunday night and into Monday morning battling a blaze that destroyed a house on Dizney Street. Firefighters were called to the scene off of Kentucky Ave. just two blocks from the station at 11:15 p.m. Sunday. “It was fully involved,”...

AG: Whitley Co. Library violated open records law

The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office has found the Whitley County Public Library violated Kentucky law when it failed to respond to an open records request regarding the meeting minutes and documentation concerning employee complaints against the Corbin Public Library Board in...