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Corbin man charged with punching, injecting estranged wife

It remains unknown whether the case against a Corbin man who allegedly broke into his estranged wife’s home and injected her with an unknown substance will be presented to a Whitley County grand jury, but a judge did agree to amend his bond Tuesday. Thirty-three-year-old Bobby...

Kentucky Attorney General: Corbin Library Board violated open meetings law

The Kentucky Attorney General’s Office has found that the Corbin Library Board violated open meetings laws by holding unscheduled meetings and meetings in which a quorum of members was present without proper public notice. In the opinion released Monday in response to a written...

Governor attends inaugural Southeastern Kentucky Prayer Breakfast

Everyone can use a little prayer and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is no exception as he came to Corbin Monday for the inaugural Southeastern Kentucky Prayer Breakfast hosted by Forward Community Church. In a room filled with local and state officials, first responders and members...

Baptist Health Corbin commemorates ‘National Donate Life Month’

Each of the approximately 30 people that attended Baptist Health Corbin’s ceremony commemorating “National Donate Life Month” held last Thursday near the hospital’s surgery entrances, was asked to draw a stone from a basket. Written on each stone was an organ or tissue that...

Williamsburg Pizza Hut manager receives company’s ‘Book It! Champion Award’

Pizza Hut restaurants have been working to improve reading literacy among America’s children through its “Book It” program for more than 30 years. The company recently recognized Shannon Barman, general manager of the Williamsburg Pizza Hut who received the “Book It! Champion...

High speed chase ends after bogging down in mud

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies got a bonus Monday night as a high speed chase in the Corbin area ended with the suspect’s car bogged down in the mud and the interior littered with meth precursors and an active meth lab. Deputies arrested the driver, Brian Ray Kidd, 30, and the...

Corbin Public Library approves contract with Whitley Co. Public Library

After reviewing it with its attorney, the Corbin Public Library Board approved a contract Friday night with the Whitley County Public Library Board detailing the division of county library tax revenue between the two entities. Under the original one-page agreement drafted in...

Corbin woman charged with endangering toddlers

A Corbin woman is facing charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and wanton endangerment after Knox County Sheriff’s deputies say she consumed alcohol and then went to sleep, during which two toddlers were seen throwing items out a second-story household window Thursday...

Utilities commission: Odor in downtown Corbin caused by work at sewer plant

Corbin Utilities official are aware of and taking action on an sewer odor in downtown Corbin. Ron Herd, General Manager of the Corbin City Utilities Commission said the odor was cause by worker cleaning out an oxidation ditch. Workers were removing grit from the ditch at the...

City commission discusses efforts to combat property blight

As a realtor, Heather Barrineau told the Corbin City Commission that the number and state of blighted properties within the city can be a difficult selling point when dealing with clients looking to relocate to Corbin. As a homeowner on Christian Street, Barrineau told the...