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Two people were airlifted from the scene of a head-on collision involving a truck and a Jeep Wrangler Tuesday morning in Lily. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said the driver and passenger in the GMC Sierra pickup,...

With the playground at Rotary Park now in pieces, the City Manager Marlon Sams is taking bids to replace it. At the regular work session meeting of the commission Monday night, Sams said he sent out a request for proposal to replace the equipment and is expecting at least three...

One Corbin restaurant has been selected as a regional finalist in the Kentucky Arts and Tourism Cabinet’s efforts to find foods that exemply the taste of Daniel Boone Region of Kentucky. Corbin Tourism Directory Maggy Kriebel announced Tuesday during the Corbin Touri...

The Corbin City Commission took the first step in potentially privatizing the city’s garbage service Monday night as officials from two of the largest garbage collectors in the area came to speak about what they could offer if the city moved forward with the idea. Read this story...

City officials in Berea and Cynthiana agree that contracting out their garbage pickup was the right decision. Cynthiana in Harrison County is a town similar to Corbin with approximately 6,200 residents. In 2009, the Cynthiana City Commission elected to contract out the city’s...

The Main Street restaurant that began as Twist and Shout and later was known as The Corbin Lounge is no more. Owner Don House confirmed Monday that the establishment at 408 South Main Street has been closed. “I just got tired of it and closed it,” House said. “I’ve got too many...

West Knox firefighters were called to Lynn Camp High School Friday afternoon to search for the source of the smell of smoke in the hallways. Chief Daryl Baker said the call came in at 4:10 a.m. A second call came in after a passerby reported seeing smoke coming from the building....

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a vehicle that may have been used in the theft of more than $3,000 worth of power tools from a Corbin area hotel. According to Sheriff John Root, surveillance video from the Baymont Inn captured what appeared to be an older model...

Senture, a business support company with facilities in Williamsburg, London, Annville and Monticello, was named one of the best places to work in Kentucky. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management chose Senture from among businesses...

The playground at Rotary Park in Corbin has been closed after the equipment failed inspection. Corbin City Manager Marlon Sams said the equipment, which was installed more than 15 years ago, has been found to be structurally unsound when the results an inspection performed in...