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Corbin Board of Education authorizes superintendent to call meeting of long range facilities planning committee

Construction at the new Corbin Middle School is on pace to have the building ready when the 2018-19 school year begins and the Corbin Board of Education has begun the process to determine where grades three, four and five will be housed. At a working session of the board Monday...

Downtown business owners request city reopen Monroe Street

Downtown Corbin business owners, who are located between First and Monroe Street, came to the Corbin City Commission Monday night asking that the city reopen Monroe Street to traffic. The street between Main and Depot Street was closed in 2013 as planning for the pedestrian...

Corbin man charged with shooting girlfriend multiple times, pleads guilty to assault

A Corbin man, who was charged with the attempted murder of his girlfriend, pleaded guilty Friday to an amended charge of assault. Forty-nine-year-old Michael Dean Johnson, who was arrested on Oct. 26 for allegedly shooting Alexis McMahan five times in the chest and abdomen,...

Battle over NIBROC’s return to Main Street renewed at Corbin City Commission

A series of discussions concerning downtown and the potential effect moving NIBROC back to Main Street in 2017 will have on business owners resulted in a call for a vote to override the move at the Corbin City Commission meeting Monday night. Read this story and more for just...

Corbin man ‘knocked out’ after starting fight with store clerk

A Corbin man was taken to Baptist Health Corbin for treatment of head and leg injuries he sustained during an altercation with a store clerk Tuesday morning. Fifty-four-year-old James Cassidy has been cited to appear in Whitley District Court on charges of alcohol intoxication,...

CHS track streaker now in rehab, lawyer says

The woman charged with running naked among the Corbin track team made her first court appearance last Tuesday. Twenty-six-year-old Julie Leger of London, who was arrested Feb. 24 at the facility behind Corbin High School, appeared before Whitley District Court Judge Fred White...

Whitley Constable: Jeep occupants claiming to work for Cumberland Valley Electric, actually do

A green Jeep reportedly seen throughout the area whose occupants claim to be checking power poles for Cumberland Valley Electric, are doing just that. Whitley County Constable Ron “Bubba” Bowling said numerous residents have reported the vehicle and the occupants to law...

First Baptist Church adds ‘Little Food Pantry’

First Baptist Church in Corbin is expanding its food pantry, a little. Near the door to the food pantry, church members have installed a “Little Free Pantry.” The two-shelf cabinet contains an assortment of canned goods, non-perishable food and toiletry items available to those...

Corbin Trolley route schedule released

Corbin’s trolley bus is now operating on a fixed schedule. Corbin Downtown Director Andy Salmons said Tuesday that the anticipated route schedule calls for the trolley to operate along the 16-stop route between Trademart Shopping Center and the hotels near Exit 25 between 8 a.m....

Michaels, Gilbert playing The Arena this weekend

The Arena in Corbin will be rattling the rafters Friday and Saturday night as rock legends Bret Michaels and Warrant take the stage Friday night while country music star Brantley Gilbert goes on Saturday night. Gilbert, who has scored back-to-back platinum albums with “Halfway to...