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Corbin firefighters battle boat fire

Miles from the nearest navigable body of water, Corbin firefighters were called to battle a boat fire last Thursday morning Corbin Fire Lieutenant Chad Jackson said firefighters were called to the parking lot of the former Basil’s Restaurant on Beatty Ave. about 4:45 a.m. Jackson...

UPDATE: Names released of two men hit, killed by train

UPDATE: Kentucky State Police have identified the two individuals killed Tuesday morning when they were struck by a train. The individuals were 18-year-old Jordan X. Carr of Williamsburg and 18-year-old Cody E. Stevens of Barbourville. Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley said the...

Corbin teens charged with setting fire to trash can at Miller Park

Two Corbin teens are facing trespassing and criminal mischief charges for allegedly setting fire to a trash can at Miller Park Friday morning. Corbin Police Lt. Glenn Taylor arrested 18-year-old Dakota Hicks and 18-year-old Cameron Bledsoe at the park on Barton Mill Road just...

Woodbine man charged in robbery/thefts at High Top boat ramp

A Woodbine man was arrested Sunday morning for allegedly robbing a man at knifepoint at the High Top boat ramp parking area and breaking into three vehicles that were parked there. According to Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell, Deputy Brian Hensley arrested 29-year-old Isiah...

Tennessee man facing federal charges in connection with Sav-Rite Pharmacy burglary

A Tennessee man is facing federal charges in connection with the burglary of a Corbin drug store in March 2015. A federal grand jury in London indicted 44-year-old Robert Nunley of Tracy City, Tennessee on charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and entering or...

$583,000 grant for Grace Community Health project finalized

The Corbin City Commission approved the contract for a $583,000 grant to fund construction of the road and utility access to the planned Grace Community Health medical campus on the Corbin bypass. At a special called meeting Friday morning, the commissioners unanimously approved...

Signs of life at Tri-County Country Club

For the first time in more than a year, there were signs of life at the Tri-County Country Club Friday as a tractor cut grass that had overgrown the course since it was closed in April 2015. More than a year after it was closed down, there are signs of life at the Tri-County...

Season’s Restaurant hosting second round of tour bus stops

Following up the success of the spring tours, Season’s Restaurant in Corbin will be hosting seven additional Tauck Tours tour bus stops in Corbin. Season’s co-owner Shea Hensley said the first bus of 44 people travelling between Louisville and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville,...

Corbin Primary recruiting volunteers for ‘DOGs’ program

Corbin Primary School is recruiting volunteer watch DOGs for the school. The school’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has initiated the Dads On Guard (DOGs) program to bring father and father figures into the school and interact with the students. “We want them to volunteer to...

Corbin man escapes injury in crash, arrested for DUI

After a Corbin man told emergency personnel he didn’t need to go to the hospital following a single-vehicle crash on in Lily early Sunday morning, deputies took him for a ride to jail for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. Fifty-one-year-old Stephen McNew was...