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Euro Sticks bringing 90 jobs to Corbin

The Southeast Kentucky Business Park will be the new home to an ice-cream and coffee-stir sticks manufacturing plant. Euro Sticks, a French family-owned manufacturer, plans to expand and finish out a speculative building into a facility designed to manufacture up to 2 billion...

Two people airlifted from scene of Woodbine wreck

Two people are in stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center where they were airlifted following a two-vehicle crash in Woodbine Wednesday. Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies identified the individuals as 47-year-old Samuel Crabtree of Louisville and...

Local cardiologist accused of Medicare fraud

A local cardiologist has been indicted on federal charges of attempting to defraud Medicare, Medicaid and other government and private health insurers on at least 13 different occasions dating back to March 2007. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...

One injured when motorcycle hits car Monday in Corbin

A motorcycle rider suffered multiple injuries Monday morning when he ran into a car while riding up Main Street in Corbin. Twenty-three-year-old Dylan Bunch of Danville was thrown from his Kawasaki Ninja street bike following the collision at the intersection of North Main Street...

Deputies find drugs on woman arrested for shoplifting

A Corbin woman, initially charged with shoplifting after Walmart loss prevention stopped her as she attempted to leave the store with just over $40 worth of items, was reportedly caught with drugs and cash as she was being escorted to jail. Laurel County Sheriff John Root said...

Local hotel owner Sudhir Patel receives Key to the City

Local hotel owner Sudhir Patel, who has also served on the Corbin Tourism Commission for 28 years, was honored for his service to the city by being named a “Corbin Colonel” and given the key to the city. “I was glad to do that,” said Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney who presented...

CHS grad, Miss Ky. contestant uses bright pink pants to promote more frequent breast exams

A 2015 Corbin High School graduate competing in the Miss Kentucky Pageant this week is making her efforts to raise awareness about breast cancer and the need for women to increase the frequency of self-exams her pageant platform. Brooke Way said she has seen, first-hand, the...

Arena Manager getting three months severance pay, Corbin officials confirm

Arena Manager Connie Hunt will receive three months of salary and compensation for any unused vacation days in her severance package. Hunt has not returned multiple calls seeking comment on her resignation or what led to the decision. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

Whitley dispatcher resigns following shoplifting arrest

A Whitley County E-911 dispatcher has resigned following allegations that he allegedly shoplifted items from the Williamsburg IGA Sunday afternoon. Brandon Byrd, 25, of Williamsburg, turned himself in at the Whitley County Detention Center Monday afternoon where Williamsburg...

EXTRA CONTENT: Johnson distraught speaking to 911 about dead brother

Recordings of the 911 call to Laurel dispatch, in which 30-year-old Antonio Johnson reports the death of his brother on April 5, indicates that he was in the room where Anthony Johnson was found dead for at least 10 minutes before coming out and calling 911. (Hear the 911...