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Truck slams into Corbin business Wednesday night

TRUCK SLAMS INTO BUILDING, SMASHING THE BUILDINGS WALL AND TOTALING THE TRUCK. An East Bernstadt man walked away but a Corbin business wasn’t as lucky when a truck slammed into a building Wednesday night. CorbinPolice and firefighters were called to the intersection of 18th and...

Medical malpractice suit against CRCCC goes federal

A medical malpractice and negligence lawsuit filed against Cumberland River Comprehensive Care Center concerning a patient who died of pneumonia is moving to federal court. A notice of removal, moving the case from Whitley Circuit Court to U.S. District Court in London, was filed...

Luke child pornography trial delayed

A federal court judge has agreed to continue the trial of a Gray man accused of possessing child pornography, though there has yet to be a ruling on his motion to throw out some of the evidence against him. U.S. District Court Judge Gregory VanTatenhove rescheduled the trial of...

Corbin Tourism passes $1.362 million budget; increases Varsity Club funding

The Corbin Tourism Commission passed its 2016/17 $1.362 million budget Tuesday night with one small amendment. The commissioners agreed to give an additional $1,000 to the Corbin Varsity Club to help sponsor the annual Pigskin Classic football event and the Cumberland Falls...

Knox School Board votes to keep Sprinkles on as superintendent

It was absolute pandemonium in the Knox School Board Annex as the board voted 3-2 in favor of rescinding the March 15 and March 22 actions to cancel the superintendent’s contract and renew Superintendent Kelly Sprinkles’ contract for another four years. The audience waited...

‘Golden Alert’ issued for man last seen at London residence

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office has issued a “Golden Alert” for a 71-year-old man who may have travelled through southern Laurel and Whitley Counties en route to McCreary County. Miller According to Sheriff John Root, Douglas Macarthur Miller left a home on Sally’s Branch Road...

Corbin woman arrested for DUI, shoplifting found to have five outstanding warrants in Whitley County

What began as a complaint about a possible drunk driver Sunday night in Keavy, ended with the recovery of stolen merchandise from a local dollar store and the arrest of a Corbin woman on multiple charges including shoplifting and. Thirty-four-year-old Misty Johnson was arrested...

Rockcastle Co. woman accused of robbing woman outside local convenience store

A Rockcastle County woman was arrested Monday morning for allegedly robbing a woman outside a local convenience store. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies charged 28-year-old Sabrina Brumagen of Mount Vernon with one count of second-degree robbery in connection with the incident...

Whitley deputies respond to complaint of people passed out in car, arrest two for trafficking drugs

A woman was found unresponsive last Tuesday after a tip led Deputy Jonas Saunders, with the assistance of Deputy James Fox, to three people who were passed out in the Friendly Mart parking lot in Woodbine around 9 p.m.   The phone-in tip to Whitley County E911 stated that...

Fire damages apartment in Lily Monday morning

An apartment on Davenport Lane in Lily was damaged by fire Monday morning. Lily and West Knox firefighters were called to the scene off of Robinson Creek Road at 9:48 a.m. Lily Fire Chief Paul Collins said when firefighters arrived smoke was coming out of the door. One witness...