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Corbin woman accused of assaulting grandmother

  A Corbin woman is facing two counts of misdemeanor assault for allegedly hitting her grandmother, aunt and uncle during a child custody dispute Thursday night. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 29-year-old Ashley Rayburn on two counts of fourth-degree assault –...

KSP: Knox County residents reporting multiple calls from IRS tax scammers

With the tax filing deadline less than a week away, Kentucky State Police at Post 10 in Harlan are asking residents to be on guard against calls from individuals claiming to be IRS agents attempting to collect unpaid taxes. Trooper Shane Jacobs, public affairs officer at Post 10...

UPDATED: Lily man accused of raping two children pleads guilty to sexual abuse

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Laurel Lake Cleanup set for Saturday

One of the rites of spring in the Tri-County area will take place Saturday as Laurel and Whitley counties go head-to-head in the annual Laurel Lake Cleanup. Volunteers are invited to come out to the spillway off of Ky. 1193 to join in the effort. Registration will begin at 8 a.m....

UPDATED: Man found dead at Lily residence; twin brother charged with murder; cause of death was multiple blows to the head with a hammer

Update: Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said Thursday that Anthony Johnson was struck multiple times in the top of the head with a hammer. “The autopsy found numerous wounds in the top of his head,”...

Ex-Corbin Fire Chief Gary Price dies over weekend at 63

Former Corbin Fire Chief Gary Price will be laid to rest today. The 33-year-veteran firefighter, who retired from the department in August 2008, died Saturday at the age of 63. “He loved the fire department,” said Battalion Chief Aric Young, who started at the department in 1997...

Cleanup work on French Broad River Pullman railroad car to begin Saturday

The first steps in returning Corbin’s rolling railroad stock back to pristine condition will begin Saturday. Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Kriebel, who led the effort to bring the L&N 2132 steam engine, tender, caboose and Pullman car to Corbin, said volunteers are welcome...

Corbin man found to be Missouri fugitive

A Corbin man who is wanted in Missouri will be going back to answer the charges following his arrest Friday morning. According to Laurel County Sheriff John Root, deputies arrested 31-year-old Aubrey Blankenship off Flatwoods Road in Keavy after deputies developed information...

Season’s Restaurant in downtown Corbin selected as tour bus lunch stop

Season’s Restaurant co-owners Shea Hensley and Jason Matthews have reached an agreement with Tauck Tours in Louisville to have its tour buses stop for lunch at the Main Street establishment. Hensley said Corbin would be one stop on a five-day trip from Louisville through central...

Corbin approves earlier Sunday alcohol sales

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