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A Corbin man wanted on robbery and theft charges in connection with an armed robbery at Landmark Inn, turned himself in to police Monday morning.

Jerry Wayne White pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to his part in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, bringing the number of defendants in the case who have or notified the court of their intention to plead guilty to nine of the 28 named in the indictment.

In a twist of fate, State Senate President Robert Stivers (R-Manchester), whose district has included Knox County and that part of Corbin, now represents Whitley County, and all of Corbin.

  A Knox County woman whose minivan smashed into Liquor Mart Thursday morning, told police she blacked out seconds before the crash.

Corbin Police and Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies may be searching for the same person as they investigate separate burglaries in which the perpetrator used a sledgehammer to beat his way into an ATM machine.

Two-and-a-half weeks after watching in shock and horror as their building was destroyed by fire, employees at the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter officially opened for business at their new temporary location.