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Corbin, Williamsburg school boards vote to raise dropout age to 18

Corbin and Williamsburg Independent Schools are among the first to amend their policies that will raise the age a student must reach before dropping out of high school from 16 to 18.

Reality show featuring Corbin auction house to premier July 8 on TruTV

 Sammie Isaac and the crew at Sammie’s Auction will be going nationwide on July 8 as “Kentucky Bidders’ premiers on Tru TV.

 

County liability insurance premium to skyrocket $187,000; fiscal court hashes out road paving

 After five years, Whitley County's insurance rate are increasing by $187,000.

Local doctor gets 18 months in prison for income tax evasion

A local doctor who admitted to failing to pay more than $900,000 in federal income taxes over more than decade was sentenced to 18 months in prison and must replay the taxes along with interest an penalties.

BREAKING NEWS: Corbin man dies after leaping off Hwy. 770 bridge into City Dam Lake Thursday

It took only about an hour for rescue officials to find the man who leapt from Hwy. 312 bridge into City Dam Lake near Corbin Thursday, and unfortunately the story did not have a happy ending.

Slain Bardstown police officer was standout baseball start at University of the Cumberlands

 When University of the Cumberlands Baseball Coach Bradley Shelton took the job in 2002, he said he had the good fortune to inherit a senior catcher, who led by example, on and off the field.

Rockholds man arrested for break ins at school; $10,000 worth of equipment recovered

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Rockholds man who they say broke into the Whitley County Alternative School twice within the last week.

London man accused of robbing couple at gunpoint outside Corbin hotel

The London man accused of robbing Taco Bell and Cash Xpress in north Corbin at gunpoint has now been charged with robbing a Corbin couple at gunpoint outside a Corbin hotel.

Corbin man arrested for offering money to have local woman killed

A Corbin man, whom state police say posted a message on the popular Topix website offering to pay money to have a person killed.

U of C President honored as a visionary leader Tuesday

In naming the annual visionary award after pioneer Daniel Boone, the Mountain Laurel District of the Bluegrass Council of the Boy Scouts have sought to change the landscape through hard work and dedication.