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Trial set to begin Monday over man’s claim he was brutalized by Corbin police

A Williamsburg man who claims Corbin Police tazed him twice and pepper sprayed him during a traffic stop on U.S. 25 in April 2010, before slamming the door of the police cruiser on his legs, will get his day in court beginning Monday.

Local doctor pleads guilty to tax evasion, could get up to five years in prison

A London doctor who spent time working in the emergency room at Jellico Community Hospital has pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

After 105 years, St. Camillus Academy in Corbin to close in May

The sixth grade students at St. Camillus Academy spent time Thursday searching the school for items they could sell on eBay. Their goal was to help raise money to keep the 105-year-old school open beyond May 23.

Crash near Corbin leads to drug arrest

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Florida man whom they say was driving under the influence of drugs when his vehicle went off the road near Corbin and overturned into a ditch Wednesday afternoon.

Officials unsure what cause blazed that destroyed Woodbine home

Rodger Inman spent Friday at a campsite on Devil’s Creek, returning home to find what was left of his house lying on the ground in ashes.

Police looking for two suspects for violent home invasion robbery in Lily

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two white men who beat and robbed a Lily couple of their medication and cell phones at their home early Tuesday morning.

Tatersall home severely damaged by early-morning fire

Arson has been ruled out, but firefighters are still working to determine what started a fire that damaged the home at 365 Ruffian Trail in Tattersall Thursday morning.

Whitley trio arrested in Laurel County on drug trafficking charges

Two Williamsburg men and a Corbin woman are facing drug trafficking charges in Laurel County after they allegedly sold Oxycodone pills to a confidential informant working for the sheriff's department Tuesday night.

UPDATED: Victims of head-on crash Monday recovering; witness says speed likely a factor

A Gray man is in stable condition and a Corbin man has been discharged from the University of Tennessee Medical Center following a head-on collision on U.S. 25 Monday morning.

Whitley man facing murder charge after beating victim dies

  A Williamsburg man who had previously admitted to beating another man in the head, is now facing a murder charge after the victim died as a result of the wounds he sustained.