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Corbin Garden Club dedicates second Blue Star Memorial Marker

The Corbin Garden Club dedicated its second Blue Star Memorial Marker Monday. The new marker is located at the Kentucky Welcome Center off I-75 N at mile marker 1 in Williamsburg. Blue Star Memorial markers are a tribute to the Armed Forces. It began with the New Jersey Council...

Students participate in Corbin cleanup

Students in grades 3-12 participated in the City of Corbin’s fall cleanup on Thursday, Nov. 4. Students attend the Corbin School of Innovation. 

Williamsburg Choir opens for Foreigner

Members of the Williamsburg High School Choir had the opportunity of lifetime when they opened for Foreigner on Nov. 4 at the Corbin Arena. The 11-person choir performed several of Foreigners greatest hits off to the side on the Arena floor prior to the band taking the stage. The...

Corbin makes masks optional beginning Nov. 15

The Corbin Board of Education voted unanimously to make masks optional district wide beginning Monday, Nov. 15 during Thursday’s meeting. The “Motion to make masks optional (ie. Parent/guardian preference) throughout Corbin School District,” was made by board member Todd...

Tractor-trailer fire shut down I-75 Wednesday morning

A tractor-trailer fire on I-75 shutdown the interstate for several hours Wednesday morning. Numerous departments responded to the fire at mile marker 4 on I-75 northbound. Upon arrival, Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Estep said, “The trailer and the semi had already been...

Corbin’s Marching Redhounds take 2nd at Midstates Championship

The Corbin High School Marching Band rode off in style with a police and fire department escort on its way to the Midstates Championships in Ohio.  The band received the reserved grand champions award for its show “Voodoo.”  The students came in second place with a difference of...

RTEC vehicles found missing catalytic converters Monday

Two catalytic converters were stolen from RTEC vehicles parked near the technical center in Corbin over the weekend. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Williamsburg public servant dies at 68

Former Whitley County ambulance service owner, volunteer firefighter and business owner Larry Robbins was remembered during funeral services Tuesday evening. Robbins, 68, of Williamsburg, died on Saturday, Nov. 6, at Baptist Health Corbin. In 1994, Robbins and his wife, Ginger,...

Eagle Scout completes project with Corbin Tourism

A fourth generation is carrying on the family legacy to complete his project to become an Eagle Scout. Caine Steenbergen, 13, partnered with Corbin Tourism in completing some landscape work around the Depot. “First we had to come and look at it and see what we had to do,” said...

Fiscal court approves bid for sheriff department body cameras

Did a deputy strike someone? Did a suspect take a swing at a deputy or threaten him? In the past, judges and juries have often been faced with deducing the truth based on how the two parties retell the story about what happened. Soon they will be able to have definitive,...