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Promotions announced at Corbin Police Department

Some officers with the Corbin Police Department are sporting new titles after Monday’s Corbin City Commission meeting. Corbin Police Chief Rusty Hedrick announced promotions within the department including: Lieutenant Coy Wilson was promoted to major, Sergeant Jim Miller was...

City Commissioners have heated debate over pool upgrade

The Corbin City Commissioners engaged in a heated discussion as some members feared moving too quickly with improvements to the city pool could leave the city in hot water. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to...

Student meets $1,000 goal for Shop with a Cop

A Whitley County Middle School student met her goal of raising $1,000 for the Williamsburg Police Department’s Shop with a Cop program after selling raffle tickets for two Yeti tumblers during Old Fashioned Trading Days. HayLee Baird, 13, had already donated $640 to the cause,...

Baptist Health Corbin and Saint Joseph London host joint press conference

They are overrun, and they want people to get vaccinated and wear masks. That was the overwhelming sentiment of a joint press conference with officials from Baptist Health Corbin and Saint Joseph London last week. “Our staff are working tirelessly to care for our patients. I am...

Robbery suspect sought

The Corbin Police Department is investigating an attempted robbery at the Quality Tobacco store across from 19th Street. Corbin Police Department Corbin Police Lt. Coy Wilson said a female entered the establishment and said that she had a gun before attempting to rob the place....

UPDATE: Guidance for grocery pickup now available following Corbin Walmart’s closure

Corbin Walmart will be closing at 2 p.m. on Sept. 15 for additional sanitization and to restock shelves according to a Facebook post made by the store around noon on Wednesday. The store will reopen at 6 a.m. on Friday. Associates will continue to work their normal schedules, the...

Corbin man facing 25 years for child porn

A Corbin man is facing 25 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom sentenced Andrew J. Kerr, 32, on Tuesday. Kerr pleaded guilty to the charges in June. According to a release from the Department of Justice, Kerr recorded...

Corbin Walmart closing at 2 p.m. on Wednesday

Corbin Walmart will be closing at 2 p.m. on Sept. 15 for additional sanitization and to restock shelves according to a Facebook post made by the store around noon on Wednesday. The store will reopen at 6 a.m. on Friday. Associates will continue to work their normal schedules, the...

New York Times data not helpful in determining COVID impact

(Editor’s note: All numbers and rankings from The New York Times COVID data were taken from the charts at noon on Sept. 14.) Several Kentucky media outlets are reporting stories of The News York Times COVID data stating eight Eastern Kentucky counties are in the top 20 counties...

Corbin Police hosting annual ‘5-0 5K’

Runners will gather at the starting line on Depot Street at 8 a.m. on Sept. 18 for the Fourth Annual Corbin Police Department 5-0 5K race. The race is a fundraiser hosted annually to support the police department’s Shop with a Cop holiday event. “When I took office, I approached...