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Corbin BOE votes to raise taxes, tuition

Property taxes to support Corbin Independent Schools are going up but in an effort to balance the equation, so is tuition. At the regular monthly meeting last Thursday, the Corbin Board of Education approved a four percent increase in the property tax rate. The new rate, which...

Ratt, Lita Ford, Great White coming to The Arena

The new Arena manager has booked her first show and it will have the house rockin’ with the sounds of Ratt, Lita Ford, Jack Russell’s Great White, FireHouse and Trixter.

UPDATED: Police pursuit on US 25E ends when SUV hits coal truck

A high-speed chase north on U.S. 25E Thursday afternoon came to a sudden stop near the Corbin bypass when the run vehicle ran head-on into a coal truck. Kentucky State Police had reportedly initiated a pursuit of the Mercedes-Benz SUV in eastern Knox County. Trooper Shane Jacobs,...

Text messages shed light on moments before teens killed by train

Jordan Carr and Cody Stevens were both struck and killed by a train about 2 a.m. Tuesday. Jami Cook has a message for people regarding walking on railroad tracks following the death of her 18-year-old son and another young man early Tuesday morning. “Stay off the railroad...
Posted On 07 Sep 2016

Source of drugs in meth conspiracy sentenced to 11 years in federal prison

The man who has admitted to being the source of supply in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Knox, Laurel, Madison and Rockcastle counties has been sentenced to eleven years, three months in federal prison. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

Reclaiming Futures Cornhole Tournament Saturday

If you’re a cornhole player or if you just want to do something to help a program designed to get kids off drugs, then you might want to visit Old Fashioned Trading Days Saturday morning. The Sixth-Annual Reclaiming Futures Cornhole Tournament will take place starting about...
Posted On 07 Sep 2016

UPDATE: Names released of two men hit, killed by train

UPDATE: Kentucky State Police have identified the two individuals killed Tuesday morning when they were struck by a train. The individuals were 18-year-old Jordan X. Carr of Williamsburg and 18-year-old Cody E. Stevens of Barbourville. Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley said the...

More details come to light in jail contraband case

The mother and the wife of a Whitley County Detention Center inmate allegedly met a woman at the bottom of the hill in front of the jail earlier this month to pick up pills to be delivered to an inmate at the jail, according to testimony Monday morning from Whitley County Jailer...
Posted On 31 Aug 2016

CSX employee arrested for having child pornography

A member of upper management at the CSX Corbin yard has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography. Fifty-three-year-old David B. Haas was arrested Wednesday night following an investigation by Kentucky State Police. According to Detective Justin Oliver, state...

Corbin High School’s ACT scores excel, go above 21 goal

Teachers, administrator and support staff at Corbin High School are celebrating an important testing milestone that officials say is not only a measure of how well the school prepares its students for college or careers, but could also have monetary benefits as well. Corbin High...