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Sanders Park picked as destination for online state tourism promotion

A downtown Corbin park dedicated to Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harland Sanders is being highlighted by the Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism as one of 99 places in Kentucky tourists should visit. The effort, called “99 days of summer” is an interactive...

Tim Melton named new W’burg Principal

Out of the seven applicants for the Williamsburg Independent School Principal position education veteran Tim Melton was the consensus choice by the interview committee for the job. During a press conference Tuesday morning in the school lobby, which was attended by about...
Posted On 31 May 2016

Motocyclist killed in Keavy wreck

A London man was pronounced dead at the scene after he was thrown from a motorcycle that struck a pickup truck in Keavy Monday night. According to Laurel County Sheriff John Root, the victim was 22-year-old Shawn H. Couch. The wreck occurred about 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of...

Stacked! Corbin to begin collecting occupational tax in Knox County on July 1

After 11 years of waiting, Corbin city officials decided Friday that the city can wait no longer to somehow reach an agreement with Knox County to divide occupational tax revenue. Under the terms of a resolution the commission approved during a special called meeting Friday,...

UPDATED: Laurel deputies charge London man following investigation into double shooting in Keavy Thursday

Following an investigation into a double shooting Thursday in Keavy, Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies have charged a London man with two counts of criminal attempt to commit murder. Twenty-eight-year-old Landon Collins, who had admitted to deputies to firing the shots that...

Corbin Independence House gets $450,000 from state

Danielle Stansberry-Matlock gave a gripping, emotional, first-hand account Tuesday of what it is like to be addicted to drugs and at the rock bottom in life. It was the Independence House that helped her turn her life around. “I have my life back today,” she said in the very...

Gray man hit by car Tuesday

The family members of Gray resident Josh Wren, who was struck by a car Tuesday afternoon, talk with KSP Trooper Jay Sowders, who is investigating the accident. A Gray man is in what police describe as “very critical condition” after he was hit by a car at the intersection of U.S....

Joint effort nets 6 arrests in burglary

A joint effort by Corbin Police, Williamsburg Police, Knox County Sheriff’s Department and Constable Ron Bowling has resulted in the arrest of six people in connection with a home burglary in Corbin Sunday afternoon. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

White, serving 10 years for manslaughter, gets additional 3 years in prison

A Williamsburg woman, who is already serving a 10-year prison sentence for manslaughter for her role in the killing of her two-year-old daughter in 2013, now has three more years in prison to serve. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...
Posted On 25 May 2016

Man jumps in pond trying to avoid police

A Williamsburg man allegedly unsuccessfully tried to evade police by jumping into a pond early Saturday evening. Bryan E. Jones, 44, pleaded not guilty Monday afternoon to charges of first-degree fleeing or evading police, tampering with physical evidence, resisting arrest,...
Posted On 25 May 2016