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A Corbin woman is behind bars after allegedly driving a truck through a local furniture store in an apparently burglary attempt on Christmas day. About 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 25, Laurel County 911 received a call about an audible alarm going off at Fitzpatrick’s Furniture store on...

In light of the recent controversy over the failure to disclose the restaurants in Whitley County where workers have been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, Interm Whitley County Health Department Director Tamara Phelps spoke with the Corbin City Commission and Whitley County Fiscal...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department is warning residents of a phone scam targeting local residents. Officials with the sheriff’s department said a resident contacted deputies Monday night after receiving one such call. According to the victim, the male caller stated he was...

One week after refusing a News Journal request to release the names of restaurants in Whitley County, which have had an employee or employees diagnosed with Hepatitis A, and five days after denying a News Journal open records request for records related to restaurants with...

Corbin High School was placed on “soft lockdown” Friday morning after a man was reportedly seen near the campus with a shotgun. According to Corbin Independent Schools Superintendent Dave Cox, a student looked out of a school building window and noticed a man walking...

A worker at a Corbin restaurant has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, according to a Knox County Health Department release Monday. The case of Hepatitis A was diagnosed on Friday, Dec. 7, in a food service worker at Little Caesar’s Pizza, which is located at 510 Master Street. “An...

Knox County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store in Gray Monday morning. Deputies were called to A&B Quick Stop on U.S. 25E in Gray at approximately 3:30 a.m. Deputy William Stewart, the department’s Public Affairs Officer, said a lone...

A Knox County man has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer after state police say he shot law enforcement that had arrived at his residence to investigate an assault complaint Monday morning. Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs, Public Affairs Officer at...

Kentucky State Police, the Whitley County Coroner’s Office and numerous volunteer fire departments are on the scene of a fatal house fire in the Rockholds’ community. The structure fire was first reported about 2:41 p.m. at a 74 Gail Hart Road residence, which is...

Representative Regina Huff of Williamsburg has been chosen by House Leadership to chair the House Education Committee for the next two years. “I am honored and humbled to have the confidence of my leadership to lead this critical committee and fight for a quality education for...