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A former University of the Cumberlands football player, who allegedly assaulted a UC football player in late 2015 and then fled town on the day he was scheduled to stand trial, has pleaded guilty to amended charges. Devin Preyer, 24, was originally indicted for second-degree...

A pair of Tennessee men, who tried to cut into one of the most visible ATM machines in Williamsburg earlier this year before leading police on a high-speed chase along I-75 that ended after police deployed spike strips to stop of the suspect’s vehicle, have pleaded guilty in...

The City of Corbin has a new recreation director and new main street director. At the regular called monthly meeting Monday night, the City Commission voted unanimously to hire Hope Gibson to head the recreation department and Aaron Sturgill to head Corbin Downtown. Gibson and...

A Corbin couple charged in the murder of the woman’s mother, Sherry Rose, in June were indicted Friday by a Laurel County grand jury. Joseph Craig McFadden, 31, and his wife, Christie Elizabeth McFadden, 28, were each indicted on charges of murder, theft by unlawful taking of the...

Corbin High School’s “Roastin’ Redhounds” junior chef team is moving onto the final four in the state competition. The team of Kendell Lewis, Rachel Standifer and Sierra Johnson defeated Taylor County in the opening round of the 15-team competition. The girls were so fun on stage...

Whitley County’s Third District will be getting a new constable sooner than most voters anticipated. During the May Primary election, incumbent Third-District Constable Dorman Patrick Jr. lost his bid for re-election to former Third-District Constable Jim Thornton by a vote of...

The Kentucky Attorney General says workers in the Knox County portion of Corbin are entitled to a tax credit on a portion of the Knox County Occupational Tax as they are also paying the Corbin Occupational Tax. The letter announcing the ruling , which was addressed to Mayor...

Corbin firefighters were able to put recent rope rescue training and the city’s ladder truck to good use Wednesday morning after a homeless man, who was apparently living under the Center Street Bridge, suffered some type of injury. “We actually have been training pretty heavily...

George Hays Road could be reopened again for traffic by weeks end. “You might be able to drive it this weekend,” said Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison. Akins Construction began work to repair the road Monday morning. George Hays Road partially collapsed on April 17 into Briar...

The Whitley County Board of Education will be getting one new member and will have to elect a new board chairman next year. The board’s second longest serving member, Larry Lambdin, who is also the board chairman, did not file to run for re-election this year as the filing...