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Steel Panther and monster trucks among events coming to The Arena

The Arena in Corbin will host some heavy metal in the coming days and months. Arena Director Kristi Balla announced Tuesday that heavy metal band Steel Panther will be playing The Arena on April 22. “They are very entertaining,” Balla said of the band, which will be playing as...

Mich. man facing federal indictment arrested on unrelated Corbin charges

A Michigan man was arrested Monday after officers received information that he was possibly bringing drugs into the area. Charles Edwards Jr., 38, of Flint, Michigan was arrested by Corbin Police Officer Glen Taylor on charges of first-degree trafficking in a controlled...

Corbin’s Signature Shuffle Pub Crawl was a big success

The Signature Shuffle Pub Crawl was a big success as roughly 300 people filtered through downtown Corbin restaurants Saturday night between the hours of 7 and 11 p.m. Beginning at Si Senor Mexican Restaurant, participants were given random schedules to help organize the flow of...

Legislators propose fix for historical racing issue

The state legislature is poised to take action to address the recent Kentucky Supreme Court decision that shut down historical racing across the state. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not...

Accused cash registers thief arrested after robbery, assault, chases near Richmond

A Mississippi man, who allegedly stole the cash registers from Pizza Hut in Williamsburg and Taco Bell in Corbin Monday morning, is in the Madison County Detention Center after allegedly robbing an individual at a Richmond area gas station, breaking into a home and assaulting a...

W’burg officials think they have finally found cause behind city’s major water loss problem

For more than a decade, Williamsburg officials have been looking for “the big one,” as in a major water leak that is the cause of the city’s perpetual water loss rate, which has for many years ranked somewhere between bad and worse. Williamsburg maintenance workers labored...
Posted On 03 Feb 2021

Beshear announces 5 percent increase in vaccine supply

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that Kentucky’s vaccine supply will increase by an additional 5 percent resulting in the state’s supply having increased by 22 percent by the week of Feb. 8 as compared to the week of Jan. 25. Whitley County The Whitley County Health Department...

Beshear announces third straight week of decline in COVID cases in Kentucky

Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state’s third straight week of declining number of cases and its fourth day in a row with a positivity rate below 9 percent. Whitley County The Whitley County Health Department announced 49 additional COVID–19 cases since Friday, bringing the...

Corbin Police searching for man who stole cash register from Taco Bell

Corbin Police are searching for a man who ran out of the Taco Bell on Cumberland Falls Highway with a cash register Monday morning. The incident occurred just after 11 a.m.   Lt. Coy Wilson, the department’s public affairs officer, said the black male had gotten out of a...

COVID takes life of two-time kidney transplant survivor

We can only hope, when we pass away, that we leave pleasant memories and positive imprints on the lives of our dear family and friends. Occasionally someone touches so many lives in our little community, in such a profound way, that it is overwhelming. Such was the life of...