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Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies recover 4 stolen vehicles

Over the course of several weeks, the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department has recovered four stolen vehicles. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Local health departments report 1,931 active COVID–19 cases in Whitley, Knox, Laurel counties Tuesday

The Whitley County Health Department announced 59 additional COVID–19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the county’s total to 1,929. There are currently 362 active cases, of which nine are hospitalized. With the new cases, Whitley County’s COVID–19 incidence rate stands at 108.3. Laurel...

Baptist Health Corbin employees receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccinations are now underway for employees at Baptist Health Corbin, which was one of the first 11 hospital in Kentucky to receive the vaccine and administer the first shipments of the vaccine. “Our first group of employees to receive doses of a vaccine to protect...
Posted On 16 Dec 2020
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COVID-19 vaccine arrives at Baptist Health Corbin

Officials at Baptist Health Corbin announced Tuesday that the Pfizer COVID–19 vaccine  has arrived on site. The hospital was one of 11 across Kentucky that Gov. Andy Beshear announced would be recipients of the initial shipment as part of the effort to immunize frontline...

BBB warns online puppy scams are increasing

COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased demand for pets as people seek adding a pet to the family to ease the loneliness and tension of prolonged time at home. Many feel that they now have more time to train a puppy. With this rising demand has come a spike in pet scams, in...
Posted On 15 Dec 2020
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Keavy man found intoxicated outside of north Corbin Apartment, in possession of drugs, paraphernalia

A complaint of an intoxicated individual outside a north Corbin apartment building, whom Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies reported finding in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, including digital scales, resulted in the arrest of a Keavy man Saturday. Edward J....

Utilities unite to protect customers from scams

Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Kentucky Utilities Company and Old Dominion Power Company joined more than 145 fellow U.S. and Canadian utilities on November 18 for the fifth annual Utility Scam Awareness Day to raise consumer awareness on how to recognize scams and offer...
Posted On 14 Dec 2020
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Corbin Post Office may soon relocate

Corbin may soon be receiving a new post office but when and where it will be built are still unknown. A letter to Mayor Suzie Razmus, which was dated Nov. 25, is displayed in the lobby of current post office. The letter expresses the intent of the post office to relocate because,...

K-9 Vicko retires from service

After seven years on the job sniffing out and taking a bite out of crime, Williamsburg Police K-9 Vicko has retired. Vicko, who came to the department in 2013, has been partnered with Sgt. Eljiah Hunter since 2015. Hunter said Vicko was the first K-9 that he worked with. “To me,...

After eight hours, Horvath ends record attempt due to hamstring issue

(Editor’s note: After 8 hours in and 33.6 miles completed Saturday, Zack Horvath had to end his attempt due to a hamstring issue. He plans to make another record attempt on Jan. 8.) In September he ran 102 miles and now he has plans to run over three times that distance on...