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A Woodbine man was one of two people arrested for possession of methamphetamine after Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies investigated a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of a Keavy business early Monday morning. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer,...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help to find the individual who vandalized a cemetery in the western part of the county Friday night. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said the suspect drove a large pickup truck through...

Corbin Police arrested two people Friday afternoon after they discovered multiple items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, along with a large amount of cash and finished meth inside the vehicle in which they were traveling. Glenda Neace, 43, of Gays Creek, and Marcus...

A Williamsburg man was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly assaulting and strangling a woman in Laurel County. Larry W. Turner, 34, was arrested following an investigation by Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies into a disturbance complaint on North Stewart Road in north Corbin....

Mountain Outreach (MO), a ministry hosted by University of the Cumberlands, is teaming up with the B Squad Project, a local non-profit, to help make Christmas magical for underprivileged children in the community. Each year since 2018, the B Squad identifies children who do not...

The family resource centers and youth service centers at Corbin Independent Schools are facing a huge challenge with the Angel Tree Program that has already seen 169 children in need added to the list. “I have been helping with the Angel Tree for 12 or 13 years and that is, by...

Nearly everyone in Corbin assumes that the ‘B’ in B&H Shoes stands for Barnett, which is the last name of current owner Marsha Barnett. They would be wrong about that. “My father started these stores in Somerset in 1948,” said Barnett, whose maiden name was Hawkins. She...

A local physician on the front lines of the fight in the COVID–19 pandemic is asking the public to follow the Center for Disease Control recommendations in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. Dr. Christopher Troxell is a Hospitalist at Baptist Health Corbin where he has...

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday that 80 of Kentucky’s 120 counties are now COVID–19 incidence rate red zones. “Virtually the entire state is seeing a surge,” Beshear said adding that 38 of the remaining 40 counties are now orange. Russell and Owen counties are the two yellow...

Saint Joseph London will be offering a free flu shot clinic beginning Saturday and continuing, weekly throughout November. Officials said the clinic will be hosted from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Nov. 7, 14, and 21 at the hospital’s drive-thru clinic on Mountain View Drive, off of...