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April is Child Abuse Awareness Month and Mr. Gatti’s in Corbin is going blue on April 20 in an effort to shine some light on the problem. “We are a children’s facility,” said April Goodin, general manager of the store located at Corbin Station on U.S. 25E. Between noon and 3...

A group of Corbin High School students is, once again, collecting shoes that will ultimately help people in Africa have better access to clean drinking water The WaterStep Club, led by Social Studies teacher Cheryl Tinsley is seeking used, and even mismatched shoes, ranging from...

For the 14th consecutive year, free summer block parties will be returning to Williamsburg in 2019, but this time there will be a twist in the scheduling for one of them. Organizers plan to hold three of the block parties at Bill Woods Park as usual with the Williamsburg Tourism...

A Corbin man is facing child abuse and domestic violence charges after he allegedly hit his girlfriend with a broom and punched her 6-year-old son Saturday night. Dallas Lawson, 27,  was arrested on charges of first-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 years or younger, and...

A truck driver was seriously injured Wednesday morning after his truck went off of the wood bridge over the railroad tracks on Ky. 1223 and fell onto the tracks. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies and emergency personnel were called to the scene at approximately 1:20 a.m. Deputy...

The Tri-County Republican Women hosted Elizabethtown native Daniel Cameron who is seeking to become the first Republican attorney general in Kentucky since 1948. “It is going well,” Cameron said of the primary campaign. “I feel like people have been receptive to the message of...

The Corbin Lion’s Club annual auction will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of next week, and organizers plan to have hundreds of items available. The event will be live streamed on Facebook each evening from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. It can be viewed on the Corbin Lion’s Club...

An escapee from a Knox County Work Release detail was recaptured Tuesday morning in Gray. Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Anthony Lee Smith, 29, of Bimble during a traffic stop on Sam Parker Road, off of U.S. 25E. Deputy William Stewart, the department’s public affairs...

The Corbin Senior Center is treading water, but officials say cuts to federal and state aid have the facility scrambling to make up the shortfall. The center on Barbourville Street serves seniors, ages 60 and over in Whitley, Knox and Laurel Counties. Center Director Beverly...

A Laurel County deputy was injured Thursday night in a fight with a suspect who was allegedly trespassing at a north Corbin residence. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said Sergeant Greg Poynter suffered a serious injury to his hand in the fight...