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What began as a traffic stop for not wearing a seat belt, ended with a Corbin man facing a felony DUI charge Wednesday night. Kentucky State Police arrested Paul Brown, 47, following a traffic stop on Hedden Flats Road off of Tower Road near the Corbin bypass. Trooper Sammy...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help to locate a woman last seen Wednesday at a north Corbin motel. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, identified the woman as Christina Marie Holland. Holland may be riding in an older model...

The first of three co-defendants in a federal drug conspiracy case involving a former Corbin Police officer was formally sentenced last week. Tiffany Hamilton, 32, who was indicted in August 2017 along with former officer Charlie Bronson Fugate, 43, and Richard Stanley, 42, all...

Melissa Lawson knows a little something about suicide. Less than two months ago, her 16-year-old daughter, Bethany Faith Lawson, killed herself. “I just want everybody out there to know it is OK to not be OK. It is OK to ask for help,” Melissa Lawson told a crowd of about 150...

Corbin High School’s Redhound Theatre will open its 2018-19 season Thursday night with Oscar Wilde’s, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” The play centers around two men, Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing, who each claim to be “Earnest.” “It is more than just the name Earnest....

Kentucky First Lady Glenna Bevin visited a Corbin facility last week dedicated to helping pregnant and parenting mothers get back on their feet in the wake of crippling substance abuse problems. Bevin, the mother of nine children (four adopted), toured the Independence House last...

If all goes according to plan, Corbin children could have a splash pad to play on by next summer. 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

Those living in the Whitley County school district will see their property tax bills going up this year. During its regular monthly meeting Thursday, the Whitley County Board of Education levied a 4 percent tax increase. The increase means that someone owning a $100,000 home will...

In the wake of one 24-hour period in August where three people died in Whitley County from apparent self-inflicted injuries, including two teenagers, the topic of suicide and more specifically suicide prevention has taken on new meaning for many people. “September is national...

Kentucky State Police used a Taser to subdue an armed Rockholds man wanted on an indictment warrant. George Messer, 58, was arrested outside his home on Bear Hollow Road Thursday night on charges of second-degree fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest, trafficking in...