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Second Annual Copperhead Trail Ride set for Saturday, July 28

If you are a motorcycle rider, who likes to go on group rides with lots of turns, then you are in luck. The Second Annual Copperhead Trail Ride will take place Saturday morning. Best of all, there is no charge. “It’s a free ride. All the riders and co-riders are going to receive...
Posted On 25 Jul 2018

Beat the Heat Color Me Pink race set for Aug. 3

Want to help out those fighting cancer and get a little exercise while you are at it? This year’s Beat the Heat Color Me Pink one-mile race will take place on Friday, Aug. 3. Registration will start at 7 p.m. at Bill Woods Park and the race will begin at 8 p.m. on the Main Street...
Posted On 25 Jul 2018

Volunteers scour city in effort to #keepcorbinclean

Approximately 20 people turned out Saturday morning to help #keepcorbinclean. After meeting up at Sanders Park at 9 a.m. to enjoy breakfast provided by the Southern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and organize into groups, the volunteers spread out across the city with trash bags...

Corbin Police asking for help to identify coin machine thief

Corbin Police is asking for the public’s help to identify the individual suspected of stealing cash out of the change machine at Tri-County Cineplex last week. Lieutenant Coy Wilson, the department’s public affairs officer, said video surveillance shows the male subject in the...

One dies in crash involving motorcycle on I-75 near 20-mile marker

A motorcycle rider from Indiana was killed Monday after rear-ending a tractor-trailer truck on northbound Interstate 75 in Whitley County. The victim was identified as John M. Romine, 66, of Carmel, Indiana Law enforcement and emergency personnel were called to the scene near the...

Corbin firefighters investigating suspicious fire at Carter Street home

Corbin firefighters are still working to determine what caused the cause of fire that damaged a former daycare facility in east Corbin Sunday night. Firefighters were called to the scene at 908 Carter Street behind Baptist Housing just before 11 p.m. “The back end was on fire. It...

Judge denies plea agreement in kidnapping case

A judge has rejected a plea agreement in the case of a Corbin man charged with kidnapping a woman and her baby after jumping into her car in December. James William Moore, 35, appeared before Laurel Circuit Court Judge Michael O. Caperton Thursday for formal sentencing after...

Two men charged with trying to pass counterfeit money in Corbin

Corbin Police say the case of two men who allegedly attempted to buy cigarettes with counterfeit $100 bills at Mega Mart Friday morning is not an isolated incident, though they do not appear to be connected. Vernon Messer, 56, of Corbin and Douglas Bargo, 37, of Rockhold, have...

Police: W’burg man found sitting up in middle of road, slobbering on himself

A Williamsburg man was arrested Wednesday night after state police reported finding him passed out in the middle of a north Corbin street and discovered methamphetamine hidden in his pants as he was processed into the detention center. William Hall, 34, is facing charges of...

Whitley County Fair kicks off this week

A skeet shooting competition and a mud bog are two events that are new for this year’s Whitley County Fair, which is returning this week after a one-year hiatus and now has at least a semi-permanent home. Due to various difficulties, most of last year’s fair events were...
Posted On 18 Jul 2018