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Thinking about burning that already mounting pile of leaves in your back yard? If so, remember that it will be illegal to do so before 6 p.m. each day for the next several weeks. Oct. 1 – Dec. 15 is fall fire hazard season in the state of Kentucky. This means that it is illegal...

Whitley County High School’s drama department, “The Colonel Players,” will be giving their first public performance of the season Friday night with a play that centers around a coal mine. This is the first time that the play, “Digging Up The Boys,” will be performed by a high...

Corbin Independent Schools officials announced Monday that Corbin Middle School Assistant Principal Christi Lefevers has been selected to be the school’s new principal. Superintendent Dave Cox said the school’s Site Based Decision-Making Council selected Lefevers from among three...

By Emily Baker For the News Journal A Corbin man pleaded guilty to charges of sexual abuse. James Eugene Lanham, 41, was indicted in January of this year and charged with four counts of first-degree rape. According to the indictment, Lanham engaged in sexual intercourse through...

A Corbin woman was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center for treatment of a gunshot wound to the head that she sustained Monday outside of a Wayne County business. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

Williamsburg residents will be seeing an increase on their 2017 property tax bills. The Williamsburg City Council held the first reading of the real property tax rate ordinance for 2017 during a special meeting late Monday afternoon setting the tax rate at 32.20 cents per $100 of...

About 10 churches and 50 volunteers came out Saturday at Cumberland Regional Mall for the South Union-Mt. Zion Baptist Association’s first ever “Operation Inasmuch.” There were free car washes. There was free clothing, children’s books and toys for youngsters. Church groups gave...

Corbin High School’s Redhound Theatre will open its season Thursday night, and it will be with a laugh. Breaking with the recent tradition of opening the season with a drama, CHS Theatre Director Rebecca Liford-Hibbard said the students would bring Brandon Thomas’ classic farc...

The Corbin Planning and Zoning Commission is asking the city commission to offer tax breaks to property owners who spend significant money to update and upgrade older properties. At the regular workshop meeting of the Corbin City Commission Monday night, Henry Heaberlin with the...

A Kentucky State Police arson investigator has been asked to examine a fire that destroyed a home on Barnhill Road Sunday morning. Woodbine Fire Department Battalion Chief Rickie Fore said firefighters were called to the scene off of Brays Chapel Road about 11:30 a.m. “It was a...