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Corbin Police are asking for the public’s help to locate an individual wanted for shoplifting at Belk. The male subject was captured on surveillance video Thursday afternoon. Corbin Police Captain Coy Wilson said the suspect fled the store with approximately $60 worth of...

A three-day tire amnesty event held by the Whitley County Fiscal Court and the Kentucky Division of Waste Management at the Williamsburg/Whitley County Airport Thursday, Friday and Saturday has resulted in the collection of at least 15,000 tires that have already been hauled off...

The south end of Corbin will soon have a sign welcoming visitors to the city. At a special called meeting of the Corbin Tourism Commission Monday night, the commission unanimously approved the design of a new 4’x10’ metal sign to be installed off of exit 25. The sign stat...

A Corbin woman arrested Sunday morning after allegedly throwing a liquor bottle at a Knox County Sheriff’s deputy’s cruiser has avoided jail time but must pay $718 in fines and court costs as part of a plea agreement. Twenty-six-year-old Rachel E. Durham was arrested just after...

A Williamsburg man is facing a burglary charge after allegedly being caught and detained by the property owner Sunday morning. Kentucky State Police Trooper Scott Bunch arrested James Daryl Gipson, 37, of Highway 204, at 9:57 a.m. charging him with second-degree burglary,...

Corbin Fire Department’s unofficial mascot, “Hemi,” who appeared to be on the road to recovery from an unexplained neurological issue, was euthanized Tuesday. Firefighter Trevor Allen, Hemi’s owner, announced the decision Monday night. Allen said while Hemi initially appeared to...

A Whitley County woman had to be rescued Wednesday morning after her vehicle got stuck in waist deep water on Highway 11. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Danny Moses that Monica Manning didn’t realize that water was over the roadway when she drove into it about 8:30...

Everyone can use a little prayer and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is no exception as he came to Corbin Monday for the inaugural Southeastern Kentucky Prayer Breakfast hosted by Forward Community Church. In a room filled with local and state officials, first responders and members...

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to restrict northbound and southbound traffic to one lane on I-75 at the Laurel/Whitley line (mile point 27.9; Lynn Camp bridge) on Tuesday, May 2 and Wednesday, May 3. On Tuesday, May 2, northbound traffic at mile point 27.9 will be...

Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies got a bonus Monday night as a high speed chase in the Corbin area ended with the suspect’s car bogged down in the mud and the interior littered with meth precursors and an active meth lab. Deputies arrested the driver, Brian Ray Kidd, 30, and the...