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A Corbin woman is facing charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and wanton endangerment after Knox County Sheriff’s deputies say she consumed alcohol and then went to sleep, during which two toddlers were seen throwing items out a second-story household window Thursday...

On the same day that the Whitley County school district transferred an old junked bus to the Goldbug Volunteer Fire Department so it could be used for training purposes, the fire department assisted at the scene of one crash involving a school bus Monday morning and at the scene...

A Woodbine man has been charged with the sexual abuse and sodomy of an eight-year-old. Thirty-one-year-old James LaForest was arrested Thursday in connection with the alleged incident on April 8. Kentucky State Police Trooper Jeremy Elliotte wrote in the arrest citation, that he...

A Lily man was indicted Friday in Laurel County for allegedly assaulting a Laurel County Sheriff’s deputy with his car. Forty-two-year-old Roger Sizemore was indicted on charges of second-degree assault, first-degree fleeing or evading police and first-degree persistent felony...

A Corbin man, who allegedly struck an Advance Auto Parts employee with his car while stealing from the store in January, has been indicted by a Whitley County Grand Jury. The Whitley County Grand Jury issued its monthly report Monday indicting Christopher Millard, 28, of Corbin,...

A Knox County man has lost his home to a fire that started Monday morning. The mobile home, located on Hwy 459, caught fire when tenant Sonny Dvers was away at the hospital. Neighbors noticed the flames and moved Dvers’ vehicle away from the fire to avoid damage. Woodbine, Bailey...

KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders is known around the world and while the Corbin Tourism Commission had a large hand in completing work on the park that bears his name, the planned interpretive panels detailing his story remain missing. The tourism commission took the first...

Williamsburg leaders are planning a big celebration to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Whitley County. Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison said that while Whitley County is designating the whole year of 2018 to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary;...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies say a Corbin man was under the influence of alcohol when he allegedly assaulted and later pointed a gun at his wife Sunday morning. Forty-two-year-old Joel Paul Adkins is facing one count of fourth-degree assault – domestic violence. Deputies were...

Laurel County Sheriff John Root has issued a “Golden Alert D” for a 15-year-old Keavy girl. Deputy Josh Scott is leading the investigation into the disappearance of Cherrah Witt, who has been missing from her home on Paris Karr Road, off of Rooks Branch Road, since approximately...