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Corbin man pleads to DUI, additional charges pending from Monday wreck

A 20-year-old Corbin man has pleaded guilty to a DUI charge but police say he will face additional charges based on what happens to a passenger in the car he crashed into a tree Monday morning. Knox County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Kaleb Chase Cobb at the scene of the...

SUV crashes through front of Lily Post Office

The driver was not injured but the Lily Post Office suffered extensive damage Saturday morning when an SUV crashed through the front of the building. Laurel County Sheriff John Root stated that the crash happened about 9:15 a.m. According to deputies, Clyde Liford of Corbin was...

Two airlifted from scene after motorcycle rear ends bucket truck

Two people were airlifted from the scene after a motorcycle rear-ended a bucket truck in Keavy Sunday morning. Officials were called to the scene on Ky. 312 near the Bait Bucket store where the rider, identified as 45-year-old Adam Gregory, and the passenger, identified as...

Gray woman extricated from car following Thursday wreck

A Gray woman had to be extricated from her car Thursday after it rear-ended a tractor-trailer truck on U.S. 25E near Lynn Camp High School. Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs, public affairs officer at Post 10 in Harlan identified the driver of the car as 59-year-old...

Shaquille O’Neal speaks in front of capacity crowd Wednesday at O. Wayne Rollins Center

NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal entertained and enlightened a capacity crowd inside the University of the Cumberlands’ O. Wayne Rollins Center Wednesday night as the keynote speaker for the 2017 Excellence in Leadership Series, sponsored by the Forcht Group of Kentucky.
Posted On 06 Apr 2017
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Corbin man facing robbery charge after allegedly pulling box cutter on Belk employee

A Corbin man is facing a robbery charge after police say he pulled a box cutter on a Belk loss prevention officer Monday afternoon. 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

Cumberlands honors fallen officers

University of the Cumberlands (UC) recently honored two Kentucky police officers who were killed in the line of duty. Officer Jason Ellis of the Bardstown Police Department and Officer Daniel Ellis of the Richmond Police Department were honored with Legacy Awards during UC’s...
Posted On 05 Apr 2017
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Trimble, Hammons among intended victims in complicity to commit murder case

William Sutton is accused of criminal complicity to commit murder. William T. Sutton admitted to police that he offered another inmate at the Whitley County Detention Center a total of $40,000 to kill four people, including Whitley County Attorney Bob Hammons and Commonwealth’s...
Posted On 05 Apr 2017

W’burg students have fun while learning about healthy life choices

How does too much salt and fat in one’s food and too little exercise affect the body? What happens to your lungs when you smoke? Fourth and fifth graders at Williamsburg Independent School got answers to these kinds of questions and got to see how the lungs inflate and deflate as...
Posted On 05 Apr 2017

Corbin High School students collecting old shoes to benefit Waterstep Shoe Drive

Students at Corbin High School are collecting shoes with the goal of helping people in Africa have better access to clean drinking water. For the fourth year, a group of students led by Social Studies teacher Cheryl Tinsley is participating in the Waterstep Shoe Drive. The goal...