Member Login | Contact Us | Call Us Today! 1-606-528-9767 | info@thenewsjournal.net
default-logo

Corbin library board addresses allegations

In light of recent allegations made by Corbin Public Library employees the Corbin Library Board of Trustees held a special called meeting Saturday during which the allegations were addressed. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every...

W’burg Christmas Parade set for Saturday evening

There will be plenty of holiday related activities this weekend in Williamsburg to get you in the mood for Christmas, including a Christmas bazaar, a Christmas parade and a Christmas concert. The Second Annual Williamsburg Christmas Bazaar will be held Saturday at the...
Posted On 07 Dec 2016

Corbin trolley bus service to begin Monday

The signs went up Tuesday and Corbin Downtown Directory Andy Salmons said the city’s trolley bus will begin running its regular route on Monday. “That is going to give us enough time to get the last little pieces together,” Salmons said of the leadtime. The trolley will initially...

POLICE: Clerk arrested, accomplice sought in connection with gas station robbery that was ‘staged’

Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputies have made one arrest and are looking for a second person in connection with an armed robbery at a north Corbin gas station Wednesday morning that they have determined was staged. According to Sheriff John Root, deputies arrested 30-year-old...

Update: No foul play suspected in W’burg man’s death

The body of a missing Williamsburg man, who disappeared around Thanksgiving Day, was found in southern Laurel County late Sunday evening. About 10 p.m. a rabbit hunter noticed a pick-up truck parked about one-half mile from the intersection of I-75 and the Cumberland Gap Parkway....
Posted On 05 Dec 2016

Corbin man charged with possessing, distributing child pornography

A Corbin man is facing charges of possessing and distributing child pornography in Laurel County. Sixty-four-year-old Lloyd Wilson was arrested at his residence on American Greeting Card Road Thursday afternoon following an undercover investigation by Kentucky State Police....

Whitley County emergency crews searching Cumberland River for vehicle possibly connected to missing person case

First responders were busy Friday searching the Cumberland River near Williamsburg for a possible vehicle, which was seen in the river Thursday afternoon, that might be connected to a missing person case. Williamsburg Police Chief Wayne Bird said that shortly after 4 p.m....

Corbin man facing numerous charges after leading police on high-speed chase

A Corbin man is facing multiple charges, including DUI, after leading vehicle enforcement on a high-speed pursuit through the streets of Corbin Thursday night. Thirty-five-year-old Roy L. Garland was arrested after running his 1998 Nissan Frontier pickup truck off the road at the...

Dino’s in Corbin ordered closed over unpaid state taxes

A Corbin restaurant has been closed by order of the state for failure to pay more than $100,000 in taxes. Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell posted the notice and changed the locks on Dino’s Italian Restaurant on Falls Hwy. at 11 a.m. Wednesday. “He was friendly about it,”...

Corbin Christmas parade scheduled for Saturday

Downtown Corbin will come alive with the sights and sounds of Christmas Saturday as the tourism commission presents the annual Christmas parade. Corbin Tourism Director Maggy Kriebel said at least 25 different groups have already signed up to take part in the parade, adding that...