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Approximately 20 city officials, downtown business owners, and other members of the community came to Corbin City Hall Thursday for the first of three meetings to discuss how to make downtown Corbin more accessible and user friendly. Throughout the course of the one-hour meeting,...

Gear up and fasten your seatbelts, it’s Hot Rod Rally month at the Cumberland Valley Cruise-In, with special guest, the number 20 Matt Kenseth NASCAR show car. The cruise will take place in downtown Corbin on July 9, where NASCAR fans will be able to ogle the number 20 car in the...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help to find the individual who stole a dirt bike from the Corbin Walmart Friday night. According to Sheriff John Root, the male subject is seen on video pushing the Coleman 125 dirt bike out of the store through the...

The Southeast Kentucky Business Park will be the new home to an ice-cream and coffee-stir sticks manufacturing plant. Euro Sticks, a French family-owned manufacturer, plans to expand and finish out a speculative building into a facility designed to manufacture up to 2 billion...

Two people are in stable condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center where they were airlifted following a two-vehicle crash in Woodbine Wednesday. Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies identified the individuals as 47-year-old Samuel Crabtree of Louisville and...

Whitley Co. Detention Center inmates Anthony Merriman, left, and Mack Jones, right, were two of the featured speakers at a recent Whitley Co. UNITE Coalition meeting and spoke about how the jail’s re-entry program has given them hope. 33-year-old Anthony Merriman makes no...

Arena Manager Connie Hunt will receive three months of salary and compensation for any unused vacation days in her severance package. Hunt has not returned multiple calls seeking comment on her resignation or what led to the decision. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

Independence Day is approaching, which means it is time for food, fun, and most importantly, fireworks. Celebrations across the Tri-County area are scheduled to take place as follows: Saturday, July 2, is the annual Red, White and Boom event presented by the City of London...

Two more scams have hit the Tri-County area, according to the Knox and Laurel Sheriff’s Office. This time they involve the Publisher’s Clearing House and the recurring IRS scam. In Knox County, Sheriff Mike Smith is reporting that an intended victim received a letter from Canada...

“Flakka,” mixed with crystal methamphetamine “ICE”, is making its second wave through Whitley County since its first appearance last year, reports the Williamsburg Police Department. Flakka, also known as “Gravel,” is often described as a form of bath salts. According to...