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Road Department rescues trapped dog

It had a happy ending. When Becky Brewer’s 60-pound treeing coon dog Lily went missing from her 80 Cannonade Trail home in Tattersall Trails Estates on Tuesday evening last week she looked everywhere, or so she thought. She put up fliers throughout the neighborhood. She...
Posted On 16 Jun 2016

Truck slams into Corbin business Wednesday night

TRUCK SLAMS INTO BUILDING, SMASHING THE BUILDINGS WALL AND TOTALING THE TRUCK. An East Bernstadt man walked away but a Corbin business wasn’t as lucky when a truck slammed into a building Wednesday night. CorbinPolice and firefighters were called to the intersection of 18th and...

Former Cumberlands President files lawsuit against university over pay

Former University of the Cumberlands President Dr. James Taylor and his wife, Dinah, have filed a federal lawsuit against the university claiming school officials have gone back on an agreement to continue to pay his full salary and benefits for the rest of his life. In the...
Posted On 16 Jun 2016
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Suspect accused of swallowing evidence

A Williamsburg man is facing an evidence tampering charge after allegedly swallowing three grams of what is believed to be crystal methamphetamine during a traffic stop. About 11:58 p.m. on June 7, Williamsburg Police Officer Cody Jeffries conducted a traffic stop on a 2003 BMW...
Posted On 15 Jun 2016

Burger Week: An event you can sink your teeth into

A week dedicated to the celebration of burgers has hit Main Street in Corbin. Monday was the opening day for Burger Week, a project initiated by The Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission in an effort to promote tourism in Downtown Corbin. All week long, locals and visitors...

Corbin Tourism passes $1.362 million budget; increases Varsity Club funding

The Corbin Tourism Commission passed its 2016/17 $1.362 million budget Tuesday night with one small amendment. The commissioners agreed to give an additional $1,000 to the Corbin Varsity Club to help sponsor the annual Pigskin Classic football event and the Cumberland Falls...

Police searching for man who escaped during pursuit

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a man, who allegedly fled from police following a motor vehicle pursuit. On June 8, the sheriff’s department received information about a stolen 2014 Kia Optima from Carlisle...
Posted On 15 Jun 2016

Knox School Board votes to keep Sprinkles on as superintendent

It was absolute pandemonium in the Knox School Board Annex as the board voted 3-2 in favor of rescinding the March 15 and March 22 actions to cancel the superintendent’s contract and renew Superintendent Kelly Sprinkles’ contract for another four years. The audience waited...

‘Golden Alert’ issued for man last seen at London residence

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office has issued a “Golden Alert” for a 71-year-old man who may have travelled through southern Laurel and Whitley Counties en route to McCreary County. Miller According to Sheriff John Root, Douglas Macarthur Miller left a home on Sally’s Branch Road...

Corbin woman arrested for DUI, shoplifting found to have five outstanding warrants in Whitley County

What began as a complaint about a possible drunk driver Sunday night in Keavy, ended with the recovery of stolen merchandise from a local dollar store and the arrest of a Corbin woman on multiple charges including shoplifting and. Thirty-four-year-old Misty Johnson was arrested...