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Police searching for suspects in strong-armed robbery in Corbin Monday

Laurel County Sheriff's deputies are searching for four men who robbed a customer at a North Corbin gas station Monday night.

Former Sheriff’s bookkeeper gets six months in jail for embezzling funds

A bookkeeper for disgraced former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge will serve six months in jail, and six months on home incarceration for assisted the ex Sheriff in embezzling and laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars his office, some of which she kept for her...

Posted On 01 Sep 2011
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Argument over drugs, woman sparked savage beating, police say

In what Chief Deputy Derek Eubanks called a fight over a woman and drugs, Albert Sawyers and Terry Hubbard have been arrested on charges that they severely beat Billy Hopkins with at least one baseball bat outside his Corbin home Sunday night, while the search continues for...

Federal judge dismissed slander lawsuit against Sheriff’s deputy

Two men accused by authorities and later exonerated of fighting dogs at a southern Laurel County home in mid-2008 are appealing a federal judge's ruling dismissing a lawsuit they filed against the Laurel County Sheriff's Department and the Deputy who arrested them.

UPDATED: Elderly Corbin man now faces murder charge after sister dies from injuries sustained in high speed chase

A Corbin man is now facing a murder charge following his alleged involvement Monday in a wild high-speed chase in Rockcastle County during which he reportedly rammed his vehicle into a van driven by his brother and occupied by his sister.

Corbin resident hopes to solve mystery of missing class ring

A Corbin man is hoping to solve a 12-year-old mystery, and in the process reunite a long lost middle school class ring with its owner.

Maps lead police to buried jars of marijuana

Williamsburg Police did not initially find any marijuana when they served a search warrant Friday morning at the property on West Ky. 92 belonging to Ronald Allen and Debbie Lee. However, inside the RV in which the couple was living, officers found a number of maps Chief...

Williamsburg couple arrested after report of abused children

James and Tatum Canady were arrested Wednesday after Williamsburg Police allegedly found their children had been neglected and abused

Audit finds problems in Knox County; results referred to Attorney General

Results of an unflattering audit of the Knox County Fiscal Court will be referred to Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway.

Posted On 25 Aug 2011
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Federal, state authorities search Beatty Ave. home again Tuesday

For the second time in a week, federal agents searched the home of a Corbin man arrested on methamphetamine, gun and explosives charges ... but police have been quite about exactly what they are looking for.