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UPDATED: CSX train collides with recycling truck in southern Whitley

Jay Meadors feels lucky to be alive after his tractor-trailer, which was loaded with crushed cars, was totaled when it collided with a CSX locomotive Friday morning in...

Posted On 31 Jul 2009

After 17 years, Cook resigns from Corbin School Board

After nearly 17 years of service with the Corbin Independent School Board of Education, Chairperson Debbie Cook is stepping down.

Posted On 31 Jul 2009
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One convicted, one acquitted by jury following three day trial over 2008 slaying

A three-day homicide trial ended with a split verdict early Thursday evening. A 10-woman, two-man Whitley County Circuit Court Jury deliberated for three hours before...

Posted On 30 Jul 2009

UPDATE: Whitley men accused of 2008 murder take stand in own defense Wednesday

Closing arguments are slated for 10 a.m. Thursday in the trial of Dwayne Cox and George Anthony Damron, who are both charged with murder in connection with the...

Posted On 29 Jul 2009

Police raid Rockholds man’s home, charge him with bootlegging

A Rockholds man is behind bars for allegedly bootlegging after Williamsburg police executed a search warrant at his home about 5 p.m. Wednesday and recovered 332 cans of beer...

Posted On 29 Jul 2009

Fiscal court votes to repair mudslides

Two large mudslides that have plagued the Tackett Creek area in recent months should be repaired over the next two weeks.
During a special called meeting Friday afternoon, the Whitley County Fiscal Court awarded a $28,758 bid to Everett Angel to fix the Tackett Creek...

Posted On 29 Jul 2009

Fight at Lion’s Den leads to one-year jail sentence for Walker man

A complaint about a fight at the Lion's Den in Corbin early Saturday morning resulted in a 12-month jail sentence for a Walker man Monday morning and a pending felony charge.

Posted On 29 Jul 2009

EXTRA CONTENT: Corbin native recounts life-long struggles with OCD, alcoholism in recent book

A Corbin native's lifelong struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and his slide into alcoholism because of the illness, are the subject of a candid autobiography that is making waves in both secular and Christian media.

EXTRA CONTENT: City shows no interest in Corbin East school; public housing option on the table

Passionate pleas to transform a venerable and vacant local school building into something useful have met with very little actual interest say Corbin school...