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Update: Megan Hill and Audrey Slone, who were recently reported as missing in Laurel County, have been located, according to a Laurel County Sheriff’s Department release Thursday afternoon. Original story The Laurel County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s...

As soon as one holiday ends, such as Valentine’s Day, preparations pretty much immediately begin for another holiday. While most folks are making Easter preparations right now, the Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission is looking a little bit further ahead, i.e., Christmas....

On Wednesday afternoon, the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department announced via their Facebook page that a body had been found in a creek near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. The victim has now been identified.

The Kentucky House of Representatives has passed HB 165, which was sponsored by 82nd Rep. This legislation makes some changes to the Employee Child Care Assistance Program to better serve Kentuckians across the state. “The Employee Child Care Assistance Program is a crucial part...

A federal judge has sentenced four men to sentences ranging from 250 months in prison to 75 months in prison for their role in conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in Whitley County, according to federal court documents. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

TAYLOR Amoura Smallwood, the three-year-old child that died last month due to non-accidental injuries sustained while she was being watched by her mother’s boyfriend, suffered blunt force trauma and multiple brain bleeds, according to information provided during a preliminary...

A report regarding a suspected drug overdose early Saturday evening near Corbin led to the arrest of a couple on charges of child abuse and child endangerment. The charges were filed after suspected fentanyl and a registered sex offender were found inside their residence,...

A Williamsburg man, who allegedly shot at a residence where his ex-girlfriend was at and then broke into that same residence hours later when he stabbed her 22 times, didn’t get a reduction in his bond following a preliminary hearing Monday morning in Whitley District Court....

Aerial photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Providing clarity: A recent vote by the Corbin City Commission to make changes to the traffic pattern along two small portions of Roy Kidd Avenue has left many area residents confused as to exactly what to expect once the new pattern is implemented....

Corrections: A story in the Feb. 22, 2023, print edition of the News Journal and in version of the story on our website regarding indictments returned by the Whitley County Grand Jury incorrectly listed the indictment of Bennie Strunk twice. In the same story, Gregory Carter was...