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Corbin transient tax rate will soon include Airbnb

If you’re traveling to Corbin and plan on staying in an Airbnb or someplace like it, then you will be paying a little more for your accommodations starting next year. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...
Posted On 24 Nov 2022

Corbin Elementary School students help less fortunate have better holiday

Thanks to the efforts of students at Corbin Elementary School, less fortunate families will be getting 3,764 cans of food this holiday season. The canned food drive was part of a competition where the class bringing in the most cans of food got a pizza party. Angela Kilburn’s...
Posted On 24 Nov 2022

New football field expected to be in place at WCHS by next season

The Whitley County High School football team will be suiting up on a newly-renovated field come next season following the official approval of design schematics and solicitation for bids last week. Members of the Whitley County Board of Education met for their regular monthly...

Former Williamsburg Housing Authority director ruled competent to stand trial

The former executive director of the Williamsburg Housing Authority, who allegedly converted thousands of dollars from the housing authority for his own use, has been ruled competent to stand trial in the case against him. James R. Lovitt, 55, appeared in Whitley Circuit Court...
Posted On 24 Nov 2022
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Corbin City Commission seeking survey of land at The Corbin Center

Construction of a possible new hotel of Exit 25 in Corbin appears to be moving one step closer to reality. The Corbin City Commission presented Recycling Director Roger Shelton, who is retiring at the end of the month, with a gift during Monday’s meeting, officially naming him a...
Posted On 23 Nov 2022

56-year-old charged with rape says he wants to marry teenage victim

A 56-year-old Corbin man, who is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old, allegedly said that “him and juvenile are boyfriend/girlfriend and that he wants to marry her,” according to his arrest warrant. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...
Posted On 23 Nov 2022

‘This will destroy this whole region for years,’ resident tells U.S. Forest Service

Nearly 100 people turned out Thursday evening at the Whitley County Cooperative Extension Office for a town hall style meeting over the U.S. Forest Service’s proposal for clear cut logging of about 1,000 acres in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Jellico Mountain area. Read...
Posted On 23 Nov 2022

Grand jury indicts Corbin jewelry store robber

A Whitley County grand jury indicted a Knott County man Monday morning in connection with the armed robbery of a Corbin jewelry store in August. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a...
Posted On 23 Nov 2022

W’burg Turkey Trot set for Thanksgiving Day

If you want to get in some exercise before filling up on turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day while also donating some money to a good cause, then keep reading. The 15th Annual Williamsburg Turkey Trot 5-K run/walk will take place Thanksgiving morning. Last year,...
Posted On 23 Nov 2022

Corbin getting new mural on Hamlin & Kersey warehouse building

Plans are in place for Corbin to get a new mural sometime next year.
Posted On 23 Nov 2022