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Photo Gallery: UC remembers 9-11

University of the Cumberlands faculty, students and staff turned out at Patriot Park on Sept. 9 for the 9-11 Never Forget program. The program included comments and reflections from participants about where they were on Sept. 11, 2001, and what they were doing when they heard...
Posted On 10 Sep 2021

W’burg Police seize suspected meth, digital scales during traffic stop

Williamsburg Police seized suspected methamphetamine, digital scales and numerous “distribution baggies” following a Sept. 9 traffic stop, according to a Williamsburg Police Department release. Williamsburg Police Officer Greg Rhoades arrested Glennis Lee Isaac, 48,...
Posted On 10 Sep 2021

W’burg Police find Tennessee man with gun, marijuana, child

Williamsburg Police arrested a Tennessee man Thursday after locating two pounds of marijuana, a 9 mm handgun and a small child in the apartment where he was located. Antwaun Johnson, 28, of Memphis, was charged with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, trafficking...

Corbin man charged with trafficking methamphetamine, marijuana Thursday

What began as a traffic stop for running a stop sign and careless driving Thursday morning in east Corbin resulted in the discovery of a large amount of methamphetamine, marijuana and a handgun in the possession of a convicted felon. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...

70 year sentence recommended in capital murder case

(Editor’s note: Paul Brock later withdrew his guilty plea in the case.) The trial of Paul Brock, 41, is officially over after he pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, one count of fetal homicide, one count of tampering with physical evidence and being a first-degree...

Capital murder case ends with plea

(Editor’s note: Paul Brock later withdrew his guilty plea in the case.) Paul Brock entered a guilty plea on Thursday, which was the second day of his trial. Brock, of Corbin, is accused of killing Mary Jackson, Aaron Byers and Tiffany Byers. At the time, Tiffany Byers was...

Baptist Health Corbin to receive support from Kentucky National Guard

Baptist Health Corbin is one of 21 hospitals in Kentucky that will receive support from the Kentucky National Guard. On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that 310 additional Kentucky National Guard members will assist with nonclinical functions within hospitals to allow...

Corbin mayor addresses the community regarding COVID

Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus said her video to the community,  which was posted to Facebook on Wednesday, was born from a state of helplessness after speaking to healthcare workers. Razmus’s video depicts her addressing the community regarding the effects of the Delta variant...

9/11: Teaching what she lived through

A Corbin High School Social Studies teacher takes time out in her political science and advance world civilization each September to teach a moment in history that she lived but her students have only read about. Cheryl Tinsley, who has taught at Corbin for 12 years and been in...

Candace’s Courage 5K Race set for Saturday

A Corbin teen who has beaten Leukemia twice is leading a fundraising effort to help other families with children fighting the disease at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital where she was treated. Candace Keith underwent a bone marrow transplant after being initially diagnosed with the...