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Ky. Transportation rep asks city to remove downtown parking

The Corbin City Commission and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet are at odds over changes to traffic flow on Kentucky Ave. and whether to eliminate parking on Main Street. At the regular monthly city commission meeting Monday night, Quinton Smith with the Kentucky Department of...

Bob Terrell leaves legacy of community-service

Corbin is mourning the loss of one of its most staunch supporters, as Bob Terrell Jr. died Monday at age 86. “He was one of the most community civic minded people for Corbin that I have ever met,” said Rob Miller who serves on the Corbin Library Board. “If he saw something that...

Whitley Co. Sheriff’s deputies recover over one pound of suspected meth

A police investigation late Friday evening in eastern Whitley County lead to the seizure of one pound and six ounces of suspected methamphetamine and the arrest of two people on drug trafficking charges at a residence, and a police vehicle pursuit nearby. The investigation...
Posted On 20 Nov 2019

W’burg man indicted for writing bad checks for $15k worth of tires

The Whitley County Grand Jury issued three separate indictments Monday morning against a Williamsburg man, who is accused of taking $15,154.58 worth of tires from three local tire distributers between April 13 and Oct. 8 using forged checks. Bennie King, 46, was indicted on a...
Posted On 20 Nov 2019

Duo on trial for 2017 killing

Police found the victim dead, beaten and bloody in one of the defendants’ bedrooms nearly two years ago, and the two defendants unconscious in the master bedroom and master bathroom covered in blood. Now prosecutors are asking a six-woman, eight man jury to convict the defendants...
Posted On 20 Nov 2019

W’burg computer students getting high tech help from Google, Intuit, Airbnb engineers

Williamsburg is getting its own app, and the Girls Who Code Club at Williamsburg Independent School is designing it. Another student group is busy digitalizing year books and producing content to be shown on the Jumbotron during ball games. The computer programming students, who...
Posted On 20 Nov 2019

Whitley County Board of Education seeking technology funding

Getting more funding for technology was one of the main topics of discussion during the Whitley County Board of Education’s monthly meeting Thursday evening. During the meeting, the board approved a resolution authorizing Superintendent John Siler to enter into an agreement with...
Posted On 20 Nov 2019

Two Corbin residents, Keavy man named in organized crime indictment

Two Corbin residents and a Keavy man are among the five people named in an indictment alleging that they engaged in organized crime and trafficked in alcoholic beverages in a dry territory over a two-year period. Harold E. Mayton, 71, and Jessica Danielle Sumner, 30, both of...

Corbin Tourism, city partner to add ice skating to Christmas Open House

The Corbin Tourism Commission is expanding Christmas Open House up Main Street, setting up an ice skating rink on its lot across from Sanders Park. Tourism Director Maggy Kriebel said she has been working with the city on the project. “It will be a tourism-city partnership with...

Ollies Bargain Outlet coming to Corbin

After sitting vacant for more than a year and a half, the former General Dynamics call center in Corbin will see new life as the home of Ollies Bargain Outlet. A city permit to renovate the space in Tri County Square shopping center on U.S. 25E was obtained on Nov. 4. Corbin city...