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Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two people late Saturday night after an investigation into a suspicious vehicle outside a north Corbin business led to the discovery of suspected heroin. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, stated that...

Corbin’s Mike Huff remembers fondly his father and grandfather taking him to witness his first Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament years ago. It’s often referred to as “the Super Bowl of fishing.” “It was such a special thing when I was younger to see that. There were thousands...

For the second consecutive week, Whitley County’s Elaine Stott and her Lairo Tribe were forced to vote off a member, and that member, Chelsea, went home with an immunity idol in her pocket. Wednesday night’s fourth episode of “Survivor: Island of the Idols” opened with the Lairo...

What began as a complaint of a Gray man creating a disturbance on Higgins Branch Road last Thursday, ended after the suspect led Kentucky State Police on a high-speed chase around the neighborhood as he drove through several back yards on a motorcycle. Cody McFarland, 30, was...

Five months after the Corbin Tourism Commission put the proposed Corbin Railroad Museum project on hold because of financial constraints, it remains on the back burner. At the regularly monthly commission meeting last week, the commissioners agreed to hold $100,000 in a bank CD...

A routine traffic stop for suspected DUI Saturday night in Knox County turned out to be anything but as Kentucky State Police found a pillowcase full of marijuana, along with a baggie of methamphetamine, and prescription pills inside the vehicle. Trooper Sidney Wagner arrested...

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department has reported its activity for the month of September. During September, deputies answered 1,338 complaints, and investigated 39 vehicle collisions. In addition, deputies investigated 32 new criminal cases and made 144 criminal arrests. For...

If you live in or around Corbin and plan to vote in the upcoming Nov. 5 General Election, then you probably want to pay attention to this story. Because of the closure of Corbin Central Elementary School and Corbin Intermediate School since the May Primary Election, Whitley...

A West Knox Firefighter, who died of cancer in 2018 has been added to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmittsburg, Maryland and the Kentucky Fallen Firefighter Memorial in Frankfort. Lt. Ray Hollingsworth was a 15-year veteran of the department. Chief Darryl Baker...

The Whitley County Health Department recently received a grant for more than $100,000, which will help it improve services to drug users, especially those suffering from Hepatitis C. In 2018, 575 people were hospitalized or treated in emergency departments in Whitley County for...