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The Corbin Tourism Commission has been awarded a $20,000 grant to help fund the Corbin way finding signage effort. Tourism Director Maggy Kriebel announced the grant during the commission’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. The grant was awarded by the Community and Economic...

A Corbin man, who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, was sentenced Thursday to the mandatory minimum of one year in jail. Lloyd Wilson, 66, was sentenced in accordance with the plea agreement reached in Laurel Circuit Court. Wilson had previously pleaded guilty to...

A celebration of life will be held this Saturday to honor the memory of one of Corbin’s most prominent businessmen and generous philanthropists. Bill Hoover, long-time owner and President of Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Corbin, passed away June 30 while on a golf outing with...

U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-05) is applauding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for awarding a $1.85 million competitive grant to the London-Corbin Airport to rehabilitate the runway on Magee Field. The grant award was one of six grants in Kentucky announced Tuesday by U.S....

On July 11, 2019 former Knox County Magistrate, Jerry “Rabbit” Cox, was arrested on a federal indictment warrant for six counts of Distribution of Controlled Substances – Hydrocodone.  Mr. Cox turned himself over to the custody of the DEA at 11:00 this morning. The alleged drug...

Corbin city officials are exploring their options as they prepare to take back management of The Corbin Center. During a July 3 special called meeting of the Corbin Board of Education, the members approved a motion to give the city 60 days notice that it would be returning...

A Williamsburg man was arrested late Saturday night after allegedly standing on a van with a hammer. Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Foley arrested Jessie M. Robbins, 32, of Brown’s Creek Road, about 10:44 p.m. and charged him with second-degree unlawful imprisonment,...

Nearly five months after it was closed because of another round of vandalism, the Whitman Branch Shooting Range located in the Daniel Boone National Forest is close to reopening. The range, located near the Laurel Lake spillway in Whitley County, was closed in February after...

A Williamsburg man is behind bars in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $10,000 cash bond after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend with a baseball bat. On July 5, Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Foley arrested Joseph S. Caddell, 43, of Ellison Bend Road, about...

The family of the woman Nicholas Rucker is accused of murdering said they were relieved when they learned he had been captured early last Thursday. Rucker has been on the run since May 22 after he allegedly shot and killed Vicki S. Conner at a residence on Ky. 1064 in Woodbin...