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A Paducah area attorney, who is seeking to become Kentucky’s next Secretary of State, came to Corbin last Thursday to speak to the Corbin Rotary Club. Republican Michael Adams explained that most Kentuckians, and likely most people in states across the country, don’t understand...

A Williamsburg man is free on bond after a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy arrested him on April 11 on a drug possession charge. Deputy Chad Foley arrested Kim V. Carr, 47, at 151 Carr Road, and charged him with first-degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine),...

Customers at The Wrigley Taproom and Eatery in Corbin will help support the Whitley County Farmers’ Market Tuesday. Fifteeen percent of the gross sales at the restaurant between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. will be donated to the Friends of Market. “The farmers market is one of the most...

Kentucky State Police are investigating the circumstances behind the death of a three-year-old boy who was found dead in a pond Saturday night in Woodbine. The child was found in the pond near his home on Wilton School Road off of Ky. 6 in Knox County at approximately 5:50 p.m.....

Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal fire in Lily Sunday night. Lily and West Knox firefighters were called to the scene on Sugar Lane off of East Ky. 552 at approximately 7:25 p.m. Lily Fire Chief Dougie Jones said light smoke was scene coming from brick home when...

A Corbin woman was injured Thursday afternoon when her car overturned multiple times on U.S. 25 south of Lily. Anita Peters, 74, was taken to Baptist Health Corbin for treatment of the injuries she sustained. Laurel County Sheriff’s Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s...

A Corbin High School teacher has been named as one of the 24 outstanding Kentucky educators, and is a finalist for the 2020 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award. Band teacher Jimmy Corn, a 13-year veteran of the school system, was on the list of finalists released Thursday by the...

It took all of five minutes after Corbin Police had asked for the public’s help to identify the individuals that threw paint onto the deck of the historic Engineer Street Bridge early Saturday morning for a call to come in. Police posted pictures of the damage, estimated at...

A Corbin man and a Williamsburg woman were arrested Tuesday morning in Laurel County after police say a verbal argument over drugs at a residence in the Wyan-Pine area turned physical. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Kristina D. Blakley, 29, and Robert Havens, 40, of...

A patented process that allows coal waste to be recovered and turned into and relatively clean, high-value energy source is the impetus behind the construction of an $80 million facility in Corbin that will employ about 70 workers in the very near future. C.K. Lane, Head of US...