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Affidavit details wild events leading up 2017 strangulation murders

A recently filed affidavit in a federal firearms case is shedding new light on a 2017 Whitley County triple homicide case where three Indiana men were recently arrested on murder charges. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day!...
Posted On 01 Feb 2019

Commission discusses possible local economic incentives

In addition to state economic development incentives, what incentives could the City of Corbin provide to industries and businesses to get them to locate their facilities here? What incentives are other cities offering to industry? Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 31 Jan 2019

VIDEO: Browning Acres Road home damaged by fire Thursday morning

A doublewide mobile home was gutted by fire Thursday morning, but officials say no one was likely injured in the blaze. The was reported by Corbin Police officer David Maiden who was in the area of 5th Street Road when he saw plumes of white smoke and went to investigate. Once...

Hep A vaccine might become mandatory for Knox County food workers

The Knox County Health Department and Fiscal Court are teaming up to stop the spread of Hepatitis A. At the Fiscal Court’s January 23 meeting, Judge-Executive Mike Mitchell introduced Resolution #20190123-01 which mandates all food service employees receive the hepatitis A...
Posted On 31 Jan 2019
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Search for missing Tennessee girl focuses on Whitley County, Corbin

Tennessee officials are focusing on Whitley County and Corbin in their search for a missing teen after her cell phone’s GPS indicated it was in the area. According to WVLT News in Knoxville, Savannah Leigh Pruitt, 14, has been missing from her Madisonville home since Jan. 13....
Posted On 30 Jan 2019

Attorney promises legal challenge to church annexation

With nearly 1,000 people in attendance each Sunday, Immanuel Baptist Church has grown to the point where it needs the additional capacities of the Corbin Police Department and the Corbin Fire Department. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get...
Posted On 30 Jan 2019

Pastor to church vandal: ‘God still loves him’

A Williamsburg man allegedly broke into a church early Sunday morning, destroyed several items inside, engaged in a standoff with police, falsely told police that he had been stabbed and shot, and resisted arrest once police entered the building. Read this story and more for just...
Posted On 30 Jan 2019

530 people take advantage of free Hep A vaccinations

If you go out to eat in Williamsburg in the near future, don’t be surprised if you see a sign on the door saying “We participated! Hep-A vaccination clinic because we care!” A total of 530 people took advantage of a free Hepatitis A vaccination clinic that was held last week in...
Posted On 30 Jan 2019

Federal trial begins in case of W’burg pharmacist facing drug-related charges

One pharmacist in the federal case involving the illegal distribution of prescription pain pills out of Kim’s Hometown Pharmacy in Williamsburg has been tried and convicted, while the second, owner/operator Kimberly Jones, appeared in court Tuesday for the opening of her trial....

Sheriff’s deputy recovers stolen vehicle near Corbin Sunday

A Corbin man is behind bars after he was pulled over driving a car that had been reported stolen, according to a Whitley County Sheriff’s Department release. On Sunday, Joe Prewitt received a complaint at 4005 Fifth Street Road in Corbin. Prewitt then checked the license plate...
Posted On 30 Jan 2019