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UPDATE: Kentucky State Police have identified the second victim in a drive-by shooting on Ky. 6 in Woodbine Sunday morning. Trooper Shane Jacobs, public affairs officer at Post 10 in Harlan said the individual is Rick Mitchell, 50, of Corbin. Mitchell, who suffered a gunshot...

Northbound Interstate 75 in Corbin was closed to traffic for approximately 30 minutes Friday afternoon following a wreck that blocked both lanes. Corbin firefighters said the Ford Explorer went off the roadway at approximately 4:15 p.m. It came back across, overturning in the...

A Knox County grand jury indicted a Corbin couple Friday in connection with the physical abuse of a 10-year-old. Mark Golden, 47, and Donna Golden, 52, were each indicted on one count of first-degree criminal abuse. According to the indictment, Mark Golden allegedly beat the...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies were called to West City Dam Road Thursday night to investigate a domestic dispute that ended with one individual being shot. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, said the victim was taken from the scene off of Ky. 770...

What began as a traffic stop for not wearing a seat belt, ended with a Corbin man facing a felony DUI charge Wednesday night. Kentucky State Police arrested Paul Brown, 47, following a traffic stop on Hedden Flats Road off of Tower Road near the Corbin bypass. Trooper Sammy...

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help to locate a woman last seen Wednesday at a north Corbin motel. Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, the department’s public affairs officer, identified the woman as Christina Marie Holland. Holland may be riding in an older model...

The first of three co-defendants in a federal drug conspiracy case involving a former Corbin Police officer was formally sentenced last week. Tiffany Hamilton, 32, who was indicted in August 2017 along with former officer Charlie Bronson Fugate, 43, and Richard Stanley, 42, all...

A man killed during an officer involved shooting early Monday morning in southern Whitley County had apparently suffered from mental illness, according to a call to the Whitley County E-911 Center that was obtained by the News Journal through an open records request. Read this...

Melissa Lawson knows a little something about suicide. Less than two months ago, her 16-year-old daughter, Bethany Faith Lawson, killed herself. “I just want everybody out there to know it is OK to not be OK. It is OK to ask for help,” Melissa Lawson told a crowd of about 150...

A long time employee of Baptist Health Corbin was officially named as the hospital’s new president Tuesday. Anthony Powers announced that he had been selected to take over the vacant position during the Business Appreciation Luncheon, held at The Corbin Center. He’s been an...