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New business speculative building to be constructed in Corbin

With previous spec buildings helping to entice three companies to set up shop in Corbin over the last 15 years, the Southeast Kentucky Regional Industrial Development Authority is beginning construction on a new spec building. Bruce Carpenter, Executive Director of the Southeast...

Summer Lights Tour comes to the Corbin Arena

The Corbin Arena will host the Summer Lights Tour on July 22. The tour will feature Jeremy Camp, Matthew West, Rend Collective and special guest Koryn Hawthorne. Compassion International will be a part of the tour. Camp has accumulated numerous accolades including four...

Lockaby is set to be arraigned for charges of sexual abuse and sodomy

A Corbin man will appear in court on Friday, June 15 after he was indicted on 10 counts of first-degree sexual abuse and 10 counts of first-degree sodomy. Clayton B. Lockaby, 62, was arrested on June 5 after a three-month investigation led by Jesse Armstrong. A warrant was issued...

2015 abuse case against Corbin Preschool employee dismissed

More than three years after her legal ordeal began, the criminal abuse charge against a former instructional monitor at the Corbin Preschool Center accused of abusing a student in 2015 has been dismissed. Tammi Eggen of Corbin had been indicted on one count of second-degree...

Knox man faces assault charge for allegedly spitting on deputy

A Knox County man was arrested Sunday for allegedly spitting on a Laurel County Sheriff’s deputy who had responded to a disturbance complaint in Keavy. Detective Kyle Gray arrested Larry Wayne Israel, 28, on Ralley Road off of Ky. 363 at approximately 7:50 p.m. on charges of...

Occupational tax, alcohol tax revenue up in Williamsburg

More people are employed in Williamsburg than they were one year ago, which means additional occupation tax revenue for the city. In addition, more alcohol is being sold now than it was one year ago. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access...
Posted On 13 Jun 2018

Retired U.S. Army veteran, father of four wins new car

Retired U.S. Army veteran and father of four Andrew Modica got a nice surprise Friday. He won a brand new car. Andrew Modica, who lives near Woodbine, won the new 2018 Hyundai Sonata SCL through a Hyundai of Somerset promotional flier that he got in the mail. At first he thought...
Posted On 13 Jun 2018

Wildcat Harley hosting, ‘The Moving Wall’ Vietnam memorial

The moving wall is coming to Laurel County. Wildcat Harley–Davidson in London will host the 3/5 scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Thursday through Monday At its highest point, the replica is six feet tall and contains the names of the 58,318 military...

Prosecutor drops state charges after Sutton gets 30-year federal prison sentence

A Corbin man, who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on May 30 for trying to take out a hit on four people, including two prosecutors, had a Whitley County charge against him dismissed recently. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get...
Posted On 13 Jun 2018

Home where triple homicide occurred sells at auction

An Emlyn home, which was the scene of a 2017 triple homicide and that partially burned in late 2017, has been sold through a special master commissioner. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....
Posted On 13 Jun 2018