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Two more candidates file to run for office in Whitley County

There is now one additional contested race on Whitley County election ballots in 2018. Since Dec. 20, two more people have filed with the Whitley County Clerk’s Office to run for elected office in Whitley County. Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney has filed to run for re-election and...
Posted On 03 Jan 2018

Corbin man admits to smoking marijuana, fleeing crash scene

Police say a Corbin man admitted that he had been smoking marijuana prior to fleeing the scene of a crash that left a woman injured Saturday morning. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 45-year-old Dewayne Doolin on charges of second-degree assault, leaving the scene of an...

Wrongful death lawsuit filed over 2016 fatal crash

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with a 2016 fatal crash on the Corbin bypass that killed a London man. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us
Posted On 03 Jan 2018

Sonia Askins vehicular homicide trial postponed six weeks

The trial of a Williamsburg woman, who is charged in connection with a fatal July 2016 traffic crash that claimed the life of a Canadatown woman, has been postponed for six weeks. Sonia Askins, 47, was scheduled to stand trial Jan. 10 on charges of murder, leaving the scene of an...
Posted On 03 Jan 2018

Single-vehicle crash destroys utility pole in downtown Corbin; driver uninjured

Power was knocked in parts of downtown Corbin for about an hour Saturday after an SUV collided with a utility pole. Corbin Police Officer Estes Rhodes was called to the scene near Eighth Street and Kentucky Ave. about 2 p.m. to investigate the single-vehicle collision. Rhodes...

McBurney to seek fourth term as Mayor of Corbin

Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney is running for re-election. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Help available for those left out in the cold

With temperatures plummeting to the single digits over the next several nights, individuals and families looking for a place to get out of the cold may call upon the City of Corbin or First Baptist Church for assistance. Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney said the McBurney Center may...

James ‘Tunney’ Hamlin’s funeral to be held Saturday

A Corbin businessman, who died Wednesday, will be laid to rest Saturday afternoon. James F. “Tunney” Hamlin was 85. The Corbin native, who graduated from Corbin High School in 1950, was the owner-operator of Hamlin Supermarket and one of the founders of Hamlin and Kersey...

Whitley County deputies arrest man indicted on manslaughter, assault charges

A Whitley County man indicted on a manslaughter charge in connection with a fatal wreck during the 2017 Labor Day weekend was arrested Tuesday. Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonas Saunders arrested 38-year-old Joshua Lee Woods of Rockholds after locating him at a residence on...

Knox County man confesses to robbing pizza delivery driver

A Knox County man confessed to Sheriff Mike Smith that he was the one who robbed a pizza delivery driver at knifepoint outside a Corbin apartment complex on Christmas Eve. Deputy William Stewart, the department’s public affairs officer, stated that Smith arrested 21-year-old...