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#KeepCorbinClean picking up steam

#KeepCorbinClean has been gaining momentum since it began in early September and organizers say they are surprised by the response. The effort encouraging individuals, businesses and organizations to take the time to pick up trash in and around Corbin has picked up steam with...

Investigation continues, but no arrests yet in Deep Branch Road triple murder case

So far there have been no arrests made in connection with the killing of three people at an eastern Whitley County residence nearly three weeks ago, but police feel they are making progress in the investigation. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to...
Posted On 06 Oct 2017

Courtney Taylor getting new lawyer, hearing date

A Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and her two teenager daughters while they slept in January, is getting a new attorney. Courtney Taylor, 41, is charged with three counts of capital murder in the Jan. 13 shooting deaths of Larry Taylor, 56, Jesse Taylor, 18,...
Posted On 06 Oct 2017

Corbin Code Enforcement Board approves effort to foreclose on Corbin properties

Corbin Code Enforcement Officer Mike Mahan. The Corbin Code Enforcement Board is taking steps to recoup some of the city’s maintenance costs on dilapidated property by asking the city attorney to begin foreclosure proceedings. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today,...

Local school district’s fare well in new accountability report

Officials at Whitley County’s three public school districts are generally pleased with progress on educational improvement, though the picture is a little murkier than in past years with big changes on the horizon in the accountability model for Kentucky schools. Gone are the...

Public’s help needed to find missing Corbin girl

The family of a missing Corbin teenager is asking for the public’s assistance to help locate her. Taylor J. McVey, 16, of Collins Lane, has been missing since Sept. 15. She is about 5’2” and weighs approximately 110 pounds. She was last seen near the Corbin Wal-Mart wearing a...
Posted On 04 Oct 2017

Former Corbin BOE member injured in crash

A former Corbin Board of Education member is at the University of Kentucky Medical Center recovering from injuries she sustained in a car crash last Thursday. Sixty-four-year-old Debbie Cook of Corbin was taken by ambulance to Baptist Health Corbin and then transported to UK with...

Tattersall man allegedly robbed at gunpoint Monday night

If you are going to meet someone in real life that you have been corresponding with over the Internet, then take some common sense precautions, such as meeting in a public place the first time. This is part of the advice that Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell has for people...
Posted On 04 Oct 2017

Nantz gets six-year prison sentence for chase, crash

A Woodbine man was ordered to serve six years in prison Monday in connection with a 2016 vehicle chase with police where two of his passengers were injured when he crashed. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to...
Posted On 04 Oct 2017

Fall fire hazard season begins; No outdoor burning allowed before 6 p.m.

Thinking about burning that already mounting pile of leaves in your back yard? If so, remember that it will be illegal to do so before 6 p.m. each day for the next several weeks. Oct. 1 – Dec. 15 is fall fire hazard season in the state of Kentucky. This means that it is illegal...
Posted On 04 Oct 2017