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Restoration work completed on L&N 2132

When the Corbin Tourism Commission voted in January to accept the proposal to restore the L&N 2132 locomotive along with her coal tender and caboose on display on Depot Street, the goal was to have the project completed before Nibroc 2017 kicked off in August. Monday morning...

Corbin Middle School Counselor charged with endangering minor

A Corbin Middle School Guidance Counselor is scheduled to return to Whitley District Court on July 18 to answer a charge that several teens got access to alcohol while at her home. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please...

W’burg man arrested on sex abuse charge

A Wednesday morning preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Williamsburg man, who is facing a sex abuse charge. Peter Jason Gerlaugh, 39, is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $75,000 cash bond. Kentucky State Police arrested Gerlaugh on June 27...
Posted On 05 Jul 2017

Goldbug Fire Rescue hosting bus extrication class Saturday

About 80 Whitley County school buses travel nearly 5,000 miles daily during the school year hauling more than 3,000 students over about 65 school bus routes in addition to school trips and extra curricular activities. This isn’t including travel by school buses from other...
Posted On 05 Jul 2017

Corbin police forced to kill runaway mule

Corbin Police were forced to shoot and kill a runaway mule last Thursday that couldn’t be captured after it escaped from a local man who owned the animal. According to Corbin Police Capt. Coy Wilson, the mule was shot by Maj. Rob Jones, with a rifle, at the request of the mule’s...

Former Corbin firefighter arrested in connection with trailer theft case

Former Corbin Firefighter Eric Isom is charged with theft. A former Corbin firefighter who resigned from the department in 2011 admit accusations that he had stolen two light bars from the department, has been charged in connection with a stolen trailer in Laurel County. Read...

Cumberland Valley Cruise-In to be held Saturday in Corbin

Downtown Corbin will be roaring with life Saturday night as the Cumberland Valley Cruise-In takes over Main Street. The third of four scheduled car shows will begin at 4 p.m. Cars, trucks and motorcycles, and any other street-legal vehicles are welcome. “If you think your car is...

Inmate left in judicial center holding cell overnight

A Whitley County inmate was stuck in a holding cell at the judicial center for nearly a day after court security personnel forgot him Monday. The inmate, identified as 41-year-old James Thomas Adkins, had appeared in court Monday afternoon for failure to pay fines and failing to...

Miss Nibroc makes top 11 in the Miss Kentucky Pageant

  Miss Nibroc 2016 Makenna Thibodeaux continued her whirlwind foray into the world of pageants finishing in the top 11 in the Miss Kentucky Pageant Saturday night. “It was an absolutely amazing experience,” Thibodeaux said of the week. Following preliminary competition...

Update: Sulfridge pleads guilty to marijuana possession

A routine check at a traffic safety checkpoint last Wednesday evening by sheriff’s deputies and a constable turned up marijuana plants and pills. About 8 p.m. Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputies Joe Prewitt and Johnny Miller along with Third-District Constable Dorman Patrick Jr....
Posted On 30 Jun 2017