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Corbin Tourism adopts budget; revenue up $85k for fiscal year

The Corbin Tourism and Convention Commission got some good news during a special called meeting Tuesday afternoon. Revenues for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, are $85,026 higher than what they were at this point last year. “Wow! That is really good,” noted Corbin...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017

Sheriff’s deputies involved in two wrecks over four days

No one was seriously injured in this wreck Saturday afternoon involving a Whitley County Sheriff’s Department police cruiser. Tuesday afternoon, there was another crash involving a different sheriff’s deputy. For the second time in four days, a Whitley Coun...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017

Plea agreement reached in case of woman running naked with CHS track team

The woman facing charges for allegedly running naked among the Corbin High School track team in February can avoid further jail time if she completes her drug treatment and remains out of legal trouble over the next two years. Twenty-six-year-old Julie Leger, who had been charged...

Corbin Police starting ‘Shop With a Cop’

After years of supporting the efforts of other departments, the Corbin Police Department is beginning its own Shop With a Cop program. “We are trying to embrace community-oriented policing,” said Chief Rusty Hedrick. Corbin Police Captain Coy Wilson, the department’s public...

Arrest warrant issued for suspect in Browning Acres burglary

Whitley County law enforcement asked for, and received the public’s help to make an arrest in connection with a vehicle burglary Sunday morning on Browning Acres Road. Constable Ron “Bubba” Bowling said following the release of the information and video footage showing an...

W’burg man accused of trying to punch constable

A Williamsburg man allegedly tried to fight with a Whitley County constable, who was trying to arrest him Thursday afternoon. About 4 p.m. Thursday, Third-District Constable Dorman Patrick Jr. responded to a fight complaint on Moore Road behind Thornton’s Auto Sales in...
Posted On 14 Jun 2017

Corbin, Whitley Library boards hammer out contract

Members of the Corbin and Whitley Library Boards of Directors met in joint session Tuesday to work out a tax revenue sharing agreement. After several back-and-forth contract proposals, members of the Corbin and Whitley County Library boards came together Tuesday night to hammer...

Corbin Public Library ‘Run for Literacy’ 5K set for Saturday

The Corbin Public Library is hosting its “Run for Literacy” 5K at 8 a.m. Saturday. The annual event will start and end in front of the library on Laurel Ave. Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. The cost is $25. Diane Mitchell with the Friends of the Corbin Public Library said...

Blaze destroys previously burned home

West Knox and Lily firefighters spent more than three hours working to contain a blaze that consumed an already damaged home on Old Barbourville Hwy. Sunday night. Approximately one month after it first burned, West Knox firefighters say they were called back to a residence on...

Whitley County law enforcement seeking public’s help to catch burglar

Whitley County law enforcement is asking for the public’s help to identify the man who broke into a vehicle outside a home on Browning Acres Road Sunday morning. According to Constable Ron “Bubba” Bowling the individual walked up the driveway of the home and got into the truck to...