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Flo Rida wows Corbin crowd with high energy, up close performance

Music fans at The Arena in Corbin were treated to a new sound Saturday night as rapper Flo Rida took to the stage. While the event didn’t draw the largest crowd the venue has seen, Arena Director Kristi Balla said Sunshine State native whose real name is Tramar Dillard, brought a...

Knox County home lost to flames

A Knox County man has lost his home to a fire that started Monday morning. The mobile home, located on Hwy 459, caught fire when tenant Sonny Dvers was away at the hospital. Neighbors noticed the flames and moved Dvers’ vehicle away from the fire to avoid damage. Woodbine, Bailey...
Posted On 19 Apr 2017
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No injuries after car strikes empty school bus Monday morning

No one was injured when a passenger car rear-ended a Whitley County school bus Monday morning in the Goldbug area. There were no children on the bus at the time. Whitley County Sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Shelley, who investigated the crash, said that “by the grace of God” nobody was...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017

Police: New York City man drown in Laurel Lake

Kentucky State Police say the New York City man who was found dead in Laurel Lake Sunday, had drown. Trooper Lloyd Cochran, public affairs officer at Post 11 in London, said police were called to the Marsh Branch boat ramp in the northern reaches of the lake, about 12:30 p.m. in...

Update: More signs point to body in river being missing Ohio man

It is beginning to look more and more likely that a body recovered from the Clear Fork River Monday morning is that of a missing Ohio man, who disappeared near the state line earlier this year. Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell said that officials believe there is a “strong...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017

Judge declines to issue gag order in Taylor murder case, but closes courtroom for part of hearing

A Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and her two teenager daughters while they slept in January, has pleaded not guilty to her charges. Courtney Taylor, 41, appeared in Whitley Circuit Court Monday morning before Special Judge Jeffrey Burdette for her...
Posted On 17 Apr 2017

Four airlifted following two-vehicle wreck on U.S. 25E near Corbin bypass

Four people were airlifted and a total of seven went to the hospital following a two-vehicle collision Friday night at the intersection of U.S. 25E and the Corbin bypass. Corbin firefighters were called to the scene at 6:18 p.m. Corbin Police Lt. James Miller said witnesses...

Jurors need less than 45 minutes Thursday to acquit Moore on all counts

The four-day trial of a Williamsburg businessman, who was accused of sexually abusing a teenage relative in 2013, ended Thursday afternoon with a not guilty verdict on all counts. The eight-woman, four-man jury needed less than 45 minutes to find Eddie Moore, 41, not guilty of...
Posted On 13 Apr 2017

Corbin Fire Department dog, ‘Hemi” en route to vet clinic in Lexington

UPDATE: “Hemi,” the Corbin Fire Department’s unofficial mascot, will remain at Bluegrass Veterinary Specialists in Lexington overnight. Hemi’s owner, Firefighter Trevor Allen, took the four-and-a-half-year-old black Labrador Retriever mix to Lexington...

Moore takes stand in own defense Wednesday

Eddie Moore gave police a more than one-hour long interview the day after a teenage female relative accused him of molesting her in 2014. During the interview with police, which prosecutors have labeled as a “confession,” Moore admitted to touching the breasts of the girl, who...
Posted On 13 Apr 2017