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Two Corbin men among 17 people arrested on drug trafficking warrants

With snow covering the roads and the temperature hovering near 20 degrees, Laurel County law enforcement spread out across the county just before 7 a.m. Friday in an effort to serve arrest warrant on 34 individuals wanted on drug trafficking and/or possession charges. According...

UPDATE: Corbin woman woman dies in wreck on I-75

A Corbin woman died from injuries she sustained when her car rear-ended a tractor-trailer truck on northbound I-75 Thursday morning. Kentucky State Police Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer Steve Douglas, public affairs officer at Region 4 in London, said...
Posted On 05 Jan 2017

W’burg Plastics reports employee for drug trafficking

A Williamsburg Plastics employee is behind bars for allegedly selling or offering to sell drugs to his co-workers. John E. Combs, 49, of Williamsburg, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Thursday afternoon to a charge of first-degree trafficking in a controlled...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017

500 call center jobs could be coming to W’burg

A large call center company is apparently looking to open a facility in the Williamsburg area provided that it can find a sufficient regional workforce. The company, which local officials aren’t identifying, could employee up to 500 people. and would pay between $10.50...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017

Fiscal court files 29 small claims lawsuits to collect delinquent occupational taxes

The Whitley County Fiscal Court has collected more than $41,000 in delinquent occupational tax funds thanks to a series of recent small claims lawsuits. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content....
Posted On 04 Jan 2017

Gray man charged with fighting with first responder at crash scene

West Knox Volunteer Fire and Rescue responders were involved in an altercation after arriving to a wreck December 31 with an overturned vehicle. West Knox Fire Chief Daryl Baker, who was trying to help a trapped woman from the vehicle, reported this was “the first altercation I...

Johnson arrested after New Year’s Eve pursuit

A New Year’s Eve vehicle pursuit resulted in a trip to jail for a Williamsburg man. About 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, Whitley County. E911 received a complaint from a Hamblin Road residence that a man was outside the home refusing to leave and claiming to be in possession of a...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017

Complaint about wrecked truck leads to DUI arrest

A complaint about a wrecked truck in a ditch has resulted in the arrest of two Whitley County residents. About 6:50 p.m. on Dec. 28, Whitley County E911 received a complaint that a white Ford pickup truck had wrecked into a ditch along Lot Mud Creek Road. While Whitley County...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017

Victim’s nephew arrested in connection with stolen truck, safe

A Corbin man was arrested Friday in connection with the theft of a pickup truck and safe belonging to his uncle in Knox County. Thirty-seven-year-old Timothy L. Havens is charged with receiving stolen property – firearm, receiving stolen property under $10,000 theft by unlawful...

Vandal(s) set small fire inside Corbin Kmart

Corbin Police are searching for the individual(s) who set fire to a clothing rack at Kmart Friday morning. Corbin Police Interim Chief Rusty Hedrick said police suspect someone used a lighter to set fire to the price tags on several pieces of clothing in the infants departmen...