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UPDATE Thomas A. Gilbert pleaded guilty to all charges when appearing before Judge Kathy Prewitt at the Whitley County District Court on Tuesday morning. According to the arrest citation, Gilbert was actually walking along 7th Street when he was arrested by Corbin Police Officer...

Corbin has some of the best tasting water around, at least according to the results of an annual competition held at the Kentucky-Tennessee American Waterworks Association. The organization is currently holding its annual conference in Knoxville, Tenn. and Corbin’s City Utilities...

A Corbin man accused of plotting to kidnap his infant nephew and hold him for a $50,000 ransom was indicted Monday in Whitley Circuit Court. Forty-nine-year-old Doyle Fox was indicted on one count of criminal solicitation to commit kidnapping stemming from the alleged incident on...

Former Corbin Arena Manager Connie Hunt will receive a severance package after all. The Corbin City Commission voted 3-1 Monday night to give Hunt the three-month package that city officials agreed to when she resigned on June 24. No mention of the package was made when...

About 36 people attended a meeting of the Corbin Planning Commission recently, most to oppose an annexation plan. Corbin city officials said Monday that an effort to annex along Browning Acres Road, Barton Mill Road and Gordon Hill Pike is effectively dead. At the regularly...

A Whitley County grand jury has indicted three Corbin residents in connection with several motorcycles that were reported stolen from a Corbin business. Thirty-three-year-old Terry W. Mullis, 25-year-old Franklin A. Parks and 24-year-old Harry Castle were each indicted Monday in...

A Corbin and Lily man have each pleaded guilty to their respective parts in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Whitley County. Bradley Justin Lawson, 33, of Corbin and Christopher L. Jones, 24, of Lily each admitted in U.S. District Court in London to traveling to...

The Knox Whitley Animal Shelter (KWAS), in collaboration with Mobile Mutts Rescue Transport, are hosting the Summer Garden Party in an effort to raise money to help with providing care to local animals. All proceeds from this event will contribute towards spay and neuter...

American Idol contestant Elvie Shane Payton was announced this week as one of the musical acts to take the main stage at the 2016 NIBROC Festival in downtown Corbin. He will be the opening act for returning festival favorite County Wide on the Friday of the festival. The main...

Tammy Sewell resigned and has agreed to pay restitution. A Corbin High School bookkeeper has resigned and agreed to make full restitution but will not face any criminal charges in connection with more than $5,500 that was found to be missing from the school’s fundraiser accounts....