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If you are going to burglarize a car lot in the middle of the night, then don’t get your getaway vehicle stuck in a ditch with the stolen loot inside. Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies say this is what happened to two alleged Pulaski County burglars, who are accused...

Autopsy results indicate that a Corbin woman, who is the wife of a well-known Whitley County public defender, and an Oak Ridge man, who were found unresponsive in a hot tub in April, both drown with alcohol and pre-existing medical conditions playing contributing factors. Read...

A public hearing was scheduled for last Thursday to discuss the possible annexation of three segments of state highways into the city of Corbin. Henry Heaberlin headed the hearing then opened the floor to hear the opinions of the residents of the proposed area. The annexation, if...

Two Knox County women have been sentenced in U.S. Federal Court to serve prison time. Patsy Carnes and Diana Hill were sentenced to 22 and 16 months respectively in prison, respectively for activity from 2011-2012 while working at the Bailey Switch Pawn Shop in Knox County....

A federal judge could decide as early as next month whether to grant an injunction that would force the University of the Cumberlands to pay its former president Dr. James Taylor nearly $400,000 in annual salary and benefits until a lawsuit Taylor filed against the university is...

A former chief financial officer for the Whitley County School District, who was fired on June 16 amid allegations of misappropriation of school funds, made her first appearance in court Monday afternoon concerning forgery charges related to another organization. Judge Cathy...

Grab your cowboy boots because it is time for a good old-fashioned county fair. The 19th annual Whitley County Fair is scheduled for this Friday and Saturday at the 3R Arena in Williamsburg. President of the Whitley County Fair Board Harry Alder says there are no major changes to...

  A Corbin man was taken to Baptist Health Corbin Monday afternoon after his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Gordon Street. The wreck occurred about 1 p.m. at the intersection of Gordon and Earls Street. According to police, the man on the motorcycle, identified as Robert...

Kentucky State Police have arrested a London man who allegedly stabbed his mother and stepfather Sunday in Knox County. Thirty-five-year-old Joe Gibson is facing two counts of attempted murder in connection with the incident that police say occurred about 1 p.m. somewhere along...

Acting on a tip, Whitley County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Corbin man who was wanted in Knox and Whitley Counties on burglary and drug-related charges. According to Sheriff Colan Harrell, Deputies John Hill and Cody Harrell went to the residence on Sutton Mill Road in Woodbine...