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Complaints of possible drug activity lead police to fugitive

A fugitive was located in Whitley County Wednesday evening after complaints of possible drug activity were made to the Whitley County Sheriff’s Office. Williamsburg Police, Kentucky State Police, and the Whitley County Sheriff’s Office responded to the home at 637 Betty West Road...

DEA, W’burg Police arrest Corbin man after intercepting package containing 50 Oxycodone pills

A package containing approximately 50 Oxycodone pills was intercepted from delivery to Michael D. Ramey, 36, of 127 Catalpa Way, Corbin by the London DEA.   Upon receiving this information, Williamsburg Police with the help of Kentucky State Police and the Whitley County...

W’burg Police searching for fugitive find marijuana plants

A tip led Williamsburg Police to apprehend two suspects Wednesday evening pertaining to alleged drug activity and a possible fugitive on Sally Branch Road. According to information released, officers discovered six Marijuana plants growing in buckets inside the residence of 192...

University of the Cumberlands sued by ex-president

Did the University of the Cumberlands agree to pay its former president. Dr. James Taylor and his wife, Dinah Taylor, nearly $400,000 annually in salary and benefits upon Dr. Taylor’s retirement and then renege or threaten to renege on that deal as the couple has claimed? Can the...
Posted On 17 Jun 2016

Laurel deputies arrest two burglary suspects, seeking a third

One burglary suspect remains at large, while two were charged Wednesday after Sergeant Brett Reeves attempted to apprehend suspects in a burglary that occurred earlier that morning. According to a release from Sheriff John Root, Sgt. Reeves investigated the burglary that occurred...

Corbin mother charged with shoplifting, deputies searching for daughter

A Corbin woman was arrested last Tuesday at Wal-Mart near Corbin, while another fled the scene.   Michelle Elizabeth Payne, 34, of Spider Creek Rd. and her daughter were allegedly observed by Wal-Mart’s loss prevention team concealing store merchandise, according a release...

Laurel deputies seek public’s help to find man accused of using stolen debit card

Public assistance is requested to identify a man that is accused of using a stolen credit card at Wal-Mart in southern Laurel County at approximately 6:04 a.m. Wednesday. Deputy Josh Scott, along with other deputies, of the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department have investigated...

Gray woman charged with attempting to shoplift $10 pair of shoes

A Gray woman is facing a shoplifting charge in Laurel County after police say she put on a new pair of shoes and attempted to walk out of the Corbin Walmart Wednesday night without paying for them. According to Laurel County Sheriff John Root, 35-year-old Angelia Bolton has been...

Road Department rescues trapped dog

It had a happy ending. When Becky Brewer’s 60-pound treeing coon dog Lily went missing from her 80 Cannonade Trail home in Tattersall Trails Estates on Tuesday evening last week she looked everywhere, or so she thought. She put up fliers throughout the neighborhood. She...
Posted On 16 Jun 2016

Truck slams into Corbin business Wednesday night

TRUCK SLAMS INTO BUILDING, SMASHING THE BUILDINGS WALL AND TOTALING THE TRUCK. An East Bernstadt man walked away but a Corbin business wasn’t as lucky when a truck slammed into a building Wednesday night. CorbinPolice and firefighters were called to the intersection of 18th and...