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Rand Paul speaks at U of C forum

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) touched on the topics of the country’s deficit, foreign policy and drug abuse while addressing a group of about 100 people Tuesday afternoon in the Kohn Theater on the campus of the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg. Prior to the...
Posted On 30 Mar 2016

Whitley schools sued for wrongful death

The parents of a 10-year-old boy, who was run over and killed by a Whitley County school bus last year, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school district, the bus driver and numerous other school officials. On March 23, 2015, Jonathan Austin Chatham was riding...
Posted On 30 Mar 2016

Curd gives Promise Zone update

The Promise Zone in Eastern Kentucky may soon be doing more than just promise to help the region develop economically. Thanks to some recent legislation filed in Congress there may be some tax credits coming to go with it. This was part of the message that Kentucky Promise Zone...
Posted On 30 Mar 2016

Corbin man facing assault, kidnapping charges

A Corbin man was arrested Friday night after Corbin Police say he beat and stabbed his girlfriend and held her prisoner for approximately four days. Thirty-nine-year-old Earl H. Jackson was charged with first-degree unlawful imprisonment and first-degree assault after police say...

Coroner rules Moses drowned, but questions still remain

The family of Joel Moses, who has been missing since March 7, now has some degree of closure after Moses’ body was recovered from the Clearfork River late Saturday morning. “I am glad that it has come to a close,” Joel Moses’ uncle, Charles Moses, said...
Posted On 26 Mar 2016

Corbin siblings reunited with their Army dad Friday

Four Corbin Independent Schools students received a special gift prior to leaving Friday for the Easter weekend. As students at Corbin Primary School gathered in the gymnasium for what was billed as an assembly prior to the school’s dance planned for that night, Army Staff...

Man suffers smoke inhalation during fire

A Wofford man was transported to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of smoke inhalation following a structure fire early Friday afternoon. The fire was reported shortly before 1:30 p.m. at a residence across the street from Wofford Baptist Church. “It appears right now that...
Posted On 25 Mar 2016

Corbin man pleads to amended charges in case of Save-a-Lot meat robbery

A Corbin man arrested in February for allegedly choking and hitting employees at the Save-a-Lot Grocery store who attempted to stop him from leaving the store with a roll of hamburger and a pork tenderloin pleaded guilty to theft and resisting arrest charges. Forty-year-old...

Utility pole snapped in half after wreck

The only fatality during a single-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon on Ky. 92E was that of a utility pole, which was snapped in two after being struck by an SUV. The accident happened about 3:45 p.m. on Ky. 92E about 12 miles east of Williamsburg. Coleman Lacy, 20, of Ft....
Posted On 25 Mar 2016

Whayne Supply facility in Corbin damaged by fire

Three area fire departments were called to Whayne Supply in Corbin Wednesday to battle a fire in the building’s paint room and exhaust system. According to Corbin Fire Capt. Doug Brock, firefighters were initially dispatch just after 11 a.m. after multiple calls to 911 reporting...