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Read the complete ruling in this case by clicking here A Judge has reversed a decision by the Kentucky Board of Claims to essentially throw out a case that blames the death of a Whitley County toddler in late 2013 on the failure of social workers to take action after being warned...

A Corbin man was arrested Monday in Knox County for allegedly raping a 15-year-old at knifepoint. Twenty-year-old Amos Sparkman was arrested Monday afternoon at his residence in Alumni Apartments off of Ohler Road. According to the arrest citation, Kentucky State Police Trooper...

A Corbin man accused beating his girlfriend so severely that she had to be taken to the hospital emergency room Saturday night, pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree assault – domestic violence. Fifty-five-year-old Tony Johnson, who is also facing one count of public...

After nearly two weeks of waiting, the Corbin Tourism Commission is moving forward with a request from Wasatch Railroad Group to pay the company an additional $10,000 for moving L&N 232, along with its coal tender and a caboose from Bainbridge, Ga. to Corbin. The initial vote...

It took court officials less than three minutes Monday morning to sentence a Williamsburg woman to 10 years in prison for her role in the killing of her two-year-old daughter in 2013. Trina Michelle White, 38, was originally charged with murder in connection with Madisyn...

Dr. William “Will” Franklin Graham IV, the grandson of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, has been selected as the keynote speaker for the University of the Cumberlands’ 11th Annual Excellence in Leadership Series, which is sponsored by The Forcht Group of...

A pilot program in Whitley and McCreary counties that was designed to expedite the court process in many felony cases is being terminated after nearly six months of operation. In addition, criminal defendants in circuit court cases will no longer receive plea deals that call for...

Williamsburg police say a minor explosion reported on Feb. 16 on King Mountain Road, which leads to the 911 tower, is apparently just an act of vandalism and not anything more serious. The explosion apparently happened about 5 p.m. on Feb. 16 and damaged a private gate that was...

U.S. Senator Rand Paul made Corbin one of his first stops in a series of town hall style meetings in eastern Kentucky Wednesday, and he used the setting to discuss what he sees as the two biggest problems facing the nation — debt and the rising power of the presidency. Paul spoke...

A Corbin man charged with allegedly trying to hire a hit man through an Internet message board to kill someone nearly three years ago, and who allegedly tried to intimidate a former prosecutor in his case, has now had all felony charges against him dismissed. During a brief...