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Owensboro woman’s body recovered at Cumberland Falls

The body of a missing Owensboro woman, who had been missing since Saturday at Cumberland Falls State Park, was recovered Wednesday morning.

Youth minister charged with sex abuse

A Whitley County Grand Jury handed down a pair of separate sex abuse indictments Monday morning, including one against a church youth minister.

Posted On 17 Jun 2015

Corbin approves final budget, but not without some dissent

The Corbin City Commission gave final approval to the city’s $10.663 million budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year Monday night but it was not without dissent.

GradNation summit held at Lynn Camp High School focuses on increased graduation

“It’s our schools that are failing, not our students,” said First Lady of Kentucky Jane Beshear at the GradNation Summit on Monday. “The educational system that I grew up in is not working today. We have a segment of young people that are just flat...

Posted On 17 Jun 2015
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Emergency personnel continue search for missing woman at Cumberland Falls

A third day of efforts by Whitley and McCreary County firefighters and other local emergency personnel have failed to recover the womean who went missing after fallinginto the river near Cumberland Falls Saturday, but she has been identified as 24-year-old Nina Parker of...

Engineer Street Bridge undergoing routine maintenance

 The Engineer Street Bridge is closed to traffic as city workers repaint the railing and stain the wooden deck.

Posted On 11 Jun 2015
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County Road Department gets new equipment that will reduce ditch work time

On Friday, the Whitley County Road Department cleaned out about one and one-half miles of ditch line on Maple Creek Road using a recently purchased piece of new equipment that should dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to conduct ditching work.

Posted On 10 Jun 2015

Corbin Walgreens store to close in early July

One of Corbin’s two Walgreens stores will close in early July, and it’s all part of a larger plan to close about 200 U.S. stores following a merger with a European drug retailer.

Corbin Economic Development Director to receive Visionary Award

Corbin’s Director of Economic Development will be honored later this month as the fifth recipient of the annual Daniel Boone “Visionary” Award, given to those who embody the values of the Boy Scouts of America.

Laurel deputies seeking public’s help to find men who stole coin-operate machine

  Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two men who took a coin-operated machine from the front of a North Corbin business last Tuesday.